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Friday, December 30, 2005

10 World's Tallest Man In History

1.Robert Wadlow,8′ 11.1″


Must have known this one with the giant, yesterday broadcast on one of the private television in Indonesia, Robert Wadlow is the tallest giants in history. He often referred to as the Alton giant because he came from Alton, Illinois. At the time of his death he weighed440 pounds and showed no signs of stopping growing. He was born in 1918, the oldest of five children. He died at the age of 22 years due to infection caused by a blister on theankle. His coffin was weighed half a ton and 12 pallbearers are needed to implement. Hewas buried in a solid concrete dome, his family has a fear when his body will be interferedwith curiosity seekers news.

2.Johan Aason,8′ 9-1/4″

Johan was born in America a few years after his mother moved from Norway. Interestinglyshe is also a giant with height 7'2 ". According to his death certificate from the MendocinoHospital, at the time of death was recorded height 9'2" - if this is true, then he is the tallestman in the world throughout history. He was buried in Montana.

3.John Rogan,8′9″



John Rogan was born in 1868 and he grew normally until the age of 13 tahun.tingginyarecorded until he dies is 8'9 ". Because of illness he weighed only 175 pounds. He died in 1905 from complications of the disease.

4.John F Carroll,8′7″


John Carroll (born 1932) was born in Buffalo, New York and known as the Buffalo giant.Although many medical treatments, he grew up in a very fast rate. He grew seven inches in a few months. He died in 1969 and it was not recorded when ketinggianya die, yetbelieved that he had nearly nine feet in height.

5.Leonid Stadnyk,8′5″


Leonid Stadnyk was born in 1971 in Ukraine. He is a registered veterinary surgeon and lives with his mother. He is currently listed as the tallest man according to Guinness Book of Records. Ukraine group of businessmen donated satellite dish and a computer to Stadnyk and now he has Internet access.

6.Al Tomaini,8′4.5″


Al Tomaini was a giant who claimed a height of 8'4 "(though the Guinness Book of Records states that he was 7'4"). Weighing 356 pounds (162 kg) and wearing size 27 shoes, Al spent most of his life as a circus giant. He worked with the circus in the Great Lakes Exposition in Chicago, in 1936, when he met the woman who later became his wife, Jeanie Tomaini. Jeanie was born without legs and only 2 ft 6 in (76 cm). After retiring from the circus, he settled in Jeanie circus community of Giant's Camp, Gibsonton, Florida.

7.Ella Ewing,8′4″


Ella Ewing was born in Missouri in 1872. He was known as' veterinary surgeon. He grew normally until the age of 7, which at the time he began to grow pesat.karena lack of records he is not listed in the Guinness Book of Records. He had the opportunity to display side-odd until he died in 1913 of tuberculosis.

8.Edouard Beaupré,8′3″


Edouard Beaupre, born in 1881, is strong, and star in Barnum and Baileys. He is the eldest of 20 brothers and was born in Canada. when she was nine years old has reached 6 feet tall. His death certificate shows he has the height 8'3 "and still growing. As a strong man, then this feature Crouching down and blocking the appointment of a horse on the shoulder. He reportedly picked up a horse weighing 900 pounds. He died in 1904 of tuberculosis.

9.Väinö Myllyrinne,8′3″


Myllyrinne was born in Finland in 1909. At one point he was officially dubbed the world's human tetinggi. At age 21 height reaches 7 feet 3.5 inches, and weighed 31 stone. He experienced another growth after the attack that led to the final height of 8 feet 3 inches.He died in 1963.

10.Bernard Coyne,8'2"
Coyne was born in 1897 in Iowa, USA. The world of 1918 was noted to have 8 feet in height. Guinness record book entries stating that he refused to go to war because he was tall. At the time of his death that perhaps he has reached a height of 8 feet 4 inches. He died in 1921 due to liver disease and problems with glands. He was buried at his birthplace, his coffin specially made extra large.


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