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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. Wadlow was born and raised in Alton, Illinois, a small city near St. Louis, Missouri. [1]
Robert Pershing Wadlow was born February 22, 1918, and weighed a healthy 8 pounds 6 ounces. Soon after his birth, he began to grow at an astounding rate. ... On July 15, 1940, Wadlow died in his ...
Robert Wadlow, the tallest verified human, with his 5 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (182 cm) father This is a list of the tallest people , verified by Guinness World Records or other reliable sources. According to Guinness World Records, Robert Wadlow of the United States (1918–1940) was the tallest person in recorded history , measuring 272 cm (8 ft 11 ...
Robert Pershing Wadlow enrolled in 1938. Wadlow, remembered as the "Alton Giant," was the tallest known human in recorded history, measuring 272 cm (8 ft 11.1 inches) in height. He was born, educated, and buried in Alton. He died aged 22. Today a statue of Wadlow stands on the campus that was his alma mater.
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John Rogan (February 12, 1867 – September 11, 1905; some sources indicate 1871 as his birth year), [1] was an American sharecropper who was recorded as the tallest non-mobile person ever, and the second-tallest person ever at 8 feet 9 inches (267 cm), behind Robert Wadlow.
Väinö Myllyrinne (27 February 1909 – 13 April 1963) [1] was a Finnish acromegalic giant who was at one time (1940–1963) the world's tallest living person, and may have become the tallest after the death of Robert Wadlow. He stood 224 cm (7 ft 4 in) and weighed 141 kg (22 stone; 311 pounds) at the age of 21, but experienced a second phase ...
Although, if this was accurate, he would have been taller than Robert Wadlow, now cited as the world's tallest man. [3] Machnow died in 1912 due to pneumonia, [1] and likely complications of acromegaly. He was the father of four children, none of whom reached a height greater than two meters.