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Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American man.He is the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence.
Hussain Mahamed Ahmed, [1] more commonly known as Hussain Bisad (born 1975) (Somali: Xuseen Maxamed Axmed (Xuseen Bisad)) is one of the tallest people in the world and the tallest known person in the UK, at 2.32 m (7 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). He held the record for the largest hands of anyone alive until Sultan Kosen took the record. His hands are 10 ...
Listed as tallest living female by Guinness World Records, and the tallest American woman, until her death on 13 August 2008. [174] 1955–2008 (53) Vasiliki Caliandi Greece: 230 cm: 7 ft 6.5 in: Tallest woman in Greece. [175] 1882–1904 (22) Sun Fang China: 221 cm: 7 ft 3 in: Asserted to be the world's tallest living woman in 2016. [176]
She also holds the titles of the largest hands (female), the longest fingers (female), the longest ears (female), the longest back (female) and previously held the title of tallest living female teenager given by Guinness World Records. She is 215.16 cm (7 ft 0.71 in) tall.
Sultan Kösen (born 10 December 1982) is a Turkish farmer who holds the Guinness World Record for tallest living male at 251 cm (8 ft 2.82 in). [2]Kösen's growth resulted from the conditions gigantism and acromegaly, caused by a tumour affecting his pituitary gland. [3]
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Jerry starts dating Gillian, an attractive woman whose only flaw is that she has "man-hands,” meaning her hands are large and strong like a man's. George gets into a club of attractive female models by saying that a photo of Gillian is his late fiancee Susan. He accidentally burns the picture with a hair dryer. Jerry breaks up with Gillian ...