World Tallest Man List

Flag	Metric	Imperial	Name	Note	Lifespan
	272 cm	8 ft11.1 in	Robert Wadlow	Confirmed tallest male and person by Guinness World Records.[1]	1918–1940
	267 cm	8 ft 8 in	John Rogan	Second tallest male in recorded history.	1868–1905
	264 cm	8 ft 7¾ in	John F. Carroll	8 ft 0 in (244 cm) standing height, 8 ft 7¾ in (264 cm) assuming normal spinal curvature	1932–1969
	251 cm	8 ft 3 in	Väinö Myllyrinne	Recognized as the tallest living person from 1940 to his death in 1963. Said to have been 251 cm in his thirties.	1909–1963
	249 cm	8 ft 2 in	Don Koehler	Tallest in world for most of 1970s. Had twin sister who was 175 cm (5 ft 9) tall	1925–1981
	249 cm	8 ft 2 in	Bernard Coyne	Coyne's World War I draft registration card, dated 29 August his height as 8 feet, although he had reached a height of 8 feet 2 inches (2.49 m) by the time of his death.	1897–1921
	249 cm	8 ft 2 in	Vikas Uppal	Was not officially measured by Guinness.	1986–2007
	249 cm	8 ft 2 in	Sultan Kösen	The tallest living person since September 17, 2009, as determined by Guinness World Records.[2]	1982–
	246 cm	8 ft 1 in	Patrick Cotter O'Brien Bristol Giant, Irish Giant	Tallest person recorded at the time and the first in medical history to stand at a verified height of eight feet. Remains examined in 1972 and height verified.	1760–1806
	246 cm	8 ft ¾ in	Gabriel Estêvão Monjane	Guiness World Records listed him as tallest man from 1988 to 1990. He remains perhaps the tallest African recorded.	1944–1990
	246 cm	8 ft ¾ in	Julius Koch Le Geant Constantin	Probably never the world's tallest person due to his life coinciding with that of John Rogan. Skeleton preserved in the Museum of Natural History in Mons,Belgium.	1872–1902
	245 cm	8 ft 0.4 in	Suleiman Ali Nashnush	Libyan who may be the tallest basketball player.[citation needed]	1943–1991
	244 cm	8 ft 0 in	Anton de Franchepoinct Lange Anton	Lived during Thirty Years' War; skeleton later measured at 8 ft 0 in (244 cm).[3][4]	Unknown
	242 cm	7 ft 11 in	Gustaf Edman	Listed as the eleventh tallest in Guinness World Records.[5]	1882–1912
	242 cm	7 ft 11 in	Zhang Juncai	Tallest living Chinese Person.	1983–
	242 cm	7 ft 11 in	Suparwono	Tallest living Indonesian. Officially measured (lying down and in the standing position) by the Indonesian Record Museum (MURI) in December 2009.[6]	1985–
	241 cm	7 ft 11 in	Alexander Sizonenko	Soviet Union basketball player.[7]	1959–
	238 cm	7 ft 10 in	Grgo Kusić	Tallest Croat ever. Tallest citizen of Austria-Hungary of his time.[8] || 1892–1918
	236 cm	7 ft 9 in	Bao Xishun	Considered the tallest living person by Guinness World Records until September 2009 when he was replaced by Sultan Kösen.[9]	1951–
	236 cm	7 ft 9 in	Angus MacAskill	Tallest Scotsman ever.	1825–1863
	236 cm	7 ft 9 in	Sun Ming-Ming	Chinese basketball player. Formerly second tallest living person.	1983–
	235 cm	7 ft 8.5 in	Ri Myung Hun	Former basketball player with the North Korean national team.	1967–
	235 cm	7 ft 8.5 in	Radhouane Charbib	Listed by Guinness World Records as tallest man until January 15, 2005, before Bao Xishun and Sun Ming Ming.[9]	1968–
/	234.5 cm	7 ft 8.33 in	Igor Vovkovinskiy	Currently the tallest person living in the United States. Originally from Ukraine, moved to Rochester, MN to be treated at the Mayo Clinic. Most recently has been acting in commercials and movies [10]. Also became well by wearing a t-shirt that read "Obama's Biggest Supporter."	1982–
	234 cm	7 ft 8 in	George Bell	Former Tallest living American.[11]	1957–
	234 cm	7 ft 8 in	Yasutaka Okayama	Tallest basketball player drafted in National Basketball Association history.	1954–
	234 cm	7 ft 8 in	Adam Rainer	Only person known to have been both a dwarf and giant. He was 137 cm (4 ft 6 in) tall at age 18 and peaked at 234 cm (7 ft 8 in) when he died, having grown 96 cm (38 in) as an adult.	1899–1950
	234 cm	7 ft 8 in	Kenny George	Tallest Division I basketball player.[12]	1987–
	234 cm	7 ft 8 in	Paul Sturgess	Tied for the tallest player ever to play college basketball in the U.S.[13]	1987-
	232.6 cm	7 ft 7.56 in	Neil Fingleton	Was formerly tallest living person born in the UK.[14][15]	1980–
	232 cm	7 ft 7.5 in	Hussain Bisad	Somali, considered to be one of the tallest living men.	1975–
	231.8 cm	7 ft 7¼ in	Alam Channa	Pakistani, considered to be the tallest living man when he died in 1998.[16]	1953–1998
	231 cm	7 ft 7 in	Charles Byrne	Skeleton now resides in the Hunterian Museum.	1761–1783
	231 cm	7 ft 7 in	Max Palmer	Actor and pro wrestler. Listed by Guinness World Records at 7 ft 7 in, claimed 8 ft 1 in. Film Bio - Killer Apes, Invaders From Mars.[17]	1927–1984
	231 cm	7 ft 7 in	Manute Bol	Tied for tallest in NBA history.	1962–2010
	231 cm	7 ft 7 in	Gheorghe Mureşan	Tied for tallest in NBA history.	1971–
	229 cm	7 ft 6 in	Jorge Gonzalez	Tallest wrestler in WWE history.	1966–2010
	229 cm	7 ft 6 in	Yao Ming	Currently the tallest player in the NBA.	1980–
	229 cm	7 ft 6 in	Shawn Bradley	Former player in the NBA, 1993-2005.	1972–
	229 cm	7 ft 6 in	Matthew McGrory	Was the world's tallest actor when he died in 2005.[18]	1973–2005

Reference:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_people#Male