The tallest people on the planet (48 photos)
Anna Swan.
Height 236 cm (7' 9" ft).
1846-1888
Anna Swan with her husband Martin Bates.
Wedding photograph from 1871.
Angus McAskill.
Height 236 cm (7' 9" ft).
1825-1863
Found femurs of different people.
Russian giant Makhnov.
Height 241 cm (7' 11" ft).
1882-1905
Mr. Makhnov in London at the hippodrome.
Maximilian Christopher Miller.
Height unknown.
1674-1734
Nameless giant.
Height unknown.
Giant Mongol.
Height: 226 cm (7' 5" ft).
Makhnov again.
A certain Constantin.
Russian girl.
Cornelius Magrath.
Died in 1760.
Ella Ewing.
Height 254 cm (8' 4" ft).
1872-1912
And her house.
Chinois Chwang-in-sing
Hugo at the age of 25.
Height 250 cm (8' 2-1/2" ft).
Chang Woo Gow
Height 249 cm (8' 2" ft).
1841-1893
William Olding at age 19 in 1942.
Lete An (Lutteur Ant) at the age of 22 years.
Eisenmann from New York.
Unknown woman.
1875
A guy from Indiana.
Unknown.
William Bradley, Englishman.
Height 236 cm (7' 9" ft).
1787-1820
A certain major.
Edward Beaupre
Height 252 cm (8' 3" ft).
1881 - 1904
Big Gust
Height 228 cm (7' 6" ft).
1914
Joan Aason at the age of 18.
Height 267.5 cm (8' 9-1/4" ft).
Weight 229 kg.
1900
Robert Wadlow
Height 272 cm (8' 11" ft).
1918-1940
Martin Chambi
1929
Johann Svarfälingur.
Height 264 cm (8' 8" ft).
1913-1984
Al Tomaini.
Height 255 cm (8' 4.5" ft).
1912-1962
Giant from Rotterdam.
Height 236 cm (7' 9" ft).
Weight 209 kg.
1926 - 1959
Henry Hite
Height 230 cm (7' 6-3/4" ft).
Clifford Thompson
Height 259 cm (8' 6" ft).
A giant Afghan man next to an American soldier.
The tallest Chinese man, Bao Xishun, 56, is from Mongolia (previously considered the tallest living person in the world).
Height 236 cm (7' 9" ft).
With my wife.
The tallest man in the world.
Leonid Stadnik, native of the village of Podolyantsy, Zhytomyr region.
Works as a veterinarian.
Height 253 cm (8' 4" ft).
Weight 200 kg.
1971 - Still growing.