Who Are The Top 10 Tallest Men In The World? Biography + Images
Join us in this article to tell you about another strange thing in our world: the top 10 tallest men. They have a height between 236 cm to 264 cm based on their certified heights.
After reading this article you will know about their life, origin, problems and honours, you can find out being famous because of their height can be good and bad. You find people that defeat the problems and make a good life for themselves and the other hand ones that live in poverty.
Let’s get going to know more.
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1. Sultan Kösen
Kösen belongs was born into a Kurdish family in Turkey and can gain the title of the tallest man in the world because of a rare condition of pituitary gigantism. In 2009 his tall was 246 cm (8 ft. 1 in.) but in 2011 it was 251 cm (8 ft. 2.8 in.).
To in and currently holds the Guinness World Record for being the tallest person alive today.
He has been holding the record since, at the height of. An updated reading of 251 cm (8 ft. 2.8 in.) as of 2011. Ha has the biggest hands in the world too.
But that is not all. Kösen also and the second-longest pair of feet among the living!
2. Brahim Takioullah
The second position in our list belongs to Takioullah 246 cm (8 ft. 1 in.) tall. He was born in the rich lands of Guelmim, Morocco.
Although he is the second tallest man he has the largest feet in the world.
He is one of the tallest men because of a tumour in his brain that secrets hormones. Although this tumour was removed from his head by French doctors in 2006.
He lives in Parish and works in “Saint-Paul,” a park just outside Beauvais in the north of Paris.
3. Dharmendra Pratap Singh
Dharmendra Pratap Singh is put on the third position of our list with 246 cm (8 ft. 1 in.) height.
He was born in a village named Narharpur Kasiyahi in Pratamgarh District, India in 1983 and is one of the fans of the Samajwadi Party because this party does not discriminate against anyone.
He is the tallest man in India and he had broken the world record for the tallest man in the world if he was just 11 cm taller.
4. Morteza Mehrzad Selakjani
In the fourth position of our list is put an Iranian man, Morteza Mehrzad Selakjani with 246 cm (8 ft. 1 in.).
He has a strange story because he was only 190 cm at 16 when one of his feet start to grow. Today one of his feet is about 15 cm higher.
He joined as the sitting volleyball player of Iran and participate in Rio Games in 2016.
5. Zhang Juncai
Juncai is put on the fifth position of our list while he is only 10 cm shorter than Kösen, the tallest man in the world.
Zhang Juncai is the tallest man in China with 242 cm (7 ft. 11 in.) height. He was born in the Shanxi province of Chin.
6. Asadullah Khan
The sixth position of our list belongs to another Indian man, Asadullah Khan with 241 cm (7 ft. 11 in.). He was born into a poor family in India in 1988 and because of his specific condition, he failed to find appropriate work and live in poverty.
7. Naseer Soomro
Naseer Soomro from Pakistan with 238cm (7 ft. 8 in.) is put on the seventh position of our list and his fame is not only because of his height but he is also a well-known poet with five poetry books to date.
He also graduated from Mehran University in Jamshoro, Hyderabad an Engineer in metallurgy too
8. Sun Mingming
Mingming was born in a small town near Harbin, in the Heilongjiang Province of China. He is the eighth tallest man in the world because of the presence of a tumor in his pituitary gland. although it was removed from his head.
He played as a professional basketball player in the United States minor leagues as well as Mexico and Japan and Chin and he is the tallest basketball player in the world.
He is also an actor and some of his well-known films are The Rush Hour and Funny Soccer with 236cm (7 ft. 7 in.) height.
9. Bao Xishun
In the 9th position on our list is put a selfless human from Chin, Bao Xishun.
He was born in Inner Mongolia in China and after 16 started to grow he is about 236 cm (7 ft. 9 in) in height.
He is famous because of his help to a dolphin that had eaten glass shards. He removed the troublesome pieces of trash from its stomach with his 1 m long arms.
10. Radhouane Charbib
The tenth position of our list belongs to a Tunisian man: Ras Jebel, with over 236 cm (7 ft. 9 in.) in height.
He was the alive tallest man in the world until 2005 but Bao Xishun Brock Jebel’s record for 2 millimeters taller.
Conclusion
In this article, you got familiar with the specific people that have the title of the top 10 tallest men in the world including Sultan Kösen, Brahim Takioullah, Dharmendra Pratap Singh, Morteza Mehrzad Selakjani, Zhang Juncai, Asadullah Khan, Naseer Soomro, Sun Mingming, Bao Xishun and Radhouane Charbib.
Do you have ever met one of the tallest men? Do you think having a tall height is good? What the governments can do to make life easier for them? what jobs are appropriate for these people? how we can help them to find a good job and make a better life? Please share your idea with our readers below this page.
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