1
Robert Wadlow
(Tallest Person Ever Known)
74
9
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 22, 1918
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Alton, Illinois, United States
Died: July 15, 1940
Height: 8'11" (272 cm)
2
Jinnat Ali
(Tallest Bangladesh)
3
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1996 AD
Birthplace: Ramu Upazila, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Died: April 28, 2020
Height: 8'2" (249 cm)
3
Julius Koch
(Tallest people)
3
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1872 AD
Birthplace: Reutlingen, Germany
Died: March 30, 1902
Height: 8'1" (246 cm)
4
Gabriel Estêvão Monjane
(Circus performer)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1944 AD
Birthplace: Manjacaze, Gaza Province, Mozambique
Died: January 15, 1990
Height: 8'1" (246 cm)
5
Suleiman Ali Nashnush
(Basketball player, Actor)
2
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: 1943 AD
Birthplace: Tripoli, Libya
Died: February 25, 1991
Height: 8'0" (244 cm)
6
Colonel Routh Goshen
(Circus performer)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1824 AD
Birthplace: Lezayre
Died: February 12, 1889
Height: 7'11" (241 cm)
7
Alexander Sizonenko
(Soviet Basketball Player Who Played as a Center)
0
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 20, 1959
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Died: January 5, 2012
Height: 7'11" (241 cm)
8
Bao Xishun
(herder)
0
1
9
Igor Vovkovinskiy
(First person to be declared the tallest man in two different countries)
0
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 18, 1982
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bar, Ukraine
Died: August 20, 2021
Height: 7'9" (236 cm)
10
Ri Myung-hun
(Basketball player)
0
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 14, 1967
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: North Korea
Height: 7'9" (236 cm)
11
Robert Bobroczky
(Romanian Basketball Player Known for His Striking 7'7" Frame)
7
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 17, 2000
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Arad, Romania
Height: 7'8" (234 cm)
12
Sun Mingming
(Basketball player)
5
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 23, 1983
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Harbin
Height: 7'8" (234 cm)
13
Jóhann K. Pétursson
(Actor)
3
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 9, 1913
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Dalvík, Iceland
Died: November 26, 1984
Height: 7'8" (234 cm)
14
Alam Channa
(Tallest living people)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1953 AD
Birthplace: Sehwan Sharif
Died: July 2, 1998
Height: 7'8" (234 cm)
15
Manute Bol
(Former Professional Basketball Player and the Tallest Player in the History of the NBA)
40
6
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 16, 1962
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Turalei, South Sudan
Died: June 19, 2010
Height: 7'7" (231 cm)
16
Kenny George
(Basketball player)
0
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: 1986 AD
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height: 7'7" (231 cm)
17
Samuel Deguara
(Basketball player)
2
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 21, 1991
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Pietà, Malta
Height: 7'7" (231 cm)
18
Saint Christopher
(Patron Saint of Travellers)
55
27
19
Yao Ming
(6th President of the Chinese Basketball Association and Former Professional Player)
100
20
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 12, 1980
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Shanghai, China
Height: 7'6" (229 cm)
20
Matthew McGrory
(Actor)
20
8
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 17, 1973
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: August 9, 2005
Height: 7'6" (229 cm)
21
Shawn Bradley
(Basketball player)
6
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 22, 1972
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Landstuhl, West Germany
Height: 7'6" (229 cm)
22
Slavko Vraneš
(Basketball player - Center)
0
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 30, 1983
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pljevlja, Montenegro
Height: 7'6" (229 cm)
23
Tacko Fall
(Basketball player)
22
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 10, 1995
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dakar, Senegal
Height: 7'5" (226 cm)
24
Sim Bhullar
(Canadian Basketball Player and the First Player of Indian Descent to Play in the NBA)
5
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 2, 1992
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Height: 7'5" (226 cm)
25
Chuck Nevitt
(Basketball Player)
1
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 13, 1959
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cortez, Colorado, United States
Height: 7'5" (226 cm)
26
Pavel Podkolzin
(Basketball player)
0
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 15, 1985
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Novosibirsk, Russia
Height: 7'5" (226 cm)
27
André the Giant
(French Professional Wrestler Known for His Great Size)
235
80
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 19, 1946
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Coulommiers, France
Died: January 27, 1993
Height: 7'4" (224 cm)
28
Boban Marjanović
(Serbian Basketball Player)
27
8
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 15, 1988
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Boljevac, Serbia
Height: 7'4" (224 cm)
29
Ralph Sampson
(Basketball Player)
10
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 7, 1960
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States
Height: 7'4" (224 cm)
30
Mark Eaton
(Basketball player)
9
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 24, 1957
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Inglewood, California, United States
Died: May 28, 2021
Height: 7'4" (224 cm)
31
Rik Smits
(Basketball player)
1
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 23, 1966
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Eindhoven, Netherlands
Height: 7'4" (224 cm)
32
Priest Lauderdale
(Retired American Basketball Player and One of the Tallest NBA Players Ever)
2
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 31, 1973
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height: 7'4" (224 cm)
33
Youssoupha Fall
(Basketball player)
2
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 12, 1995
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dakar, Senegal
Height: 7'4" (224 cm)
34
Kristian Wåhlin
(Musician, Graphic designer)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 4, 1971
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gothenburg, Sweden
Height: 7'4" (224 cm)
35
Kristaps Porzingis
(Latvian Professional Basketball Player)
45
9
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 2, 1995
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Liepāja, Latvia
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
36
Arvydas Sabonis
(Basketball Player, center who was a two-time Mr. Europa Player of the Year and 6-time Euroscar Player of the Year)
15
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 19, 1964
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kaunas, Lithuania
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
37
Gheorghe Mureșan
(One of the Two Tallest Basketball Players Who Have Played in the History of ‘NBA’)
8
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 14, 1971
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tritenii de Jos, Romania
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
38
Žydrūnas Ilgauskas
(Basketball player)
7
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 5, 1975
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kaunas, Russian
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
39
Hasheem Thabeet
(Basketball player)
1
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 16, 1987
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
40
Omos
(Professional wrestler and former college basketball player.)
1
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 16, 1994
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
41
Peter John Ramos
(Puerto Rican Basketball Player and Wrestler)
2
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 23, 1985
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
42
Edy Tavares
(Basketball player who was a second-round pick of the Atlanta Hawks in 2014)
1
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 22, 1992
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Maio, Cape Verde
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
43
Keith Closs
(Basketball Player)
2
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 3, 1976
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
44
Aleksandar Radojević
(Basketball player)
0
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 8, 1976
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Herceg Novi, Montenegro
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
45
Gunther Behnke
(Basketball player)
2
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 19, 1963
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Leverkusen, Germany
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
46
Vladimir Tkachenko
(Former Soviet and Russian Basketball Player Who Played as a Center)
1
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 20, 1957
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sochi, Russia
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
47
Matt Haarms
(Basketball player)
0
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 22, 1997
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
48
Tibor Pleiß
(Basketball player)
1
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 2, 1989
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
49
Christ Koumadje
(Basketball Centers)
0
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 7, 1996
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: N'Djamena, Chad
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
50
Jānis Krūmiņš
(Basketball player)
3
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 30, 1930
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Raiskums Parish, Latvia
Died: November 20, 1994
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
