Top 7 Tallest People Ever Recorded In Modern History | See Pictures
Top 7 Tallest People Ever Recorded In Modern History | See The Pictures
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Robert Wadlow
Robert Wadlow was born in 1918 in Illinois, United States and stood at 8 feet 11 inches. Robert Wadlow holds the record for being the tallest person ever recorded in modern history.
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Sultan Kosen
Sultan Kosen, born on 10 December 1982, stands at 8 feet 3 inches and currently holds the Guinness World Record for tallest living male. Sultan Kosen’s height resulted from acromegaly.
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John Rogan
John Rogan was born in 1868 in Tennessee, United States, and towered at 8 feet 9 inches. His height began to increase very quickly when he was 13. To this day, John Rogan remains the second-tallest person on record, behind Robert Wadlow.
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John F Carroll
John F Carroll was born in New York, United States, and measured 8 feet 7.5 inches. John F Carroll suffered from severe, 2-dimensional spinal curvature and acromegalic gigantism. According to the calculations done by an engineer, but for the spinal curvature, his height would have been 8 ft 8 inches.
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Don Koehler
Don Koehler stood at 8 feet 2 inches. He was born in 1925 in Montana, United States. His abnormal growth was noticed when he was 10 and was attributed to acromegalic gigantism, a medical condition. Don Koehler was certified by The Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest living man in the world for most of the 1970s.
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Dharmendra Pratap Singh
Dharmendra Pratap Singh, standing at 8 ft 1 inch, was born in 1983 and currently lives in Uttar Pradesh. He is listed as the tallest man in India by The Limca Book of Records.
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Brahim Takioullah
Brahim Takioullah, standing at 8 feet 1 inch, was born in 1982 in Morocco. He held the Guinness World Record for largest feet and is officially the second-tallest living person. When he was 18, Brahim Takioullah was diagnosed with suffering from acromegaly, a disorder that results from excess growth hormone after the growth plates have closed.
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