List of famous tall men
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This is a list of famous tall men, starting at 6 ft 4 in (193 cm). Entries are listed in alphabetical order by family name.
8 ft 11.1 in (272 cm)
- Robert Pershing Wadlow — tallest human recorded in modern times
8 ft 9 in (268 cm)
- John Rogan — tallest African American
- Vikas Uppal — tallest Indian claimant[1]
8 ft 4 in (253 cm)
- Ajaz Ahmed — tallest living person claimant [2]
- Leonid Stadnik — tallest living person claimant
8 ft 2 ½ in (250 cm)
- Edouard Beaupré — "The Willowbunch Giant"
8 ft 2 in (249 cm)
- Don Koehler — tallest person claimant in 1940
8 ft 1 ¾ in (248 cm)
- Väinö Myllyrinne — tallest recorded European-born person, at peak measured 251 cm
8 ft ¾ in (246 cm)
- Gabriel Estavao Monjane — Mozambican who was the tallest man in 1988-89 according to the Guinness book.
8 ft ½in (245 cm)
- Suleiman Ali Nashnush — tallest basketball player yet recorded
8 ft (244 cm)
7 ft 9 in (236 cm)
- William Bradley — tallest recorded Briton.
- Angus MacAskill — the world's largest "true" giant, and the tallest recorded Scottish person.
- Xi Shun — tallest living person recognised by Guinness, since January 15, 2005
- Naseer Ahmaad Soomro — tallest living person in 1999 [6] [7]
- Ri Myong-hun (aka Michael Ri) — North Korean basketball player, made failed attempt to join the NBA in the late 1990s [8]
- Sun Ming Ming — Chinese basketball player
7 ft 8 in (234 cm)
- Eddie Carmel — "The Jewish Giant"
- Alam Channa — tallest living man in 1997-1998 [9]
- Johann K. Petursson — "The Viking Giant"
- Ghulam Shabbir — second tallest living Pakistani man [10] (some sources say he is taller [11])
7 ft 7 in (231 cm)
- Manute Bol — basketball player
- Lock Martin — actor[12]
- Gheorghe Muresan — basketball player and actor
7 ft 6¼ in (230 cm)
- Christopher Greener — Britain's tallest man
7 ft 6 in (229 cm)
- Giant Gonzales — professional wrestler
- Matthew McGrory — actor
- Yao Ming — basketball player
7 ft 4 in (224 cm)
- Ralph Sampson — basketball player
7 ft 3 in (221 cm)
- Peter Mayhew — actor
- Dalip Singh — actor and professional wrestler
7 ft 2½ in (220 cm)
- Martin Van Buren Bates — American Civil War veteran and performer
- Kevin Peter Hall — actor
7 ft 2 in (218 cm)
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — basketball player
- Choi Hong-man former ssirum wrestler, kickboxer and k-1 fighter
- Paulo César da Silva Wrestler, martial artist
- Richard Kiel — actor
7 ft 1 in (216 cm)
- Wilt Chamberlain — basketball player and actor
- Vlade Divac — basketball player
- Shaquille O'Neal — basketball player
- David Robinson — basketball player
7 ft (213 cm)
- John Aasen — movie and carnival giant
- André the Giant — professional wrestler
- Bolaji Badejo — monster in Alien
- Dirk Nowitzki — basketball player
- Carel Struycken — actor
- Tiny Ron Taylor — actor
- Nikolai Valuev — boxer
- The Big Show — professional wrestler
6 ft 11 in (211 cm)
- Tim Duncan — basketball player
- Jon Rauch — baseball player
- Aaron Sandilands — Australian rules football player[15]
6 ft 10 in (208 cm)
- Michael Crichton — author
- Giant Haystacks — professional wrestler
- Will Jefferson — cricketer
- Randy Johnson — baseball player
- Derwyn Jones — rugby union player[16]
- Ivo Karlović — tennis player
- Moses Malone — basketball player
- George Mikan — basketball player
- Kevin Nash— professional wrestler
6 ft 9 in (205 cm)
- Larry Bird — basketball player
- Ted Cassidy — actor
- Kane — professional wrestler
- John Kenneth Galbraith — economist
- Phil Gordon — professional poker player
- Magic Johnson — basketball player
- Ed "Too Tall" Jones — American football player
- Justin Madden — Australian rules football player and politician
- Karl Malone — basketball player
- Bill Russell — basketball player
- Will Sampson — actor
- Paul Salmon — Australian rules football player
6 ft 8 ½ in (204 cm)
- Brad Garrett — comic actor
6 ft 8 in (203 cm)
- Giant Baba — professional wrestler
- Daniel Cudmore — actor
- Wade Dooley — rugby union player[17]
- Uday Hussein — Iraqi politician
- LeBron James — basketball player
- Montell Jordan — singer/songwriter and record producer
- Edmund Kemper — serial killer [18]
- Richie Sexson — baseball player
- Akebono Taro — sumo wrestler
- The Undertaker — professional wrestler
6 ft 7½ in (202 cm)
- Gustavo Borges — swimmer
- Vitali Klitschko — boxer
- Jan Koller — football (soccer) player
- Richard Moll — actor
- Nikola Žigić — football (soccer) player
- Zeljko Kalac — football (soccer) goalkeeper
6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
- Curtly Ambrose — cricketer
- James Arness — actor
- Abraham Benrubi — actor [19]
- Bernard Bresslaw — actor
- RuPaul Charles — entertainer
- James Cromwell — actor
- Peter Crouch — football (soccer) player
- Leo Felton — (biracial) white supremacist
- Mark Foster — swimmer
- Michael Gross — swimmer [20]
- Martin Johnson — rugby union player
- Pat Kilbane — actor
- Stephen Merchant — writer and actor
- Krist Novoselic — musician (Nirvana)
- Charles Olsen — poet and writer
- Peter the Great — Tsar of Russia
- Brian Posehn — actor and comedian
- David Prowse — actor and former weightlifter (Peak height [21])
- Tony Robbins — motivational speaker
- Bubba Smith — actor and former American football player
- C. Aubrey Smith — actor
- Peter Steele — singer and guitarist [22] (other sources suggest 6'6" [23], 6'6.25" [24])
- Nikola Tesla — inventor
6 ft 6½ in (199 cm)
- Matt Biondi — swimmer [25]
- Andreas Isaksson — football (soccer) player
- Götz Otto — actor
- Tommy Tune [citation needed]
6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
- Trace Adkins — singer
- Charles Barkley — basketball player [26]
- Buckethead — guitarist [27]
- Kobe Bryant— basketball player
- Primo Carnera — boxer
- Eorl Crabtree — rugby league player
- Roald Dahl — author
- Bill Fagerbakke — actor
- Neil Flynn — actor
- Gary Gulman — comedian
- Shaka Hislop— football (soccer) player
- Geoffrey Holder — actor
- Penn Jillette — magician
- Michael Jordan — basketball player
- Wladimir Klitschko — boxer
- Tiny Lister — actor [28]
- Todd Martin — tennis player
- John Maynard Keynes — economist
- Ralf Moeller — bodybuilder and actor
- Alan Napier — actor
- Jack O'Halloran — actor
- Ryan Stiles — actor and comedian
- Darryl Strawberry — baseball player
- Sergei Rachmaninov — composer
- Joey Ramone — musician
- Oliver Riedel — Rammstein bassist
- Dennis Rodman — basketball player
- John Tesh — television personality and composer
- Fred Dalton Thompson — politician and actor
- Scott Van Pelt — Sportscenter anchor
- Clint Walker — actor
6 ft 5½ in (197 cm)
- John Anderson — actor
- Philip Alponse Bourbon — member of the Spanish Royal Family
- Steve Backley — athlete
- Petr Čech — football (soccer) player
- Audley Harrison — boxer
- Pierre van Hooijdonk — football (soccer) player
- Nwankwo Kanu — football (soccer) player
- Ken Kirzinger — actor
- Timo Koivusalo — actor/director and composer [29]
- Clive Mantle — actor
- Vincent Schiavelli — actor
- Edwin van der Sar — football (soccer) player
- Gerald Sibon — football (soccer) player
6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
- Douglas Adams — author [30]
- Mark Austin — news reader [citation needed]
- Michael Clarke Duncan — actor [31]
- Jeremy Clarkson — writer and broadcaster [32]
- John Cleese — actor [33]
- Chuck Connors — actor [34]
- Charles de Gaulle — military leader and statesman [35]
- Lou Ferrigno — actor and former bodybuilder [36]
- Dida- football (soccer) player
- Mick Fleetwood — musician (Fleetwood Mac) [37]
- Vicente Fox — President of Mexico [38]
- Fred Gwynne — actor [39]
- Sterling Hayden — actor [40]
- Josh Homme — musician (Queens of the Stone Age) [41]
- Matthew Kelly — television presenter [citation needed]
- John Kerry — politician [42]
- Christopher Lee — actor [43]
- Lennox Lewis — boxer [44]
- Jonah Lomu — rugby union player [45]
- Dolph Lundgren — actor [46]
- Thurston Moore — musician (Sonic Youth) [citation needed]
- Ed O'Brien — Radiohead guitarist [47]
- Ian Paisley — leader of the Democratic Unionist Party [citation needed]
- Fess Parker — actor and businessman [48]
- Alan Parsons — musician [citation needed]
- George Pataki — Governor of New York State [49]
- Jamie Peacock — rugby league player [[50]]
- Tyler Perry — playwright and actor
- Mark Philippoussis — tennis player
- Matthew Pinsent — Olympic gold medallist in rowing
- Satyajit Ray — film director
- Steve Redgrave — Olympic gold medallist in rowing
- Markus Rogan — swimmer
- Graham Russell — Air Supply member
- Mark Schwarzer — football (soccer) player
- Peter Snow — television newscaster
- Howard Stern — radio personality
- Ian Thorpe — swimmer[51]
- Sven-Ole Thorsen — actor
- Tony Todd — actor
- Francesco Toldo — football (soccer) player
- Vince Vaughn — actor
- Reggie White — American football player
6 ft 4½ in (194 cm)
- James L. Avery, Sr. — actor [52]
- Stephen Fry — actor and writer [53]
- Dennis Haysbert — actor [54]
- David James — football (soccer) player [55]
- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim — President of Finland [citation needed]
- Tim Robbins — actor [56]
- Colin Salmon — actor [57]
- Peter Tosh — musician [58]
- John Wayne — actor [59]
6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
- Adam Baldwin — actor [60]
- Barry Bostwick — actor [61]
- Tom Brady — American football player
- James Brolin — actor [62]
- Louis Calhern — actor [63]
- Fidel Castro — leader of Cuba [citation needed]
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury — former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom [citation needed]
- Chevy Chase — comic and actor [64]
- Roger Clemens — baseball player
- Daunte Culpepper — American football player
- Lawrence Dallaglio — rugby union player [65]
- Clint Eastwood — actor (Peak height [66])
- Rupert Everett — actor [67]
- Andrew Flintoff — cricketer [68]
- James Francis — politician [citation needed]
- Alan García — President of Peru (1985-1990 and 2006-2011) [69] [70]
- Peter Garrett — singer in Midnight Oil and member of the House of Representatives [citation needed]
- The Game — rapper [71]
- William Gibson — author [72]
- Jeff Goldblum — actor [73]
- David Hasselhoff — actor [74]
- Hulk Hogan — professional wrestler and actor
- Howard Hughes — entrepreneur [citation needed]
- Vernon Kay — television presenter [76]
- George Kennedy — actor [77]
- Stephen King — author (Peak height [78])
- Suge Knight — music producer [79]
- Helmut Kohl — former Chancellor of Germany [80]
- Osama bin Laden — al-Quaeda founder [81]
- Jack Lambert — American football player
- Mario Lemieux — ice hockey player
- Abraham Lincoln — former President of the United States [82]
- John Lithgow — actor [83]
- Dan Marino — American football player
- Michael McDonald — actor and comedian [citation needed]
- Dr. Phil McGraw — psychologist and talk show host [84]
- Randy Moss — American football player
- Ralph Nader — consumer advocate and politician [85]
- Liam Neeson — actor [86]
- Conan O'Brien — comic [87]
- Bill O'Reilly — political commentator [88]
- Vincent Price — actor [89]
- Christopher Reeve — actor [90]
- Tim Rice — lyricist [91]
- Cal Ripken, Jr. — baseball player
- Bob Saget — actor [92]
- Lawrie Sanchez — Northern Ireland Football Manager [citation needed]
- Peter Schmeichel — football (soccer) player [93]
- Steven Seagal — actor [94]
- David Seaman — football (soccer) player [95]
- Tom Selleck — actor [96]
- Brad Sherwood — actor [97]
- Jon Snow — television newscaster [citation needed]
- Daniel Stern — actor [98]
- Ruben Studdard — singer [99]
- Mats Sundin — ice hockey player
- Donald Sutherland — actor (peak height [100])
- Max von Sydow — actor
- Jamie Theakston — television presenter [101]
- Luca Toni — football (soccer) player [102]
- Nick Valensi — musician [citation needed]
- Jesse Ventura — politician and former actor/professional wrestler
- Dwyane Wade — basketball player
- Dieter Zetsche — executive [citation needed]
Historical
Historical and legendary figures noted for being tall, but with no exact height being known.
- Goliath — Biblical figure (scholars put Goliath at 9 ft 9 in or 6 ft 6 in)
- Eleazar — tallest human in a historian's records, at 10 ft 6 in (320 cm) (see Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews book 18 chapter 4)
- Emperor Hanzei of Japan — recorded in the Kojiki at over nine feet tall.
- Francis I of France — [104]
- Porus (Purushotthama) — Indian king during the 4th century BC (reportedly 7 ft 6 in (230 cm) tall)
- Maximinus Thrax — Roman emperor (reportedly 8 ft 6 in (259 cm) tall)
- Peter I of Russia — reportedly between 6 ft 6 in and 6 ft 7 in (198 -200 cm) tall [105], [106]
- Rollo of Normandy — Viking leader
- Harald Haardraade — King of Norway
- Edward I of England — King of England
- Richard I of England — King of England
- Childe of Hale — English giant from the turn of the 17th century
- Johnny Appleseed — environmentalist
See also
- List of famous tall women
- List of famous short men
- List of famous short women
- Average adult height around the world
External links
- TallPeople.org
- IMDb
- CelebHeights.com
- BigHeadedPygmies.com
- Famous Heights.com
- Top 50 tallest basketball players in the world
Notes
- ↑ John Aasen claimed to be 267 cm but it has never been confirmed, he was more likley closer to 7 ft (213 cm) Photo
- ↑ Leonid Stadnik was recorded by a Ukrainian representative, but he has refused to be officially measured by Guinness.
- ↑ Andre the Giant's reported height was inconsistent during his lifetime. Details are in his article.
- ↑ Hulk Hogan's current height is 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), but Hogan states that before surgeries he was 6 ft 7 in (201 cm). Hogan has also been billed as 6 ft 9 in (206 cm). In the film Rocky III, Hogan, as the character, Thunderlips the Ultimate Male was introduced as "standing nearly seven feet!"
