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| Robert Wadlow |
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| Robert Pershing Wadlow was born on February 22, 1918 and he died on July 15, 1940. Wadlow reached 8 feet 11.1 inches (2.72 m) in height and weighed 490 pounds (220 kg) at his death. |
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| Johan Aason |
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| Johan Aason was born in the USA immediately after the immigration of his mother from Norway. He reached 2m 68,5cm. What's interesting that his mother was also high (2m 18cm). When he died the hospital crew wrote in the death certificate that it even reached the height of 2m 79cm. If this is true, then Johan Aason is the highest ever lived man on the Earth. He was buried in Montana, USA. |
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| John Rogan |
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| John Rogan was born in 1868 and he grew normally until the age of 13. Unfortunately, until the death of the official height (2m 68cm/8′9″) was not recorded. Due to illness he weighed only 175 pounds (79 kg). He is the tallest African American ever. He died in 1905 due to complications from his illness. |
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| John F Carroll |
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| John F Carroll was born in 1932. Buffalo, New York, and is still known as the "Buffalo giant." He reached 2m 63cm. |
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| Leonid Stadnyk |
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| Leonid Stadnyk was born on August 5, 1971 in Ukraine. Incredible growth began after Leonid undergone brain surgery, when this was 14 years old. He is now reaching 2.57 m (8 ft 5 in) and weights 200 kg (440 lb; 31 st). |
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| Aurelio Tomaini |
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| Al Tomaini lived between the years 1912 and 1962. His born name was Aurelio Tomaini, he claimed a height of 8' 4.55" (2.55 m); however Guinness World Records stated he was really 7'4" (223.5 cm.), but he may have stood 7'6.5" (229.9 cm.) at one time. |
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| Ella Ewing |
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| Ella Ewing was the highest women in the world. She reached 2m 54cm. Ella was born near La Grange, Missouri on March 9, 1872 and she died in Gorin, Missouri on January 10, 1913. She is popularly known as "The Missouri Giantess." |
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| Edouard Beaupré |
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| Edouard Beaupré was born on January 9, 1881 and he died on July 3, 1904. He was a circus and freak show giant, strongman, and a star in Barnum and Bailey's circus. At the age of nine he was already an adult male height - 1m 83cm. The day of his death he was 2m 52cm. Edouard died of tuberculosis in 1904. |
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