1
Morteza Mehrzad
(Iranian Volleyball Player Who Plays as Outside Hitter)
0
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 17, 1987
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Rudsar, Gilan, Iran
Height: 8'1" (246 cm)
2
Suleiman Ali Nashnush
(Basketball player, Actor)
3
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: 1943 AD
Birthplace: Tripoli, Libya
Died: February 25, 1991
Height: 8'0" (244 cm)
3
Anna Haining Bates
(Circus performer)
4
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 6, 1846
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New Annan, Canada
Died: August 5, 1888
Height: 7'11" (241 cm)
4
Colonel Routh Goshen
(Circus performer)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1824 AD
Birthplace: Lezayre
Died: February 12, 1889
Height: 7'11" (241 cm)
5
Alexander Sizonenko
(Soviet Basketball Player Who Played as a Center)
0
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 20, 1959
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Died: January 5, 2012
Height: 7'11" (241 cm)
6
Igor Vovkovinskiy
(First person to be declared the tallest man in two different countries)
0
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 18, 1982
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bar, Ukraine
Died: August 20, 2021
Height: 7'9" (236 cm)
7
Ri Myung-hun
(Basketball player)
1
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 14, 1967
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: North Korea
Height: 7'9" (236 cm)
8
Robert Bobroczky
(Romanian Basketball Player Known for His Striking 7'7" Frame)
10
8
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 17, 2000
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Arad, Romania
Height: 7'8" (234 cm)
9
Sun Mingming
(Basketball player)
5
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 23, 1983
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Harbin
Height: 7'8" (234 cm)
10
Yao Defen
(Tallest Living woman (former; deceased); World Record Holder)
4
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 15, 1972
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Shucheng County
Died: November 13, 2012
Height: 7'8" (234 cm)
11
Jóhann K. Pétursson
(Actor)
3
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 9, 1913
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Dalvík, Iceland
Died: November 26, 1984
Height: 7'8" (234 cm)
12
Manute Bol
(Former Professional Basketball Player and the Tallest Player in the History of the NBA)
45
7
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 16, 1962
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Turalei, South Sudan
Died: June 19, 2010
Height: 7'7" (231 cm)
13
Kenny George
(Basketball player)
0
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: 1986 AD
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height: 7'7" (231 cm)
14
Samuel Deguara
(Basketball player)
3
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 21, 1991
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Pietà, Malta
Height: 7'7" (231 cm)
15
Saint Christopher
(Patron Saint of Travellers)
59
28
16
Yao Ming
(6th President of the Chinese Basketball Association and Former Professional Player)
113
27
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 12, 1980
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Shanghai, China
Height: 7'6" (229 cm)
17
Matthew McGrory
(Actor)
21
10
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)
18
Shawn Bradley
(Former German-American Basketball Player)
8
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 22, 1972
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Landstuhl, West Germany
Height: 7'6" (229 cm)
19
Slavko Vraneš
(Basketball player - Center)
0
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 30, 1983
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pljevlja, Montenegro
Height: 7'6" (229 cm)
20
Tacko Fall
(Basketball player)
23
6
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 10, 1995
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dakar, Senegal
Height: 7'5" (226 cm)
21
Sim Bhullar
(Canadian Basketball Player and the First Player of Indian Descent to Play in the NBA)
5
6
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 2, 1992
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Height: 7'5" (226 cm)
22
Chuck Nevitt
(Basketball Player)
2
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 13, 1959
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cortez, Colorado, United States
Height: 7'5" (226 cm)
23
Pavel Podkolzin
(Basketball player)
0
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 15, 1985
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Novosibirsk, Russia
Height: 7'5" (226 cm)
24
André the Giant
(French Professional Wrestler Known for His Great Size)
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100
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 19, 1946
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Coulommiers, France
Died: January 27, 1993
Height: 7'4" (224 cm)
25
Boban Marjanović
(Serbian Basketball Player)
33
14
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 15, 1988
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Boljevac, Serbia
Height: 7'4" (224 cm)
26
Ralph Sampson
(Basketball Player)
12
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 7, 1960
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States
Height: 7'4" (224 cm)
27
Mark Eaton
(Basketball player)
11
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 24, 1957
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Inglewood, California, United States
Died: May 28, 2021
Height: 7'4" (224 cm)
28
Priest Lauderdale
(Retired American Basketball Player and One of the Tallest NBA Players Ever)
3
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 31, 1973
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height: 7'4" (224 cm)
29
Rik Smits
(Basketball player)
1
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 23, 1966
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Eindhoven, Netherlands
Height: 7'4" (224 cm)
30
Youssoupha Fall
(Basketball player)
2
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 12, 1995
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dakar, Senegal
Height: 7'4" (224 cm)
31
Kristian Wåhlin
(Musician, Graphic designer)
1
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 4, 1971
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gothenburg, Sweden
Height: 7'4" (224 cm)
32
Gogea Mitu
(The Tallest Professional Boxer in the History of Boxing)
0
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 15, 1909
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Mârșani, Romania
Died: June 8, 1936
Height: 7'4" (224 cm)
33
Kristaps Porzingis
(Latvian Professional Basketball Player)
55
11
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 2, 1995
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Liepāja, Latvia
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
34
Arvydas Sabonis
(Basketball Player, center who was a two-time Mr. Europa Player of the Year and 6-time Euroscar Player of the Year)
18
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 19, 1964
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kaunas, Lithuania
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
35
Gheorghe Mureșan
(One of the Two Tallest Basketball Players Who Have Played in the History of ‘NBA’)
11
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 14, 1971
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tritenii de Jos, Romania
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
36
Žydrūnas Ilgauskas
(Basketball player)
8
6
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 5, 1975
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kaunas, Russian
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
37
Hasheem Thabeet
(Basketball player)
3
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 16, 1987
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
38
Keith Closs
(Basketball Player)
2
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 3, 1976
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
39
Omos
(Professional wrestler and former college basketball player.)
1
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 16, 1994
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
40
Edy Tavares
(Basketball player who was a second-round pick of the Atlanta Hawks in 2014)
1
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 22, 1992
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Maio, Cape Verde
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
41
Peter John Ramos
(Puerto Rican Basketball Player and Wrestler)
2
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 23, 1985
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
42
Matt Haarms
(Basketball player)
0
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 22, 1997
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
43
Gunther Behnke
(Basketball player)
2
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 19, 1963
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Leverkusen, Germany
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
44
Tibor Pleiß
(German Basketball Player Who Plays Center)
1
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 2, 1989
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
45
Christ Koumadje
(Basketball Centers)
0
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 7, 1996
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: N'Djamena, Chad
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
46
Vladimir Tkachenko
(Former Soviet and Russian Basketball Player Who Played as a Center)
1
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 20, 1957
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sochi, Russia
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
47
Aleksandar Radojević
(Basketball player)
0
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 8, 1976
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Herceg Novi, Montenegro
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
48
Jānis Krūmiņš
(Basketball player)
3
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 30, 1930
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Raiskums Parish, Latvia
Died: November 20, 1994
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
49
Kevin Peter Hall
(Actor)
10
9
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 9, 1955
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: April 10, 1991
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
50
Georgios Papagiannis
(Basketball player)
0
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 3, 1997
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Marousi, Greece
Height: 7'3" (221 cm)
