World’s Tallest Man
August 12, 2005 | 103 Comments
Lately I have been getting a lot of incoming search terms related to my World’s Tallest Buildings Story. I have decided it must be my duty to research who holds this title. As with most things, there is slightly more complexity than a simple person’s name.
Hussein Bisad (7′9″) claims to be the world’s tallest man. However USAToday has an article about Leonid Stadnyk (8′4″) and far more likely to hold the title. However, Guinness Book says Xi Shun (7′8.95″) is the tallest. Who officially beat the previous record holder Radhouse Charbib by 0.07 in. Charbib has since passed away.
So who’s tallest Stadnyk, Bisad, or Shun? I can’t say definitively, but I believe it is Stadnyk.
A more commonly accepted and therefore more simple answer is who’s the tallest person ever. This is assuredly Robert Pershing Wadlow (8′11.1″) who died in Alton, Illinois weighing 490 pounds.
I think it is also important to note that the tallet known living woman is De-Fen Yao who supposedly stands 7′8.5″. Though Guinness claims it is Sandy Allan (7′7″).
Shun:
Guinness Book of World Records: Tallest Man - Living
Stadnyk:
ArtUkraine.com: Leonid Stadnyk
Wikipedia (Deutsch): Leonid Stadnyk
Bisad:
Celebrities Worldwide: Bedding the Worlds Tallest Man!
Flickr Image
Franco Shoes: Mr Big Foot
Wadlow:
Alton Museum of History: Robert Pershinng Wadlow
Guinness Boook of World Records: Tallest Man
Google weighs in on question too. They seem to accept Guinness as the authority, yet recognize the existance of Stadnyk.
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