Did you know that the tallest living person is 46% taller than the average European? Almost one and a half times! How tall is the tallest man in history? You will find out at the end of the post. 10. Igor Vovkovinsky (Ukraine) - 235 cm. Igor was born in 1982 in the regional center of Bar in the Vinnitsa region, a few years later he moved to Kyiv with his parents. Igor had a pituitary gland disease that led to gigantism, and he needed urgent treatment. Therefore, when he was 7 years old, his parents decided to move to the USA. Since then, Igor, his mother and older brother have lived in Rochester, Minnesota. American doctors did everything possible: they treated Igor with medication, performed 16 operations, thanks to which Vovkovinsky’s growth stopped at 235 centimeters. Igor Vovkovinsky suffers greatly from his gigantic height - his back and legs constantly hurt. Once every two years, Igor and his family come to Ukraine to visit their relatives and friends. In 2013, Igor took part in Zlata Ognevich’s performance at Eurovision. 
No. 9. Nikolay Pankratov (Russia) - 235 cm. Nikolay Pankratov is the most A tall man Russia, whose height is 235 cm. Born on April 17, 1989 in the city of Troitsk, Chelyabinsk region. Nikolai underwent surgery on his leg, which was performed at the Ilizarov Scientific Center. 
No. 8 Raduan Charbib (Tunisia) - 236 cm. The height of Raduan Charbib from Tunisia is 236 cm. Raduan Charbib was born in 1968 in the city of Ras Jbel. As a child, he was a lively and sociable child. But at 12, abnormal growth began, and Raduan became withdrawn. He dropped out of school in 5th grade. Until the age of 22, he was fond of basketball, but then he quit, which, according to him, he really regrets. Raduan Charbiba played a small role in the second film of the epic " star Wars"But Raduan's acting career did not work out. 
No. 7. Sun Minming (China) - 236 cm. Sun Minming was born on August 23, 1983 in China. Sun started playing basketball at the age of 15, when his height reached 2 meters. He is now a professional basketball player for the Beijing Ducks of the Chinese Basketball Association. He also took part in the filming of several films. His height is 236 cm and weight is 168 kg. 
No. 6. Bao Xishun (China) - 236 cm. Bao Xishun was born in 1951 in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia. From 2005 to 2007 he was recognized as the tallest living person in the world. On March 24, 2007, he married a 28-year-old saleswoman, a woman of normal height. 
No. 5. Nasir Ahmed Soomro (Pakistan) - 238 cm Nasir Ahmed Soomro is 238 cm tall. He was born in 1975 in Pakistan. Works as a children's basketball coach. From 1999 to 2000 he worked as a living exhibit at the Guinness World Records Museum in Taiwan. 
No. 4. Zhan Juncai (China) - 242 cm. Zhan Juncai is one of the tallest people in the world. His height is 242 cm. Zhang was born in China into a peasant family. His parents and other relatives are of normal height. Zhang's height began to increase at the age of 16. In 1999, he was admitted to hospital due to constant headaches. Zhang underwent surgery to remove a pituitary tumor, after which his growth stopped at 242 cm. The main problem for Zhang is finding suitable clothes and shoes. 
No. 3. Morteza Mehrzad Selakyani (Iran) - 246 cm. Morteza Mehrzad Selakyani is the tallest person in Iran and the tallest volleyball athlete in the history of the Paralympic Games. Morteza suffers from acromegaly and is 246 cm tall. Morteza was born in 1987 in northern Iran. At the age of 16, Morteza fell off his bicycle and suffered a pelvic injury. Now Morteza's right leg is 15 cm shorter than his left 
No. 2. Brahim Takiolah (Morocco) - 246 cm. Brahim Takiolah's height is 246 cm. Brahim ranks second in the ranking of the tallest living people. Brahim was born on January 26, 1982 in Morocco. Abnormal growth appeared starting at the age of 13. Brahim has the longest feet on the planet - 38.1 cm. 
No. 1. Sultan Kesen (Turkey) - 251 cm. Sultan Kesen is by far the tallest living person in the world, his height is 251 cm. The Sultan was born on December 10, 1982 in Turkey. The length of his foot is 36 centimeters, which is 2 centimeters less than that of the Moroccan Brahim Takiolah. Sultan's tall height is associated with a pituitary tumor. Currently, he can only walk on crutches. Sultan's parents are of normal height. Due to his height, the Sultan was unable to finish school and is now engaged in farming. The Sultan is looking for positive sides his high stature: the opportunity to work with tall trees in the garden, easy replacement of light bulbs and other types of help around the house. Among the disadvantages, he notes: it is difficult to find clothes and shoes, because he needs trousers with a length of 113 cm and outerwear with sleeves of 93 cm, as well as shoes of size 62, and it is difficult to fit into a standard car. Since 2010, Sultan has been successfully undergoing treatment at the University of Virginia Medical Institute. In 2013, he married Merva Dibo, who barely reaches his elbow. 
Most ordinary people are convinced that the tallest people are players on basketball or volleyball teams, however, in reality everything is completely different. Real "giants" don't play sport games and moreover, this is categorically contraindicated for them due to health problems caused by abnormal growth. Unfortunately, most of these people do not even live to be 30 years old. Below is a list of the 15 tallest people in human history, their photos and heights are also presented.
Gabriel Estavao Monyane 245.7 cm.
Gabriel was born in Mozambique in 1944 and lived for 46 years. Official measurements showed a height of 245.7 centimeters and a weight of 190 kilograms. Towards the end of his life, the man had severe pain in his legs, which repeatedly led to falls and even a broken hip. Gabriel died from a traumatic brain injury, which he received during another fall, presumably from the stairs. For some time he performed in the circus, where his height was stated as 265, which was not true. In 1988, it was considered the tallest on the planet according to the Guinness Book.
246.3 cm.
Moroccan Brahim Takiolah has a height of 246.3 centimeters, but is recorded in the book of records as the owner of the longest feet - 38.1 centimeters. Born in 1982, rapid growth began after 13 years. It is known that once a guy was measured by a doctor three times a day and all the results were different. Currently, the man lives in his native country for six months, and spends the second half of the year in France.
246.3 cm.
Irishman Patrick Cotter lived interesting life. At 19 years old, he was 232 centimeters tall. He worked in a brick factory until his father sold it to a local baroness for three years. A few years later, the woman sold Patrick to the circus for a large sum. He tried to terminate the contract, but received a subpoena, which he lost. Luckily for Cotter, a well-wisher contributed the amount of the debt, and Patrick remained free. Having become rich, Patrick thanked his savior. In 1786, the man married a German woman, Christina Dintz, and found long-awaited happiness, which was destroyed by the surgeon Gunther. The doctor asked to bequeath the body to him, but Patrick found this thought unpleasant. Shortly before his death, Patrick paid local fishermen to drown his deceased body, but they hung a buoy on the coffin, which allowed Gunther to still get the corpse. After the death of the surgeon, his entire collection went to the Royal Society of Surgeons of London.
246.4 cm.
The Iranian Morteza was initially just tall (about 190 centimeters), when at the age of 16 he fell off his bicycle and injured his pelvis. After that, he began to grow much faster, while the right leg remained the same, and the left continued to lengthen. The difference between them is 15 centimeters. Morteza was born in 1987 and still lives in northern Iran. The guy's disease is called acromegaly. Famous person in your home country. Currently he ranks third among the living tallest people on the planet.
246.7 cm.
Native of Germany. Nickname: Konstantin the Giant. The exact height is unknown, since the man had both legs removed due to gangrene, however, according to Julius himself, he grew to 259 centimeters. After death, an autopsy showed an overdeveloped pituitary gland, larger in size walnut, which led to active growth. Julius's skeleton is kept in the Museum of Natural History in Belgium, where the man died at the age of 30.
248.5 cm.
Tallest recorded woman in the world. Native of China. Height is about 248.5 centimeters, however, this parameter is not entirely accurate, since the girl had a severe curvature of the spine and could not straighten up completely. For one year she had the status of the tallest person in the world. Growth began at 4 months; it is known that already at the age of four she was 1.56 centimeters tall, which is practically normal adult height for Chinese women. Lived for 17 years.
248.5 cm.
Vikas Uppal, a native of India, was the tallest man in the country. The man's height was 248.5 centimeters. Born in 1986, he died at the age of 21 after unsuccessful brain surgery, during which doctors tried to remove a tumor that was causing excessive and rapid growth. Vikas's palm measured 33 centimeters and his foot was 50 centimeters long.
248.9 cm.
Bernard, an American citizen who was 248.9 cm tall, some sources claim that at the time of his death his height was 254 centimeters, however, the data may not be reliable. It is known that during his conscription into the army in 1918, his height was recorded as 236 centimeters, which was the reason for his refusal to serve. He died in 1921 at the age of 24 after a long illness. Bernard syndrome is called Eunuch-like giant syndrome. He was buried in a specially made coffin. US size legs – 25.
248.9 cm.
Don Keller, an American, is one of the most famous giants in the world. He had a twin sister whose height was 175 centimeters, while Don himself grew to 248.9 centimeters. Don's parents were above average height. Mother - 178, father - 188. Excessive growth began after ten years. The man lived for 55 years and died of heart failure. In the last years of his life he suffered from spinal curvature. Brother and sister entered the Guinness Book of Records as twins with the most big difference in height (74 centimeters).
251 cm.
Currently he is the tallest man in the world. Height is 251 centimeters. Active growth is associated with a pituitary tumor, however, in 2010 the disease was cured by radiotherapy. At the moment, the man has stopped growing and is trying to lead the life of an ordinary person. I couldn't finish school because of my height, so I started farming. The man's parents are of normal height. In 2013, he married a girl who only reaches his elbow. He walks on crutches.
251.4 cm.
Finland's tallest man, and also holder of the title of tallest man in the world from 1961 to 1963. He has the largest arm span - 4 meters, and is also the only giant who served in the army. At the time of his service, at the age of 21, he was 222 centimeters tall; he grew actively by the age of 40, after which he began to slowly fade away. At the time of death, Vaino’s height was 251.4 centimeters. Died at the age of 54.
253 cm.
A native of the Zhytomyr region in Ukraine, Leonid for some time held the status of the tallest man in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records. His height was 253 centimeters. For a long time refused to accept representatives of the commission for measurements, but still gave in to pressure. This happened in 2007. A year later, the rules of the commission changed, so repeated measurements were required, which Leonid refused, arguing that he did not want the hype around his name. Active growth began at the age of 12 years after brain surgery caused by a pituitary tumor, which provoked growth. Like most giants, he had difficulty moving on his own. He worked as a veterinarian for some time, performing operations on animals. He was honored to meet with the Ukrainian president, who gave him a Chevrolet car. He died at the age of 44 from a cerebral hemorrhage.
263.5 cm.
American from Buffalo, who received third place in the ranking of the tallest people in the world. However, many argue with this statement, since John, who received the nickname Red Carroll, suffered from spinal curvature, which made it difficult to precise measurements. Officially, his adjusted height was stated as 263.5 centimeters, but this data may be inaccurate. Active growth began after the age of 16, despite all attempts by doctors to cure him, no results were achieved, and the man grew bigger every month. There is information that sometimes he grew by 15 centimeters in a month. Born in 1932 and died in 1969
264 cm.
African American, the second tallest person in the world. He began to grow actively at the age of 13. At the time of the last measurement, his height was 2.59, while at the time of death this value is not known. With such a height, the man had an abnormal little weight- only 79 kilograms. The man suffered from ankylosis, which led to death, and also excluded the ability to move independently. John initially used crutches and then made himself a goat cart. The son of a former slave, John was unable to work, so he made a living by selling postcards with his image. He had a very deep voice and a playful disposition, which always attracted a lot of attention to him. John categorically refused offers to perform in the circus. The date of birth is considered to be the period from 1865 to 1868, and the year of death is 1905.
272 cm.
The tallest man in the world, registered in the Guinness Book of Records. At the time of his death, which occurred at the age of 22, the man reached a height of 272 cm and a weight of 199 kilograms. Until the age of four, the boy developed absolutely normally, but after this age he began to grow rapidly and the process continued throughout his life until his death. Robert's parents were of average height, as were his two younger brothers and two younger sisters. The guy studied at the university, majoring in law, and traveled around the country with a circus. The whole nation knew him. About 40 thousand people attended the funeral. The weight of the man's coffin was half a ton. Robert's remains, at the request of his parents, were concreted to prevent them from being plundered. The “giant” monument in the cemetery is twice as expensive as others. Death was due to blood poisoning; it all started due to the development of sepsis, which was caused by a wound on the leg.
The tallest people in the world have always been interesting to others and left their noticeable mark on history. Unfortunately, their high growth brought them not only fame, but also serious problems with health due to the enormous load on the spine and cardiovascular system. Not all people whose height is over 2.40 meters were included in the list known to everyone.
Most often, the fact of their gigantic growth remained captured in images that have amazed and surprised contemporaries for several years, or in medical records. Introducing the top 10 tallest people in the world for 2019.
10. Bernard Coyne (USA) | 2.49 meters
In tenth place on the list of tallest people in the world is Bernard Coyne, according to official version his height reached 249 centimeters, and according to unconfirmed facts it was 2.53 meters. Bernard continued to grow throughout his life and it is unknown how tall he could have reached, but Coyne passed away at a fairly young age. Such a long young man died at the age of 23 in the USA. The guy’s rapid growth was accompanied not only by problems with the spine, like most tall people, but also by a delay in his sexual development.
9. Don Koehler (USA) | 2.49 meters
The ninth place in our ranking is occupied by Don Koehler, who is quite long time was the tallest man on the planet. Don was born in the USA; the growth abnormality began to appear when the boy was 10 years old. An interesting point in the Koehler family was that the anomaly did not affect his twin sister at all; she was of quite normal height. Köhler also reached 2 meters 49 centimeters, which caused him huge problems with the health of his spine.
8. Vikas Uppal (India) | 2.51 meters
This man became famous thanks to his own height of 251 centimeters and ranks eighth on the list. Vikas lived his entire life in India, although his height was not recorded by the Guinness Book of Records. Local health workers monitored him and he was recognized the highest in India. Vikas died at the age of 21 during an operation.
7. Sultan Kösen (Türkiye) | 2.51 meters
In seventh place on the list with a height of 251 centimeters is Sultan Kösen. Today, the Turk is the tallest person living on the planet. Successful treatment of the pituitary gland led to Sultan's growth stopping, which increases the chances of living a longer and longer life. healthy life than other representatives with similar anomalies who lived earlier. On this moment The Sultan is a farmer, and his main difficulty is finding clothes and shoes that need to be made to order.
6. Edouard Beaupré (Canada) | 2.51 meters
Sixth place in the ranking is taken by Edouard Beaupré from Canada. Compared to other people of abnormal height, Beaupre also had enormous strength, which is how he earned money by working in the circus. The strongman's height reached 251 centimeters. Despite his strength, Edward did not live long and died young at the age of 23 from tuberculosis, which was incurable in 1904. But even after his death, he continued to amaze, as his body was embalmed and served as an exhibit at the University of Montreal until 1990. After long legal battles, he was cremated and buried in his homeland.
5. Vaino Myllirinne (Finland) | 2.51 meters
The top five longest people in the world is opened by Vaino Myllirinne from Finland. The Finn also reached 2.51 meters in height only when he was about 40 years old. And at a young age, his height was not so outstanding: at 21 he was 2.22 meters. The Finn lived for 54 years and gained fame as the tallest man to serve in the army.
4. Leonid Stadnik (Ukraine) | 2.57 meters
In fourth place is Leonid Stadnik, who lives in Ukraine. The height of the tallest Ukrainian was 257 centimeters. At the age of 12, Leonid underwent brain surgery and his height began to increase abnormally. Stadnik worked as a veterinary surgeon and died at the age of 44 from a sudden cerebral hemorrhage. Last years Leonid suffered from problems with the musculoskeletal system and could not move without additional help.
3. John Carroll (USA) | 2.63 meters
The top three tallest people on the planet are John Carroll with an amazing height of 263 centimeters. Huge problems with his spine made it very difficult to measure John's height. John's first jump was in adolescence, then in just a few months he grew by 17 centimeters. John lived for 37 years and died in 1967 in Buffalo.
2. Joe Rogan (USA) | 2.68 meters
The exact date of birth of the person occupying second place on our list is unknown. Joe Rogan was born into the family of a former slave and was the 12th child. The estimated date of his birth is 1865-1868. The approximate age of his first abnormal growth spurt was 13 years. The guy started making money by taking photographs and selling photos at stations and railway stations. By about 20 years old, the guy could only move with the help of crutches, the reason for this was ankylosis of the joints. Joe's height increased until his death (1905). To this day he is considered the tallest black man on the planet.
1. Robert Wadlow (USA) | 2.72 meters
The first place of one of the highest representatives is occupied by Robert Wadlow. The American was born in 1918 and became the main record holder with a height of 272 centimeters. The record itself was captured less than a month before Robert’s death. Despite his enormous height, Wadlow not only graduated from the university, but was also a Freemason, for whom the largest ring in the history of the lodge had to be created. During the funeral, 12 people carried the coffin. Robetre's parents were very worried that after their son's death his corpse would not be stolen, so Wadlow's grave was concreted.
+ Fedor Makhnov | 2.85 meters
It is impossible not to note another giant in world history. His height was not recorded in the Guinness Book, but, according to some information, it was Fyodor Makhnov who was tallest man on earth throughout history. According to unverified data, Fedor’s height was 285 centimeters. Fyodor's entire family was distinguished by unprecedented growth, although such giants as he were no longer seen. At one time he entered the circus arena, entertaining people, and when he got tired of traveling around the world, Fedor went home and got married. He died at the age of 34.
This big man in the photo - Leonid Stepanovich Stadnik, who voluntarily renounced the Guinness Book of Records, but is actually the tallest person among those living on Earth.
Let's read about his fate in more detail...
Leonid Stadnik was born in the village of Podolyantsy (Zhytomyr region) almost near Chernobyl. Leonid Stadnik's parents were not tall. His father is 1.73 meters tall and his mother is 1.52 meters tall. As a child, Leonid also could not be called particularly large. A veterinarian, an athlete, he graduated from school with a gold medal, a university with honors, but he can’t work, cows are scared of him.
The stadnik began to grow at the age of 14.
Leonid believes that the doctors are to blame for everything; at the age of 13, they found a benign tumor in his brain and removed it, affecting the pituitary gland. As a result, his secretion and metabolism were disrupted. Since then, Stadnik began to grow rapidly. By the time Stadnik graduated as a veterinarian and began working, his height reached 2.03 meters.
According to the Ukrainian "Gulliver", at school he sat on the first desk due to the fact that he was the smallest in the class. Later, especially from the age of 14, he began to grow “by leaps and bounds.” At the medical examination at the military registration and enlistment office, the doctor did not have enough bar to measure Leonid’s height. But military doctors rejected Lenya not even because of her height, but because of her flat feet - shoe size 60. If Stadnik continues to grow at this rate, he will be able to surpass the record of Robert Wadlow, who, with his height of 272 cm, is considered the tallest man in human history. However, he himself is not happy with this prospect: from year to year it is becoming more and more difficult for him to live.
Stadnik lives in a village near Zhitomir, 200 km west of the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, and leaves there extremely rarely. Leonid's only means of transportation is a horse, on which he travels to neighboring villages. “The bus is not for me, a car- also not for me. It's just like that normal person carry it in the trunk,” he said in an interview on a Ukrainian TV channel. “I can only move on a cart,” says Leonid. True, the horse moves the cart with a 200-kilogram rider by crawling.
Stadnik was previously mentioned in (Guinness World Records) as the tallest man alive on Earth. However, on August 20, 2008, the editor-in-chief of the Book, Craig Glenday, announced that the title of the tallest man in the world was returning to the Chinese Bao Xishun. This decision was made after the Ukrainian Stadnik abandoned a slightly strange measurement procedure in accordance with the new principles of the Guinness Book. To remain a record holder, Leonid Stepanovich had to obtain permission to take several measurements of his height within 24 hours under the supervision of a representative of the Book of Records. The end result would be the average height of Stadnik.
Thus, the Ukrainian, whose height according to the Ukrainian Book of Records is 257 cm, rested on his laurels for only a few months. On August 8, 2007, the press secretary of the Book of Records, Amarilis Espinoza, stated that in the 2008 edition, Stadnik’s height exceeded the height of Xishun (236 cm), a native of the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia. Leonid Stepanovich himself subsequently stated that he abandoned the measurement procedure because he did not want to attract undue attention to his person.
Stadnik began to grow after undergoing brain surgery when he was 12 years old. He developed a tumor of the pituitary gland, a gland that began to produce excessive amounts of growth hormones. Doctors called his version of acromegaly gigantism. Twenty years after the operation, doctors discovered that Stadnik's tumor had mysteriously disappeared. In the spring issue of the Pravda newspaper for 2006, it was reported that over the past 2005 the Ukrainian had grown another 2 cm. It was also reported that Stadnik’s health was gradually deteriorating, making it difficult for him to move.
Ukrainian entrepreneurs used their own funds to buy Leonid a satellite dish and also gave him a computer with Internet access. The giant from the village of Podolyantsy met with the third Ukrainian president, Victor Yushchenko, at the Feofaniya clinical hospital, where the capital’s doctors operated on Leonid’s mother.
Leonid also has the largest hand, his palm is 31 cm long. Three liter jar it looks like a glass. Lenin's fist is larger than a boxing glove. In 2001, Stadnik had to quit his job: he had frostbite on his feet because he could not buy normal shoes in size 64.
Stadnik eats mainly potatoes and lard. He’s very afraid of gaining weight - “my joints can’t keep up with my growth anyway, if I get fat, I’ll fall flat.” His mother Galina Pavlovna, a woman one and a half meters tall, dreams: “I wish I had a good daughter-in-law so that I could bully Lenchik.”
In general, he is extremely dissatisfied with the attention that the press began to show to him. “I'm not an artist. One born to crawl cannot fly. What other career can you make - screwing in light bulbs in lanterns? For thirty-three years no one got into my soul. And here there is such massive interest. I would simply kill the person who posted a message about me on the Internet. I love to be in the shadows, in my “hole,” and there are so many cameras and light. My psyche can’t stand it, I can’t sleep at night anymore,” the giant complained to a newspaper correspondent.