List of tallest people in the world

This is a list of men and women who are (or have been) the tallest people in the world. The tallest in the world is Robert Waldow.

• Angus MacAskill () 7 ft 9 in.
• Siddiqa Parveen (born 1985) is the tallest living woman in the world since 2021. She is 7 feet 8 inches (234 cm) tall.
• Nellie Lambert (born 1894) is the tallest woman in history, in 1913, it claimed that Nellie was 8 feet 5 inches (256.54 cm) tall, she was the tallest bride ever at only 19 years old.

Name	Lifespan	Height	Picture	Known for
Robert Wadlow	1918-1940	8ft 11.1in (272 cm)		Tallest verified person. He was 6 ft by age 8 and in 1940, he was measured as 8 ft 11 in and 200 kg.
John Rogan	1867-1905	8 ft 9 in (267 cm)		2nd tallest person. Tallest African-American. Couldn't stand up due to ankylosis. Doctors measured his height while sitting down at 8 ft 9 in at it's least.
John F. Carroll	1932-1969	8 ft 7 in (264 cm)
Franz Winkelmeier	1860-1887	8 ft 6 in (259 cm)		Tallest Austrian.
Leonid Stadnyk	1970-2014	8 ft 5 in (257 cm)		Tallest person from Ukraine. His record was never verified because he refused to be measured. He was probably 7 ft 8 in.
Julius Koch	1872-1902	8 ft 4.8in (256 cm)
Trijntje Keever	1616-1633	8 ft 4 in (254 cm)		Tallest female person and tallest person from the Netherlands. The Netherlands is the only place where the tallest person is a woman.
Vaino Myllyrinne	1909-1963	8 ft 3 in (252 cm)		Tallest Finnish.
Sultan Kösen	1982-	8 ft 3 in (251 cm)		Tallest Turkish and tallest person alive. He also possesses the record for the largest hands ever.
Parimal Barman	1962-1991		No picture	Tallest Bangladeshi. Contested against Jinnat Ali (below)
Jinnat Ali	1996-2020	8 ft 2 in (249 cm)		Tallest Bangladeshi. He had to eat 1 kg of food every day. He weight 298 kg (656 lb) before he succumbed to a brain tumor in 2020. Contested against Parimal Barman.
Don Koehler	1925-1981		No Picture
Azhagumuthukon	1743-1849	8 ft 1 in	No Picture
Brahim Takioullah	1982-	8 ft 1 in	No picture
Morteza Mehrzad Selakjani	1987-	8 ft 1 in
Jorge Gonzalez	1966-2010	8 ft 0 in
Abiodun Adegoke	2000		7 ft 11 in
Naseer Soomro	1970-	7 ft 9 in
Bao Xishun	1951-	7 ft 9 in
Radhouane Charbib	1968-	7 ft 9 in
Abiodun Adegoke	1992-	7 ft 9 in
Broc Brown	1997-	7 ft 8 in
Gheorghe Muresan	1971-	7 ft 7 in
Manute Bol	1962-2010	7 ft 7 in
Robert Bobroczky	2000-	7 ft 7 in
Olivier Rioux	2006-	7 ft 7 in
Matthew McGrory	1973-2005	7 ft 6 in
Tacko Fall	1995-	7 ft 5 in
Jamarion Sharp	2001-	7 ft 5 in	Jamarion Sharp
Zach Edey	2002-	7 ft 4in
André the Giant	1946-1993	7 ft 4 in
Victor Wembanyama	2004-	7 ft 4 in
Peter Mayhew	1947-2020	7 ft 3 in
Jeison Hernandez	?-	7 ft 2.5 in

Disputed Claims

Name	Lifespan	Height	Picture
Jose Punlos	1907- ?	10 ft 6 in (320 cm)
Abou El Sayed	1924-	10 ft 2 in (309 cm)
Spanish Giant	?-?	9 ft 6 in (289 cm)
Giant Soldier	?-?	9ft 5in (287 cm)
Feodor Machnow	1878-1912	9 ft 4 in (285 cm)
Ho Van Trung	1985-2019	9 ft 0 in (274 cm)

Various Sports

Sport	Name	Height	Lifespan
Basketball	Alexander Sizonenko	7 ft 11 in	1959-2012
Football	Kristof van Hout	6 ft 10 in	1987-
Volleyball	Morteza Mehrzad Selakjani	8 ft 1 in	1987-