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Who is the tallest person in the world? This question always makes you curious to surf the internet to find the answer. Especially if the big body gets a world record.

The following article has summarized the list of tallest people in the world. To find out who they are, check out the article below.

List of tallest people in the world

Quoted by Science Focus, 11 people are considered the tallest in the world. One of them is a career as a volleyball athlete. Here is an explanation.

1.Robert Wadlow

In the first place, this man from America is a legend of Guinness World Records, and his height reaches 2.72 m. Robert Wadlow was born in Illinois in 1918 with a condition called pituitary gigantism.

This anomaly gives Wadlow’s body an unusual size. Indeed, at the age of 6, Wadlow’s height reached 1.8 m. Not only that, but it also makes Wadlow’s feet 47cm taller than the size of any other human foot.

2. John Rogan

Additionally, John Rogan ranks as the second tallest person in the world with a height of 2.72m. born in 1867 in Hendersonville, Tennessee, America.

Throughout his life, Rogan suffered from arthritis, particularly of the spinal joints, which hampered his pursuits. Rogan died in September 1905 at the age of 38.

3. John Francis Carroll

John F Carroll with a height of 2.64m is the third tallest person in the world. This man is from America, in the city of Buffalo to be precise.

Carroll suffers from an abnormal condition that causes the enlargement of the hands and feet. He died in 1969 at the age of 37.

4. Leonid Stadnik

Leonid Stadnyk is the tallest person in the world of Ukrainian nationality. He has a height of about 2.57m or the equivalent of 8 feet 5 inches. At the age of 44, he died from a sudden cerebral hemorrhage.

5. Sultan Kosen

The man who holds the Guinness World Records, the tallest living person in the world today, is Sultan Kosen. He has held the record since September 2009 and reaches a height of up to 2.5 m.

That’s not all, Kosen also has the biggest hands and the longest pair of legs in the world. He suffers from the same disorder as Robert Wadlow, namely pituitary gigantism. This condition is caused by excessive production of growth hormone.

6. Brahim Takioullah

The second tallest person in the world is Brahim Takioullah. This man from Morocco has a height of 2.5m or the equivalent of 8 feet. Takioullah also holds the record for the largest feet in the world.

7. Trijntje Keever

If before it came from men, this time the tallest person in the world comes from women. Trujinte Keever is a woman from the Netherlands who is 2.54m tall or the equivalent of 8ft 4in.

This condition caused him to develop cancer and died in 1633. Keever died aged 17.

8. Dharmendra Pratap Singh

Quoting Saudi Scoop, the next tallest person in the world is Dharmendra Pratap Singh. In fact, he was nicknamed The Tallest Man of India with a height of 2.46m or the equivalent of 8ft 1in.

Singh faced several health issues throughout his life. He had severe hip pain and underwent hip replacement surgery in 2019.

9. Morteza Mehrzad Selakjani

The next tallest man in the world comes from Iran with a height of 2.46m or the equivalent of 8ft 1in. Morteza was one of the historic volleyball athletes who won the Rio Olympics in 2016.

However, Morteza had an accident that caused one of his legs to grow slower than the rest of his body. Even today, one of Mehrzad’s legs is only about 15 cm shorter than the other.

10. Zhang Juncai

Zhang Juncai is the tallest person in the world from China, Shanxi Province. He has a height of 2.42 m or the equivalent of 7 feet 11 inches.

In November 2004, he was officially named China’s tallest person. Juncai is only about 10cm shorter than Sultan Kösen and is currently the tallest person alive.

11. Edouard Beaupre

Edouard Beaupre is a Canadian national who is 2.51m tall. He is known as a big giant wrestler.

Not only that, Edward is recorded in the Guinness book as one of the tallest humans in the world. He died 1904 ago as a result of tuberculosis from which he suffered.

So, that was the list of the tallest people in the world. Approximately, if you are juxtaposed with you, what part of their body will you be so tall? Hope this is helpful.

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