just wondering i am very curious.
2007-08-23 11:40:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The tallest man in medical history for whom there is irrefutable evidence is Robert Pershing Wadlow. He was born at Alton, Illinois, USA, on February 22, 1918, and when he was last measured on June 27, 1940, was found to be 2.72 m (8 ft 11.1 in) tall.
Wadlow died at 1:30 a.m. on July 15, 1940, in a hotel in Manistee, Michigan, as a result of a septic blister on his right ankle caused by a brace, which had been poorly fitted only a week earlier. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Alton, in a coffin measuring 3.28 m (10 ft 9 in) long, 81 cm (32 in) wide and 76 cm (30 in) deep.
Wadlow's greatest recorded weight was 222.71 kg (35 st 1 lb) on his 21st birthday and he weighed 199 kg (31 st 5 lb) at the time of his death. His shoe size was 37AA (47 cm, 18½ in long) and his hands measured 32.4 cm (12¾ in) from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger. He wore a size 25 ring. His arm span was 2.88 m (9 ft 5¾ in) and his peak daily food consumption was 8000 calories.
At the age of nine, he was able to carry his father Harold F. Wadlow, later Mayor of Alton, who stood 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) and weighed 77 kg (170 lb), up the stairs of the family home.
2007-08-23 11:47:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
World's tallest man now:
Bao Xishun, a 7-foot-9 herdsman from Inner Mongolia.
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World's tallest man ever:
Robert Pershing Wadlow at 8 feet 11 inches.
2007-08-23 11:47:05 · answer #2 · answered by makawao_kane 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Zdeno Chara for the Boston Bruins. As such a lot men and women have mentioned. 6'nine" and six'eleven" on skates. Slovakian respectable. BQ: Daniel Tosh. But that probably due to the fact I'm in institution and his fan base is quite often institution pupils. But he's hilarious.
2016-09-05 11:53:22 · answer #3 · answered by gearlds 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8'11 1/2". Named (I believe) Robert Waddell--or something like that.
2007-08-23 11:47:31 · answer #4 · answered by Omar Cayenne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/human_body/extreme_bodies/tallest_man.aspx
8ft 11 inches
2007-08-23 11:47:48 · answer #5 · answered by steven m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LEONID STADNIK
8ft11
i think i spelled his name wrong..
2007-08-23 11:50:24 · answer #6 · answered by No 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yao
2007-08-24 01:00:09 · answer #7 · answered by nicholas b 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋