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Top 10 Tallest Men

Here is a list of the tallest men

1

Robert Wadlow

Robert Wadlow

He is 8' 11". His nickname was 'Giant of Illinois. He ended up dying young at the age of 22. He was so tall because he had a disease called Hyperplasia.
http://www.factshunt.com/2013/05/robert-wadlow-tallest-person-in-world.html

2

John Rogan

John Rogan

He is 8' 8". Rogan was son to a slave and second tallest in the world. He started to get really tall at the age of 13. He also had a disease but this one was called ankylosis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rogan

3

John F Carroll

John F Carroll

He is 8' 7". He is so tall because he has 2-dimensional spinal curvature.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Carroll

4

Leonid Stadnyk

Leonid Stadnyk

He is 8' 5". He was the tallest man in Ukrainian. He started getting really tall at 14 after brain surgery. He had a tumor. Pituitary Gland tumor is when you get really tall.

5

Vaino Myllyrinne

Vaino Myllyrinne

He is 8' 3". Although he was super tall he was a wrestler. He was originally 7' 4" but got a second growth spurt in his thirties.

6

Edouard Beaupre

Edouard Beaupre

He is 8' 3". He was in the circus because of his height. He had a large family and he was one of twenty kids. He didn't have a disease.

7

Sultan Kosen

Sultan Kosen

He is 8' 3". Right now he is the tallest living man. He got so tall by a tumor that affected his pituitary gland.

8

Bernard Coyne

Bernard Coyne

He is 8' 2". He got drafted in World War and died young at the age of 24.

9

Don Koehler

Don Koehler

He is 8' 2". He died at the age of 56 because of a growth disease called acromegalic gigantism.

10

Vikas Uppal

Vikas Uppal

He is 8' 2". He was the tallest man in India until he died because of a tumor operation that failed.