List of famous tall men
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This is a list of famous tall men, starting at 6 feet 3 inch (191 cm), listed in alphabetical order by family name.
Contents
- 1 8 ft 11.1 in (272cm)
- 2 8 ft 9 in (268cm)
- 3 8 ft 7¾ in (264cm)
- 4 8 ft 4 in (253 cm)
- 5 8 ft 3 in (251 cm)
- 6 8 ft 2½ in (250 cm)
- 7 8 ft 2 in (249 cm)
- 8 8 ft 1¾ in (248 cm)
- 9 8 ft ½ in (245 cm)
- 10 8 ft (244 cm)
- 11 7 ft 11 in (241 cm)
- 12 7 ft 10 in (239cm)
- 13 7 ft 9 in (236 cm)
- 14 7 ft 8¾ in (235 cm)
- 15 7 ft 8 in (234cm)
- 16 7 ft 7½ in (232 cm)
- 17 7 ft 7 in (231 cm)
- 18 7 ft 6 in (229 cm)
- 19 7 ft 5 in (226 cm)
- 20 7 ft 4 in (224 cm)
- 21 7 ft 3 in (221 cm)
- 22 7 ft 2 in (218 cm)
- 23 7 ft 1 in (216 cm)
- 24 7 ft (213 cm)
- 25 6 ft 11 in (211 cm)
- 26 6 ft 10 in (208 cm)
- 27 6 ft 9½ in (206 cm)
- 28 6 ft 9 in (205 cm)
- 29 6 ft 8 in (203 cm)
- 30 6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
- 31 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
- 32 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
- 33 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
- 34 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
- 35 Historical
- 36 See also
- 37 External links
- 38 Note
8 ft 11.1 in (272cm)
- Robert Pershing Wadlow — tallest human recorded in modern times
8 ft 9 in (268cm)
- John Aasen — movie and carnival giant [#endnote_height1]
- John Rogan — tallest African American ever
8 ft 7¾ in (264cm)
8 ft 4 in (253 cm)
- Ajaz Ahmed — tallest living person claimant [link]
- Leonid Stadnik — tallest living person claimant [#endnote_height2]
8 ft 3 in (251 cm)
- Vikas Uppal — tallest living person claimant [link]
8 ft 2½ in (250 cm)
- Edouard Beaupré — "The Willowbunch Giant"
8 ft 2 in (249 cm)
8 ft 1¾ in (248 cm)
- Väinö Myllyrinne — tallest ever European-born person, at peak measured 251 cm.
8 ft ½ in (245 cm)
- Suleiman Ali Nashnus — tallest basketball player ever
8 ft (244 cm)
7 ft 11 in (241 cm)
- Sultan Kosen — basketball player
7 ft 10 in (239cm)
- Stroitel Kujbysjev — second tallest basketball player.
- Alexander Sizonenko — second tallest basketball player.
7 ft 9 in (236 cm)
- William Bradley — tallest ever Briton
- Radhouane Charbib — second tallest living man
- Angus MacAskill — the world's largest "true" giant, and the tallest Scottish man ever recorded.
- Xi Shun — tallest living man recognised by Guinness, since January 15, 2005
- Mark McKenzie — tallest Irish basketball player
- Grgo Kusic— tallest ever Croat
- Mike Kramer— tallest basketball player in the NBDL
- Will King — third tallest Turkish torero to win a gold medal
- Naseer Ahmaad Soomro — tallest living man in 1999 [link] [link]
7 ft 8¾ in (235 cm)
- Sun Ming Ming — basketball player
7 ft 8 in (234cm)
- Eddie Carmel — "The Jewish Giant"
- Alam Channa — tallest living man in 1997-1998 [link]
- Johann K. Petursson — "The Viking Giant"
- Yasutaka Okayama — basketball player
- Ghulam Shabbir — second tallest living Pakistani man [link] (some sources say he is taller [link])
7 ft 7½ in (232 cm)
- Jack Earle — actor
7 ft 7 in (231 cm)
- Manute Bol — tallest NBA basketball player till Muresan (below)
- Daniel Gilchrist — actor (playing André the Giant).
- Henry Hite — actor
- Gheorghe Muresan — tallest ever NBA player, actor
- Max Palmer — actor and professional wrestler
7 ft 6 in (229 cm)
- Shawn Bradley — former NBA player
- Giant Gonzales — professional Wrestler
- Chris Greener — tallest living person in UK.
- Matthew McGrory — actor
- Mu Tiezhu — basketball player
- Yao Ming — tallest active player in the NBA
7 ft 5 in (226 cm)
- Chuck Nevitt — former NBA player
7 ft 4 in (224 cm)
- Mark Eaton — basketball player
- Ralph Sampson — tallest African American basketball player ever
- Rik Smits — basketball player
7 ft 3 in (221 cm)
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas — basketball player
- Peter Mayhew — actor
- Arvydas Sabonis — basketball player
- Dalip Singh — professional wrestler, tallest person to win a national body-building title.
7 ft 2½ in (220 cm)
- Kevin Peter Hall — African American actor
7 ft 2 in (218 cm)
- Ron Reis — professional wrestler
- Paulo da Silva — professional wrestler
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — basketball player
- Richard Kiel — actor
- Dikembe Mutumbo — basketball player
7 ft 1 in (216 cm)
- Wilt Chamberlain — basketball player
- Vlade Divac — basketball player
- Shaquille O'Neal — basketball player
- David Robinson — basketball player
- Jeff Rudom — actor
7 ft ½ in (215 cm)
- Robert Parish — basketball player
7 ft (213 cm)
- André the Giant[#endnote_height3] — professional wrestler
- Andrea Bargnani — basketball player
- Andrew Bogut — basketball player
- Patrick Ewing — basketball player
- Dirk Nowitzki — basketball player
- Hakeem Olajuwon — basketball player
- Carel Struycken — actor
- Nikolai Valuev — boxer
- Paul Wight — professional wrestler
6 ft 11 in (211 cm)
- LaMarcus Aldridge — basketball player
- Hilton Armstrong — basketball player
- P.J. Brown — basketball player
- Marcus Camby — basketball player
- Eddy Curry — basketball player
- Dale Davis — basketball player
- Darryl Dawkins — basketball player
- Tim Duncan — basketball player
- Kevin Garnett — basketball player
- Channing Frye — basketball player
- Jon Rauch — baseball player
- Godfrey Reggio — film producer and director
- Bill Laimbeer — basketball player
- Semmy Schilt — mixed martial artist
- Rasheed Wallace — basketball player
- Charlie Villanueva — basketball player
6 ft 10¾ in (210 cm)
- Torsten Voges — German actor
6 ft 10 in (208 cm)
- Martin Bayfield— rugby union player
- Chris Bosh — basketball player
- Michael Crichton — author
- Will Jefferson — cricketer
- Randy Johnson — baseball player
- Nathan Jones — professional wrestler and power lifter
- Kevin Nash— actor, wrestler
- Ivo Karlović — tennis player
- Rashard Lewis — basketball player
- Moses Malone — basketball player
- George Mikan — basketball player
- Alonzo Mourning — basketball player
- Emeka Okafor — basketball player
- Giant Haystacks — professional wrestler
- Peja Stojakovic — basketball player
- Amare Stoudemire — basketball player
- Chris Webber — basketball player
6 ft 9½ in (206 cm)
- Dino Meneghin — basketball player
6 ft 9 in (205 cm)
- Larry Bird — basketball player
- Ted Cassidy — actor
- Zdeno Chara — tallest ever NHL ice hockey player
- A.C. Green — basketball player
- Phil Gordon — professional poker player
- Edmund Kemper — serial killer
- John Kenneth Galbraith — economist
- Mark Hendrickson — basketball and baseball player
- Magic Johnson — basketball player and entrepreneur
- Ed "Too Tall" Jones — American football player
- Kane — professional wrestler
- Karl Malone — basketball player
- Bob McAdoo — basketball player
- Antonio McDyess — basketball player
- Jonathan Ogden — American football player
- Tayshaun Prince — basketball player
- Will Sampson — actor
- Josh Smith — basketball player
- Antoine Walker — basketball player
- Ben Wallace — Basketball Player
- Marvin Williams — basketball player
6 ft 8¼ in (204 cm)
- Dean Cox — Australian rules football player
- Brad Garrett — comic actor
- Oscar Schmidt — basketball player
6 ft 8 in (203 cm)
- Giant Baba (Shohei Baba) — professional wrestler
- Carmelo Anthony — basketball player
- Elton Brand — basketball player
- Daniel Cudmore — actor
- Wade Dooley — rugby union player
- Grant Hill (basketball) — basketball player
- LeBron James — basketball player
- Vitali Klitschko — boxer
- Corey Maggette — basketball player
- Tracy McGrady — basketball player
- Malcolm O'Kelly — rugby union player
- Scottie Pippen — basketball player
- Glen Rice — basketball player
- Jalen Rose — basketball player
- Akebono Taro — sumo wrestler
- The Undertaker — professional wrestler
6 ft 7½ in (202 cm)
- Chris Jack — rugby union player
- Jan Koller — football (soccer) player
- Richard Moll — actor
- Liam Reddy — football (soccer) player (Estimated 6 ft 7 in (201 cm))
- Zeljko Kalac — football (soccer) player
- Ben Wallace — basketball player
- Nikola Zigic — football (soccer) player
6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
- Paul Ackford — rugby union player
- Curtly Ambrose — cricketer
- James Arness — actor
- Rick Barry — basketball player
- Abraham Benrubi — actor
- Bruce Bowen — basketball player
- Bernard Bresslaw — actor
- Primo Carnera — boxer
- RuPaul Charles — entertainer
- James Cromwell — actor
- Peter Crouch — football (soccer) player
- John Eales — rugby union player
- Julius Erving — basketball player (nickname "Dr. J")
- Dale Ellis — basketball player
- Michael Finley — basketball player
- Leo Felton — black white supremacist leader
- Tony Greig — cricketer
- Richard "Rip" Hamilton — basketball player
- Ted Hendricks — American football player
- Josh Howard — basketball player
- Eddie Johnson (basketball) — basketball player
- Martin Johnson — rugby union player
- Pat Kilbane — actor
- Shaun Livingston — basketball player
- Christian "Flake" Lorenz — Rammstein keyboardist
- Stephen Merchant — writer, actor, podcaster
- Shawn Marion — basketball player
- Ryan North — writer
- Krist Novoselic — musician (Nirvana)
- Charles Olsen — poet and writer
- Peter the Great — Tsar of Russia
- Brian Posehn — actor, comedian
- Tony Robbins — motivational speaker
- Huck Seed — poker player
- Bubba Smith — actor and former American football player
- Wally Szczerbiak — basketball player
- Nikola Tesla — inventor
- Chris Tremlett — cricketer
- Gerald Wallace — basketball player
6 ft 6¾ in (200 cm)
- Vladimir Klitschko — boxer
- David Prowse — actor and weightlifter
6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
- Anthony Muñoz — American football player
- Bill Fagerbakke — actor
- Chris Pronger — ice hockey player
- Derek Lowe — baseball player
- Clint Walker — actor
- Gerald Wilkins — basketball player
- Dennis Rodman — basketball player
- Don Drysdale — baseball player
- Fred Dalton Thompson — politician and actor
- Gary Gulman — comedian
- Geoffrey Holder — actor
- John Lackey — baseball player
- Jacob Oram — cricket player
- Paul Pierce — basketball player
- Bernard Robinson — basketball player
- James Root — musician
- Joey Ramone — musician
- John Tesh — television personality and composer
- Oliver Riedel — Rammstein bassist (Many sources (see [Here] ) say 6' 8" (203 cm))
- Vince Carter — basketball player
- John Maynard Keynes; economist
- Kobe Bryant — basketball player
- Manu Ginobili — basketball player
- Michael Jordan — basketball player
- Penn Jillette — magician (Penn & Teller)
- Peter Steele — musician and lead singer of the band Type O Negative
- Project Pat — Rapper
- Ralf Moeller — bodybuilder, actor
- Roald Dahl — author
- Jerry Stackhouse — basketball player
- Ryan Stiles — actor and improvisational comedian
- Darryl Strawberry — baseball player
- Sergei Rachmaninov — composer
- Slim Thug — rapper
- Uwe Krupp — ice hockey player
- Robert Kane — Musician
- Richie Sexson — baseball player
6 ft 5½ in (197 cm)
- Petr Cech — football (soccer) player
- Kevin Durand — actor
- Nwankwo Kanu — football (soccer) player
- Ken Kirzinger — Canadian actor
- Felipe, Prince of Asturias — Spanish royalty
- Edwin van der Sar — football (soccer) player
- Vincent Schiavelli — actor
6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
- Douglas Adams — author
- Ray Allen — basketball player
- Raymond Burr — actor
- Dave Batista — professional wrestler
- Jeremy Clarkson — writer and broadcaster
- Chuck Connors — actor
- Charles de Gaulle — statesman
- Michael Clarke Duncan — actor
- Lou Ferrigno — bodybuilder and actor
- Neil Flynn — actor
- Mick Fleetwood — musician (Fleetwood Mac)
- Vicente Fox — President of Mexico
- Fred Gwynne — actor
- Steve Harmison — cricketer
- Sterling Hayden — actor
- Peter Hermann — actor, husband of Mariska Hargitay
- Hulk Hogan[#endnote_height4] — professional wrestler and actor
- David James — football (soccer) player
- Ferguson Jenkins — baseball player
- Jonah Lomu — rugby union player
- Howie Long — American football player
- Dolph Lundgren — martial artist and entertainer
- Peyton Manning — American football player
- Thurston Moore — musician (Sonic Youth)
- Alan Napier — actor
- Alan Page — American football player and jurist
- Fess Parker — actor, businessman
- Kevin Pietersen — cricketer
- Matthew Pinsent — rower
- Keith Primeau — ice hockey player
- Satyajit Ray — film director
- Steve Redgrave — rower
- Tim Robbins — actor
- Ben Roethlisberger — football player
- Aaron Sele — baseball player
- DeShawn Stevenson — basketball player
- Latrell Spreewell — basketball player
- Howard Stern — radio personality
- Tony Todd — actor
- Francesco Toldo — football (soccer) player
- Vince Vaughn — actor
- Michael Waltrip — NASCAR driver
- Reggie White — American football player
- Victor Williams — actor
- Lennox Lewis — boxer
- Enoch Showunmi — football (soccer) player
6 ft 4¾ in (195 cm)
- Mario Ancic — tennis player
- Charles Barkley — basketball player (Sometimes listed as 6 ft 4 in (193 cm))
- John Cleese — actor
- Dolph Lundgren — actor
- Max Mirnyi — tennis player
6 ft 4½ in (194 cm)
- Stephen Fry — actor and writer
- Jeff Goldblum — actor
- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim — President of Finland
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson — professional wrestler and actor
- Yannick Noah — former professional tennis player/pop singer
- Steven Seagal — actor
- Luca Toni — football (soccer) player
- John Wayne — actor
6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
- Harry Anderson — actor
- Gilbert Arenas — basketball player
- James L. Avery, Sr. — actor
- Alonzo Bodden — comedian and actor
- Barry Bostwick — actor
- Tom Brady — American football player
- Buckethead — guitarist
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury — Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Charlemagne — medieval military and political leader
- Chevy Chase — comic and actor
- Roger Clemens — baseball player
- Daunte Culpepper — American football player
- Tom DeLonge — Musician
- Vincent D'Onofrio — actor
- Fletcher Dragge — musician
- Clint Eastwood — actor and director
- Buddy Ebsen — actor
- Duncan Ferguson — football (soccer) player
- Andrew Flintoff — cricketer
- James Francis —
- Peter Garrett — Australian, singer of Midnight Oil and member of the House of Representatives
- The Game — rapper
- William Gibson — author
- Paul Gilbert — musician
- David Hasselhoff — actor
- Dennis Haysbert — actor
- Tyler Hilton — musician
- Djimon Hounsou — actor
- Howard Hughes — entrepreneur
- John Kerry — politician
- King Kong Bundy — wrestler
- Stephen King — author
- Suge Knight — music Producer
- Helmut Kohl — Politician, ex-Chancellor of Germany
- Jack Lambert — American football player
- John Larroquette — actor
- Christopher Lee — actor
- Mario Lemieux — ice hockey player
- Abraham Lincoln — President of the United States
- John Lithgow — actor
- Biz Markie — rapper
- Dan Marino — American football player
- Marco Materazzi — football (soccer) player
- Dr. Phil McGraw — psychologist and talk show host
- Michael McDonald — actor and comedian
- Brian McKnight — musician
- Randy Moss — American football player
- Ralph Nader — consumer advocate and politician
- Kevin Nealon — comedian and actor
- Craig T. Nelson — actor
- Liam Neeson — actor
- Conan O'Brien — comic
- Bill O'Reilly — political commentator
- Jared Padalecki — actor
- George Pataki — Governor of New York State
- Vincent Price — actor
- Randy Quaid — actor
- Michael Rapaport — actor
- J.J. Redick — basketball player
- Christopher Reeve — actor
- Marat Safin — tennis player
- Bob Saget — actor
- Tom Selleck — actor
- Brad Sherwood — actor
- Silkk Tha Shocker — rapper
- Bud Spencer — actor, athlete
- Daniel Stern — actor
- Ruben Studdard — singer
- Mats Sundin — ice hockey player
- Donald Sutherland — actor
- Daniel Tosh — Comedian
- Nick Valensi — musician
- Jesse Ventura — professional wrestler, actor and politician
- Dwyane Wade — basketball player
- Roger Waters — musician
6 ft 3½ in (192 cm)
- Clancy Brown — actor
- Snoop Dogg — rapper
- Os du Randt — rugby union player
- Will Ferrell — comic and actor
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic — football (soccer) player
- Delroy Lindo — actor
- C-Murder — rapper
- Vijay Singh — golfer
- Mike Starr — actor
- James Stewart — actor
- Patrick Vieira — football (soccer) player
- Max von Sydow — actor
- Malcolm X — activist
- Keith Olbermann — sportscaster and news commentator
6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
- Danny Aiello — actor
- Muhammad Ali — boxer
- Paul W. S. Anderson — filmmaker
- Amitabh Bachchan — actor
- Eric Bana — actor
- Boris Becker — tennis player
- Jean Béliveau — ice hockey player
- Chauncey Billups — basketball player
- Terry Bradshaw — American football player
- Gianluigi Buffon — football (soccer) player
- Dick Butkus — American football player
- Duff McKagan —musican
- Adam Carolla— comedian
- Gary Cooper — actor
- Billy Corgan — musician
- Peter Coyote — actor
- Jeff Daniels — actor
- Baron Davis — basketball player
- Eric Dickerson — American football player
- Milo Đukanović — Prime Minister of Montenegro
- John Elway — American football player
- Fabio — model
- Mel Ferrer — actor
- Ron Francis — ice hockey player
- Steve Francis — basketball player
- Steve Forrest — actor
- Brendan Fraser— actor
- Danny Glover — actor
- Triple H — professional wrestler
- Charlton Heston — actor
- Dexter Holland — musician
- Tor Johnson — professional wrestler
- Jim Kelly — American football player
- Yaphet Kotto — actor
- Martin Landau — actor
- John LeClair — ice hockey player
- Lee Marvin — actor
- Walter Matthau — actor
- Warren Moon — American football player
- Gavin Newsom — Mayor of San Francisco
- Notorious B.I.G (Christopher Wallace) — rapper
- John O'Hurley — actor
- Master P — rapper
- Gregory Peck — actor
- James and Oliver Phelps — actors
- Ray Romano — comic and actor
- Michael Richards — actor
- George Sanders — actor
- Stellan Skarsgård — actor
- Jaap Stam — football (soccer) player
- Kevin Sorbo — actor
- Peter Stormare — actor
- Paul Walker — actor
- Keenen Ivory Wayans — actor/producer/director
- Johnny Weissmuller — swimmer and actor
- Tom Welling — actor
- Oscar Wilde — writer
- Till Lindemann — lead singer (Rammstein)
- William, Prince of Wales — member of the British royal family
- Fred Williamson — American football player, actor
- Joseph Wiseman — actor
- Qu Xin — actor
- Method Man — rapper
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)
- 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)
- Charlemagne — Holy Roman Emperor
- Rollo of Normandy — Viking leader
- 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
External links
Note
- ↑ John Aasen claimed to be 267 cm but it has never been confirmed, he was more likley closer to 7 ft (213cm) [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 actual height is 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), but is frequently exaggerated by promoters, usually from 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) to 6 ft 9 in (206 cm); also, whilst starring as Thunderlips in the movie Rocky III, the announcer introduces the fictional wrestling champion as "standing nearly seven feet!"
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