You’ll stop considering yourself tall after reading this article. Having a wild height also comes with lots of health issues that caused some of these people to have premature deaths. Here are 30 of the tallest people recorded in history, their height, and how long they lived.
Anna Haining Bates
She was 7’11.5” (2.42 m) and passed away a day before turning 42.
Patrick Cotter O’Brien
He was 8’ (2.44 m) and died at the age of 46.
Suleiman Ali Nashnush
He was the tallest basketball player in the world with a height of 8’0.5” (2.45 m) and passed away at the age of 47.
Felipe Birriel
Felipe was 7’11” (2.41 m) and died at 77.
Yao Defen
She was 7’8” (2.34m) and passed away at the age of 30.
Jane Bunford
After hitting her head, she grew to be 7’11” (2.41m) and lived for 27 years.
Zhang Juncai
He is 7’11.3” (2.421 m) and 47 at the time!
Morteza Mehrzad
He is 8’1” (2.46 m) and currently 37 years old.
John F. Carroll
The third-tallest man who ever lived was 8’8” (2.64 m) and lived for 36 years.
Franz Winkelmeier
He was 8’6” (2.59 m) and was able to visit the queen at the age of 27, a few months before passing away.
Anton de Franckenpoint
He was believed to be 8’ (2.44 m), and his age was unknown, but he passed away in 1583.
Brahim Takioullah
He reached an 8’1” (2.46 m) height and is currently 43 years old.
Bernard Coyne
He was 8’2” (2.49 m) and sadly only lived 23 years.
Sultan Kosen
The 8’2.89” (2.512 m) man is 42 years old
Zeng Jinlian
She was 8’1.7” (2.48m) and passed away at the young age of 17.
Édouard Beaupré
The man who was 8’2.9” (2.512 m) lived for 23 years.
Väinö Myllyrinne
He was 8’3” (2.514 m) and passed away at the age of 54.
Rumeysa Gelgi
She’s the tallest woman alive with a 7’1” (2.15 m) height and is 24 years old.
Trijntje Keever
She was allegedly 8’6” (2.54 m) tall, but it’s hard to tell due to the date. She lived for 17 years.
Martin Van Buren Bates
He was 7’11” (2.36 m) and got married to Anna Haining Bates. He passed at the age of 81.
Sun Mingming
This basketball player is currently 41 years old and 7’9” (2.36 m).
Xu Yan
She’s a handball player married to Sun Mingming who’s 36 years old and 6’1” (1.87 m)
Angus MacAskill
Not only was he 7’9” (2.36 m), but he also had super strength and could lift a ship anchor. He lived for 38 years.
Jack Earle
He was 8’6” (2.6 m) tall and passed away at the age of 46.
Adam Rainer
Adam was both short and giant throughout his life. In his 20s, he went from being 4’6” (1.18 m) tall to 7’8” (2.34 m). He lived until the age of 51.
Ekaterina Lisina
The 37-year-old model is 6’9” (2.06 m)
Don Koehler
A giant salesman who was 8’2” (2.49 m) tall sadly passed away at 55.
John Rogan
The second-tallest man in history was 8’9” (2.67 m) and lived for 37 years.
Leonid Stadnyk
The Ukranian vet was 8’5” (2.57 m) tall and passed away at 44.
Robert Wadlow
The tallest man in history was 8’11” (2.72 m) tall and lived for a short period of 22 years.
