The tallest registered person: Robert Pershing Wadlow (272 cm, 8'11.1")
«Guinness World Records" refers to the tallest man in the world of American Robert Wadlow .
He was born February 22, 1918 in Alton (USA). The second name was given to him in honor of General Pershing, who at that time took part in the First World War. Robert grew up very quickly, and in five years he wore clothes that could be 17-year-old boy.
All members of his family (he had two brothers and two sisters) had normal growth. He wanted to live a normal life, fond of photography, was a good student, joined the Boy Scouts organization. Robert was very fond of his mother, Addie, for which he received the nickname "Gentle Giant". More ...
Tallest live person: Sultan Kёsen (251 cm, 8'2.8")
In 2010, 2011 and 2012, Guinness World Records tagging Kёsena Sultan (born 10 December 1982) as the tallest man in the world, and with the biggest hands (28.5 centimeters) and largest feet (36.5 centimeters). shown at the time of the last measurement, February 8, 2011.
According to Guinness, Sultan Kёsen is the tallest living man with the growth of 246.5 cm when measured GWR in Ankara, Turkey, in February 2009. He is still growing. On February 8, 2011 it was measured in Ankara, Turkey showed 251 cm. More ...
The tallest recorded woman: Zeng Jin-lian (248 cm, 8'1.6")
She was born June 26, 1964 in the village of Yudzhang in Hunan Province, China. Was the highest recorded woman in the world. At the time of her death at age 17 reached 248.3 cm in height. However, this figure takes into account the curvature of her spine as she had severe scoliosis and could not fully straighten. More ...
