List of humans with gigantism
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This is an incomplete list of notable people who have or had a form of gigantism
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Gigantism
Gigantism, also known as giantism , is a condition characterized by excessive growth and height significantly above average...
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- Giant of CastelnauGiant of CastelnauThe Giant of Castelnau was a fossil bone discovery which may represent one of the largest humans known to have existed.The bones were discovered by the anthropologist Georges Vacher de Lapouge at the Bronze age cemetery of Castelnau-le-Lez, France in the winter of 1890. His findings were published...
circa 4,000 B.C. apocryphal ? - John MiddletonJohn Middleton (giant)John Middleton was an English giant commonly known as the Childe of Hale. Most of what is known about him is based on oral tradition and legends. Legend tells that he slept with his feet out of the window of his small house. Tales also credit him with great strength.-Biography:John Middleton was...
(1578–1623), apocryphal - Trijntje KeeverTrijntje KeeverTrijntje Cornelisdochter Keever , nicknamed De Groote Meid , is alleged to be the tallest female person in recorded history, standing 9 Amsterdam feet or tall at the time of her death at age seventeen.Trijntje Keever was the daughter of Cornelis Keever and Anna Pouwels...
(1616–1633) presumed to have been the tallest woman ever., apocryphal - Patrick MurphyPatrick Murphy (giant)Patrick Murphy was an Irish giant, born in County Down of parents James Murphy and mother Peggy , who exhibited himself as a means of income. He originally worked on the docks in Liverpool, England and later became a waiter at a hotel. Because he was a man of extraordinary height, Murphy attracted...
(1834–1862), apocryphal - Zhan Shi ChaiZhan Shi ChaiZhan Shichai , was a Chinese giant who toured the world as "Chang the Chinese Giant" in the 19th century, the stage name is "Chang Woo Gow"....
(1840s-1893) - Julius KochJulius KochJulius Koch , also known as Le Geant Constantin, was one of thirteen people in medical history who have surpassed eight feet in height. He was a victim of the malady eunuchoidal-infantile gigantism...
(1872–1902, eunuchoidal-infantile gigantism, his legs ultimately had to be amputated due to gangreneGangreneGangrene is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition that arises when a considerable mass of body tissue dies . This may occur after an injury or infection, or in people suffering from any chronic health problem affecting blood circulation. The primary cause of gangrene is reduced blood...
. - John AasenJohn AasenJohn Aasen was an American silent film actor who was one of the tallest actors in history.-Early life:Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Aasen's mother, Kristi from Rollag in Numedal, was an extremely tall Norwegian woman of around 2.20 m in height John Aasen (March 5, 1890 – August 1, 1938) was an...
(1890-1938), actor in silent filmSilent filmA silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
s, vaudeville. vies with Robert Wadlow as the tallest human ever recorded. Some reports have Aasen close to 9 ft. tall. - Jane BunfordJane BunfordJane "Jinny" Bunford is the tallest person in English medical history, measuring 2.41 m at the time of her death....
(1895–1922) tallest woman ever until Zeng JinlianZeng JinlianZeng Jinlian she was the tallest female ever recorded in medical history, taking over Jane Bunford's record. She is also the only female counted among the fourteen individuals in medical history who reached a verified eight feet or more. At the time of her death at the age of 17, in Hunan, China,...
. - Bernard CoyneBernard CoyneBernard A. Coyne Anthon, Iowa, USA. Is one of only thirteen individuals in medical history to have stood 8 feet tall or more. Coyne may have reached a height of 8 feet 4 inches tall at the time of his death in 1921. His World War I draft registration card, dated 29 August 1918, lists his height...
(1897–1921) - Clifford ThompsonClifford ThompsonClifford Marshall Thompson was one of the world's tallest men.Although born in Rugby, North Dakota, as a child Thompson moved with his parents to Scandinavia, Wisconsin. He claimed to be 8 feet, 7 inches and weigh 460 pounds , but his actual height was about 7 feet, 5 inches...
(1904–1955) - Jack EarleJack EarleJacob Rheuben Ehrlich was an American silent film actor and sideshow performer. Due to acromegalic gigantism, Earle was one of the world's tallest humans at the time of his death, standing at 7 ft 7½ inch. tall. For 14 years, he traveled with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, then became...
(1906–1952) - Väinö MyllyrinneVäinö MyllyrinneVäinö Myllyrinne, was an acromegalic giant who was at one time the world's tallest person...
(1909–1963) - Johann K. PeturssonJohann K. PeturssonJóhann Kristinn Pétursson, also known as The Viking Giant, Johann the Giant and Jóhann Svarfdælingur was an Icelandic giant from Dalvík, Iceland. At peak, he measured and weighed ....
(1913–1984) dubbed "The Viking giant" - Henry HiteHenry HiteHenry Hite born Henry Marion Mullins, was a giant who was well known in his day for making personal appearances and the occasional movie that would capitalize on his height, 7ft-6¾in . Part of the Vaudeville act "Lowe, Hite and Stanley" Act.-Filmography:-External links:...
(1915–1972) - Felipe BirrielFelipe BirrielFelipe Birriel, also known as "El Gigante de Carolina" is considered to have been the tallest Puerto Rican, with an unconfirmed height of 2.413 meters or seven feet eleven inches ....
(August 16, 1916–March 15, 1994) El Gigante de Carolina honored in Carolina, Puerto RicoCarolina, Puerto RicoCarolina is a city located in the northern part of Puerto Rico, bordering the Atlantic Ocean; it lies north of Gurabo and Juncos; east of Trujillo Alto and San Juan; and west of Canóvanas and Loíza. Carolina is spread over 12 wards plus Carolina Pueblo... - Robert Pershing WadlowRobert WadlowRobert Pershing Wadlow was the tallest person in history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. Wadlow is sometimes known as the Alton Giant or Giant of Illinois because he was born and grew up in Alton, Illinois.Wadlow reached in height and weighed at his death at age 22...
(1918–1940) Recognized as tallest human being ever - Don KoehlerDon KoehlerDonald A. Koehler is one of thirteen individuals in medical history to reach a verified height of eight feet or more. He was generally recognized as the tallest man in the world from at least 1969 until his death in 1981...
(1925–1981) - Max PalmerMax PalmerMax Edmund Palmer was an American actor and professional wrestler.-Career:After high school Max left Mississippi to play with the professional basketball team Rochester Royals. After basketball Max went back to Mississippi only to work odd jobs working his way to Hollywood to get into acting...
(1928–1984) - John F. Carroll (1932–1969)
- Eddie CarmelEddie CarmelEddie Carmel was an entertainer with gigantism and subsequent acromegaly resulting from a pituitary adenoma. Popularly known as "The Jewish Giant", Carmel was billed at the height of 8 ft 9 in tall, though he may have more realistically been around 7 ft 6 ¾ in tall...
(1936–1972) "The Jewish Giant" photographed by Diane ArbusDiane ArbusDiane Arbus March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971) was an American photographer and writer noted for black-and-white square photographs of "deviant and marginal people or of people whose normality seems ugly or surreal." A friend said that Arbus said that she was "afraid.....
. - Richard KielRichard KielRichard Dawson Kiel is an American actor best known for his role as the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker as well as the video game Everything or Nothing, and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore...
(b. September 13, 1939) actor (Jaws from James BondJames BondJames Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
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- Carel StruyckenCarel StruyckenCarel Struycken is a Dutch film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for playing Mr. Homn on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and Lurch in the films The Addams Family and Addams Family Values...
(b. July 30, 1948 in The HagueThe HagueThe Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
) Actor with acromegalic gigantism. - Alam ChannaAlam ChannaMohammad Alam Channa was the world's tallest living man at 232.4 cm high. During his life he had been billed at various heights of up to 9 ft 6 while working at a circus.Channa's abnormal growth was noticed by his family when he was ten years old, and continued until he was 26...
(1953–1988) - Sandy AllenSandy AllenSandra Elaine "Sandy" Allen was a U.S. woman recognized as the tallest woman during her life according to Guinness World Records. She was 7 ft. 7¼ in. in height....
(1955–2008) pituitary gigantism, was recognized as the tallest living woman at the time of her death. - Alexander SizonenkoAlexander SizonenkoAlexander Alekseyevich Sizonenko is a former Soviet basketball player. Possibly the tallest person to ever play professional basketball, he was measured by Guinness World Records at and named the world's tallest man in 1991. Sizonenko is said to have grown since this measurement was taken,...
(b. 1959), tallest living Russian, formerly a basketball player - Zeng JinlianZeng JinlianZeng Jinlian she was the tallest female ever recorded in medical history, taking over Jane Bunford's record. She is also the only female counted among the fourteen individuals in medical history who reached a verified eight feet or more. At the time of her death at the age of 17, in Hunan, China,...
(1964–1982) believed to be the tallest woman ever, but scoliosisScoliosisScoliosis is a medical condition in which a person's spine is curved from side to side. Although it is a complex three-dimensional deformity, on an X-ray, viewed from the rear, the spine of an individual with scoliosis may look more like an "S" or a "C" than a straight line...
kept her from standing erect - Jorge GonzalesJorge GonzalesJorge González was an Argentinian basketball player and professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances in World Championship Wrestling under the ring name El Gigante between 1989 and 1992 and in the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name Giant González in...
(1966–2010) tallest wrestler ever - Radhouane CharbibRadhouane CharbibRadhouane Charbib was recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the tallest living man, until January 15, 2005 when Bao Xishun was measured at Chifeng City Hospital, Inner Mongolia, China, and recorded as being 2 millimeters taller.-References:...
(b. 1968) - Gheorghe MureşanGheorghe MuresanGheorghe Dumitru Mureşan, , also known as Ghiţă or George, is a retired Romanian professional basketball player. At 7 ft 7 in , he is one of the tallest players in NBA history, along with Sudanese player Manute Bol, who was also 7 ft 7 in. Both Mureşan's parents are of average size, and,...
(b. February 14, 1971) tallest NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player in history - Leonid StadnykLeonid StadnykLeonid Stepanovich Stadnyk , is a Ukrainian man renowned for his stature. He was formerly listed as the world's tallest living man according to Guinness World Records...
(b. 1971) - Yao DefenYao DefenYao Defen of China, is the tallest living woman, as recognized by Guinness World Records. She stands 7 ft 8 in tall , weighs , and has size 26 / 78 feet. Her gigantism is due to a tumor in her pituitary gland....
(b. July 15, 1972) - Matthew McGroryMatthew McGroryMatthew McGrory was an American actor, known for his great height.-Early life:McGrory was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. McGrory studied pre-law at Widener University, where he resided in campus housing on the first floor of Howell Hall. Studied Criminal Justice at West Chester University....
(1973–2005) actor in Big FishBig FishBig Fish is a 2003 American fantasy adventure film based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace. The film was directed by Tim Burton and stars Albert Finney, Ewan McGregor, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange and Marion Cotillard. Finney plays Edward Bloom, a former traveling salesman from...
and other films - Nikolai ValuevNikolai ValuevNikolai Sergeyevich Valuev or Valuyev is a retired professional boxer and former two-time WBA heavyweight champion. In his most recent fight , he lost the title to David Haye via 12-round majority decision...
(b. 1973) former WBAWorld Boxing AssociationThe World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
heavyweight champion - Ajaz AhmedAjaz AhmedAjaz Ahmed is a Pakistani farmer, with an unverified claim to being the world's tallest living person. He hails from Bakkhar village in Daryakhan, Punjab, and claims to be . Ahmed is a victim of hormonal dysfunction. Ajaz Ahmed is still growing....
(b. 1976) - Brahim TakioullahBrahim TakioullahBrahim Takioullah holds the Guinness World Record for largest feet and second–tallest living person.- Personal life :...
(b. 1982) second-tallest living man, worlds largest feet. - Sultan KösenSultan KosenSultan Kösen holds the Guinness World Record for tallest living male at .His growth has resulted from a tumour affecting his pituitary gland. His stature is such that he must use crutches in order to walk....
(b. 1982) tallest living man - Sun Ming MingSun Ming MingSun Mingming is a Chinese basketball player. He is one of the tallest players to ever play professional basketball, standing 7 ft 9 in and weighing 370 lb . Ming wears size 20 sneakers. He also makes occasional appearances as an actor.-Early life:He was born in a small town near in...
(b. 1983) - Vikas UppalVikas UppalVikas Kumar "Vicky" Uppal was a native and resident of India, said to be his country's tallest man until his death.On 12 January 2004, The Tribune reported him to be 8 ft 3 in tall and still growing, being in his late teens...
(1986–2007) - Kenny GeorgeKenny GeorgeKenneth George Jr. is an American college student and former college basketball player known for his great height. Somewhere between and , he was the tallest basketball player in the United States during the two years he played for his college team, the University of North Carolina at Asheville...
(b. 1987), former UNC AshevilleUniversity of North Carolina at AshevilleThe University of North Carolina at Asheville is a co-educational, four year, public liberal arts university. The university is also known as UNC Asheville. Located in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, UNCA is the only designated liberal arts institution in the University of North...
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