List of famous tall men
This is a
list of famous tall men, starting at 6 ft 3 in (191 cm), listed in alphabetical order by
family name.
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Robert Pershing Wadlow — tallest human recorded in modern times
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John Aasen — movie and carnival giant
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John Rogan — tallest
African American*
Ajaz Ahmed — tallest living person claimant
[1]*
Leonid Stadnik — tallest living person claimant
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Vikas Uppal — tallest living person claimant
[2]*
Edouard Beaupré — "The Willowbunch Giant"
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Don Koehler — tallest person claimant in
1940*
Väinö Myllyrinne — tallest ever European-born person, at peak measured 251 cm.
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Aurangzeb Khan — tallest living person in 2000-2002
[3] [4]*
William Bradley — tallest ever
Briton.
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Angus MacAskill — the world's largest "true" giant, and the tallest recorded Scottish person.
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Xi Shun — tallest living person recognised by
Guinness, since
January 15,
2005*
Naseer Ahmaad Soomro — tallest living person in 1999
[5] [6]*
Sun Ming Ming — basketball player
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Eddie Carmel — "The Jewish Giant"
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Alam Channa — tallest living man in 1997-1998
[7]*
Johann K. Petursson — "The Viking Giant"
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Ghulam Shabbir — second tallest living
Pakistani man
[8] (some sources say he is taller
[9])
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Manute Bol — basketball player
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Gheorghe Muresan — basketball player and actor
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Giant Gonzales — professional wrestler
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Matthew McGrory — actor
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Yao Ming — basketball player
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Ralph Sampson — basketball player
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Zydrunas Ilgauskas — basketball player
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Peter Mayhew — actor
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Arvydas Sabonis — basketball player
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Dalip Singh — professional wrestler
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Kevin Peter Hall — actor
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — basketball player
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Richard Kiel — actor
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Wilt Chamberlain — basketball player and actor
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Shaquille O'Neal — basketball player
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André the Giant — professional wrestler
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Carel Struycken — actor
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Nikolai Valuev — boxer
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The Big Show — professional wrestler
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Jon Rauch — baseball player
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Godfrey Reggio — film producer and director
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Semmy Schilt — mixed martial artist
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Michael Crichton — author
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Giant Haystacks — professional wrestler
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Will Jefferson — cricketer
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Randy Johnson — baseball player
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Nathan Jones — professional wrestler and power lifter
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Ivo Karlović — tennis player
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Kevin Nash— wrestler
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Larry Bird — basketball player
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Ted Cassidy — actor
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John Kenneth Galbraith — economist
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Phil Gordon — professional
poker player
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Edmund Kemper —
serial killer*
Magic Johnson — basketball player
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Ed "Too Tall" Jones — American football player
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Karl Malone — basketball player
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Will Sampson — actor
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Giant Baba — professional wrestler
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Daniel Cudmore — actor
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Brad Garrett — comic actor
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Uday Hussein — Iraqi politician
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Montell Jordan — singer/songwriter and record producer
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Kane — professional wrestler
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Vitali Klitschko — boxer
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Richie Sexson — baseball player
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Akebono Taro — sumo wrestler
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The Undertaker — professional wrestler
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Richard Moll — actor
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Curtly Ambrose — cricketer
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James Arness — actor
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Bernard Bresslaw — actor
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Primo Carnera — boxer
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RuPaul Charles — entertainer
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James Cromwell — actor
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Peter Crouch — football (soccer) player
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Leo Felton — black white supremacist leader
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Martin Johnson — rugby union player
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Pat Kilbane — actor
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Vladimir Klitschko — boxer
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Christian "Flake" Lorenz —
Rammstein keyboardist
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Stephen Merchant — writer and actor
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Krist Novoselic — musician (
Nirvana)
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Charles Olsen — poet and writer
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Peter the Great — Tsar of Russia
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Brian Posehn — actor and comedian
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David Prowse — actor and weightlifter
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Tony Robbins — motivational speaker
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Huck Seed — poker player
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Bubba Smith — actor and former American football player
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C. Aubrey Smith — actor
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Nikola Tesla — inventor
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Roald Dahl — author
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Bill Fagerbakke — actor
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Neil Flynn — actor
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Gary Gulman — comedian
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Geoffrey Holder — actor
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Penn Jillette — magician
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Michael Jordan — basketball player
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Robert Kane bassist/lead vocalist for heavy metal band
Black Dawn*
John Maynard Keynes— economist
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Ralf Moeller — bodybuilder and actor
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Jack O'Halloran — actor
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Project Pat — rapper
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Peter Steele — musician and lead singer of the band
Type O Negative*
Ryan Stiles — actor and comedian
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Darryl Strawberry — baseball player
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Sergei Rachmaninov — composer
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Joey Ramone — musician
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Oliver Riedel —
Rammstein bassist
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James Root — musician
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John Tesh — television personality and composer
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Fred Dalton Thompson — politician and actor
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Slim Thug — rapper
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Clint Walker — actor
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Philip Alponse Bourbon — member of the Spanish royal family
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Nwankwo Kanu — football (soccer) player
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Vincent Schiavelli — actor
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Douglas Adams — author
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Charles Barkley — basketball player
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Raymond Burr — actor
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Jeremy Clarkson — writer and broadcaster
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John Cleese — actor
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Chuck Connors — actor
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Charles de Gaulle — military leader and statesman
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Michael Clarke Duncan — actor
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Lou Ferrigno — bodybuilder and actor
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Mick Fleetwood — musician (
Fleetwood Mac)
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Vicente Fox — President of
Mexico*
Fred Gwynne — actor
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Sterling Hayden — actor
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David James — football (soccer) player
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Lennox Lewis — boxer
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Jonah Lomu — rugby union player
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Dolph Lundgren — actor
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Thurston Moore — musician (
Sonic Youth)
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Alan Napier — actor
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Fess Parker — actor and businessman
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Alan Parsons — Musician
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Tyler Perry — playwright and actor
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Matthew Pinsent — rower
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Satyajit Ray — film director
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Steve Redgrave — rower
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Peter Snow — TV newscaster
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Howard Stern — radio personality
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Tony Todd — actor
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Vince Vaughn — actor
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Reggie White — American football player
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Victor Williams — actor
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Osama bin Laden —
al-Quaeda founder
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Stephen Fry — actor and writer
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Jeff Goldblum — actor
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Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim —
President of Finland*
Yannick Noah — professional tennis player and pop singer
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Tim Robbins — actor
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Steven Seagal — actor
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Bud Spencer — actor
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John Wayne — actor
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James L. Avery, Sr. — actor
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Adam Baldwin — actor
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Alonzo Bodden — comedian and actor
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Barry Bostwick — actor
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Tom Brady — American football player
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Richard Brooker — actor
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Buckethead — guitarist
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury —
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom*
Charlemagne — medieval military and political leader
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Chevy Chase — comic and actor
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Roger Clemens — baseball player
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Daunte Culpepper — American football player
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Lawrence Dallaglio — Professional rugby player
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Tom DeLonge — musician
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Vincent D'Onofrio — actor
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Fletcher Dragge — musician
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Clint Eastwood — actor and director
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Buddy Ebsen — actor
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Duncan Ferguson — football (soccer) player
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Andrew Flintoff — cricketer
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James Francis — politician
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Peter Garrett — singer in
Midnight Oil and member of the
House of Representatives*
The Game — rapper
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William Gibson — author
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Paul Gilbert — musician
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David Hasselhoff — actor
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Dennis Haysbert — actor
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Tyler Hilton — musician
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Hulk Hogan — professional wrestler
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Djimon Hounsou — actor
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Howard Hughes — entrepreneur
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John Kerry — politician
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King Kong Bundy — wrestler
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Stephen King — author
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Suge Knight — music producer
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Helmut Kohl — former Chancellor of Germany
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Jack Lambert — American football player
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John Larroquette — actor
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Christopher Lee — actor
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Mario Lemieux — ice hockey player
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Abraham Lincoln — former President of the United States
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John Lithgow — actor
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Dan Marino — American football player
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Biz Markie — rapper
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Marco Materazzi — football (soccer) player
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Michael McDonald — actor and comedian
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Dr. Phil McGraw — psychologist and talk show host
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Brian McKnight — musician
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Randy Moss — American football player
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Ralph Nader — consumer advocate and politician
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Kevin Nealon — comedian and actor
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Liam Neeson — actor
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Craig T. Nelson — actor
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Conan O'Brien — comic
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Bill O'Reilly — political commentator
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Jared Padalecki — actor
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George Pataki — Governor of
New York State*
Vincent Price — actor
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Randy Quaid — actor
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Michael Rapaport — actor
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J.J. Redick — basketball player
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Christopher Reeve — actor
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Marat Safin — tennis player
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Bob Saget — actor
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Tom Selleck — actor
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Andrew Sheridan — Professional rugby player
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Brad Sherwood — actor
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Silkk Tha Shocker — rapper
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Henry Simmons — actor
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Jon Snow — TV newscaster
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Daniel Stern — actor
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Ruben Studdard — singer
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Mats Sundin — ice hockey player
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Donald Sutherland — actor
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Daniel Tosh — comedian
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Nick Valensi — musician
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Jesse Ventura — professional wrestler, actor and politician
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Dwyane Wade — basketball player
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Roger Waters — musician
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Dieter Zetsche — executive
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Clancy Brown — actor
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Snoop Dogg — rapper
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Will Ferrell — comic and actor
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic — football (soccer) player
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson — professional wrestler and actor
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Delroy Lindo — actor
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C-Murder — rapper
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Keith Olbermann — sportscaster and news commentator
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Os du Randt — rugby union player
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Vijay Singh — golfer
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Mike Starr — actor
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James Stewart — actor
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Patrick Vieira — football (soccer) player
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Max von Sydow — actor
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Malcolm X — activist
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Barry White — singer
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Danny Aiello — actor
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Muhammad Ali — boxer
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Paul W. S. Anderson — filmmaker
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Amitabh Bachchan — actor
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George Baker — actor
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Eric Bana — actor
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Boris Becker — tennis player
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Jean Béliveau — ice hockey player
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Chauncey Billups — basketball player
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Terry Bradshaw — American football player
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Gianluigi Buffon — football (soccer) player
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Dick Butkus — American football player
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Adam Carolla— comedian
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Gary Cooper — actor
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Billy Corgan — musician
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Peter Coyote — actor
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Jeff Daniels — actor
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Baron Davis — basketball player
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Eric Dickerson — American football player
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Milo Đukanović — Prime Minister of
Montenegro*
John Elway — American football player
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Fabio — model
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Mel Ferrer — actor
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Steve Forrest — actor
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Ron Francis — ice hockey player
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Steve Francis — basketball player
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Brendan Fraser— actor
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Danny Glover — actor
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Triple H — professional wrestler
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Charlton Heston — actor
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Dexter Holland — musician
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Samuel L. Jackson — actor
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Tor Johnson — professional wrestler
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Jim Kelly — American football player
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Yaphet Kotto — actor
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Martin Landau — actor
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John LeClair — ice hockey player
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Till Lindemann — lead singer (Rammstein)
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Tony Lockett — Australian rules football player
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Bernie Mac — comedian and actor
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Laurie Main — actor
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Method Man — rapper
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Marilyn Manson — musician
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Lee Marvin — actor
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Walter Matthau — actor
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Duff McKagan —musican
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Matthew Modine — actor
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Warren Moon — American football player
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Gavin Newsom — Mayor of San Francisco
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Notorious B.I.G (Christopher Wallace) — rapper
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John O'Hurley — actor
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Master P — rapper
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Evan Parke — actor
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Gregory Peck — actor
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James and Oliver Phelps — actors
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Shane Reynolds — baseball player
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Michael Richards — actor
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Ray Romano — comic and actor
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George Sanders — actor
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Stellan Skarsgård — actor
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Kevin Sorbo — actor
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Jaap Stam — football (soccer) player
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Peter Stormare — actor
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Paul Walker — actor
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George Washington — 1st President of the United States
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Keenen Ivory Wayans — actor/producer/director
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Johnny Weissmuller — swimmer and actor
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Tom Welling — actor
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Oscar Wilde — writer
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William, Prince of Wales — member of the British royal family
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Fred Williamson — American football player, actor
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Joseph Wiseman — actor
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Qu Xin — actor
Historical and legendary figures noted for being tall, but with no exact height being known.
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Goliath — Biblical figure (scholars put Goliath at 9 ft 9 in or 6 ft 6 in)
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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)
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Porus (
Purushotthama) —
Indian king during the 4th century BC (reportedly 7 ft 6 in (230 cm) tall)
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Maximinus Thrax —
Roman emperor (reportedly 8 ft 6 in (259 cm) tall)
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Charlemagne —
Holy Roman Emperor*
Rollo of Normandy — Viking leader
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Harald Haardraade — King of Norway
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Edward I of England — King of England
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Richard I of England — King of England
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Childe of Hale — English giant from the turn of the 17th century.
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Johnny Appleseed — environmentalist
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List of famous tall women*
List of famous short men*
List of famous short women*
TallPeople.org*
IMDb*
CelebHeights.com*
Famous Heights.com#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 during his prime was 6 ft 6 in (198 cm), but was 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!" Now, after various knee, back, and neck surgeries, he stands no more than 6 ft 4 in (193 cm).
