List of humans with gigantism

This is a list of notable people who have or had a form of gigantism.

• John Rogan (1865/1868?–1905)
• Zhang Juncai (b. 1966)
• Martin Van Buren Bates (1837–1919)
• Lock Martin (1916–1959)
• Brenden Adams (b. 1995), formerly world's tallest teenager until he turned twenty in September 2015
• Rondo Hatton (1894–1946), actor who played the Creeper in the Sherlock Holmes movie The Pearl of Death
• John Aasen (1890–1938), actor in silent films and vaudeville
• Sandy Allen (1955–2008), pituitary gigantism, was recognized as the tallest living woman until the time of her death^[1]
• Édouard Beaupré (1881–1904), "the Willow Bunch Giant" from Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan, Canada, was 8'2" at 23 years old
• Felipe Birriel (August 16, 1916–March 15, 1994), El Gigante de Carolina, honored in Carolina, Puerto Rico
• Jane Bunford (1895–1922), tallest woman ever until Zeng Jinlian
• Eddie Carmel (1936–1972), "The Jewish Giant", photographed by Diane Arbus
• John F. Carroll (1932–1969)
• Alam Channa (1953–1988)
• Radhouane Charbib (b. 1968)
• Bernard Coyne (1897–1921)
• Jack Earle (1906–1952)
• Ramon Fernandez (b. 1953), dubbed El Presidente
• Kenny George (b. 1987), former UNC Asheville basketball player
• Giant of Castelnau (circa 4000 BC)
• Jorge González (1966–2010), dubbed "Giant Gonzalez" or "El Gigante"; tallest professional wrestler ever
• Henry Hite (1915–1972)
• Trijntje Keever (1616–1633), presumed to have been the tallest girl teenager ever
• Richard Kiel (1939–2014), actor who played Jaws in James Bond
• Julius Koch (1872–1902), eunuchoidal-infantile gigantism; his legs ultimately had to be amputated due to gangrene
• Don Koehler (1925–1981)
• Sultan Kösen (b. 1982), tallest living man, a Turkish farmer
• Cornelius Magrath (1736–1760)
• Angus MacAskill (1825–1863)
• John Middleton (1578–1623)
• Gheorghe Mureșan (b. February 14, 1971), tallest NBA player in history
• Patrick Murphy (1834–1862)
• Väinö Myllyrinne (1909–1963), Finnish soldier
• Suleiman Ali Nashnush (1943–1991), basketball player from Libya
• Max Palmer (1928–1984)
• Jóhann K. Pétursson (1913–1984), dubbed "The Viking giant"
• André René Roussimoff (1946–1993), dubbed "André The Giant"
• Alexander Sizonenko (1959–2012), tallest Russian during his lifetime, formerly a basketball player
• Leonid Stadnyk (1970–2014)
• Carel Struycken (b. July 30, 1948) in The Hague, Netherlands), actor with acromegalic-gigantism
• Sun Mingming (b. 1983), a Chinese basketball player
• Brahim Takioullah (b. 1982), second tallest living man, world's largest feet
• Clifford Thompson (1904–1955)
• Stor-Stina (1819–1854)
• Vikas Uppal (1986–2007)
• Robert Pershing Wadlow (1918–1940), recognized as the tallest human being ever
• Paul Donald Wight (b. 1972), dubbed "Big Show"
• Igor Vovkovinskiy (b. 1982), America's current tallest man
• George Bell (b. 1957), America's former tallest man
• Morteza Mehrzad (b. 1987), Iran's tallest man
• Paulo César da Silva (b. 1963), Brazilian dubbed "Giant Silva"
• Yao Defen (1972–2012)
• Zeng Jinlian (1964–1982), believed to be the tallest girl teenager ever, but scoliosis kept her from standing erect
• Zhan Shi Chai (1840s–1893)
• Dalip Singh Rana (b. 1971), dubbed "The Great Khali", an Indian professional wrestler, actor, and powerlifter
• Bao Xishun (b. 1951)
• Anton de Franckenpoint (1600s)
• Antônio Silva (b. 1979) mixed martial arts fighter and UFC heavyweight
• Louis Moilanen (1886–1913)

• Michael D. Lanier (1970-2018) member of the Lanier Twins, among the tallest actors, and the tallest man born in Michigan, at 7’8”
• Broc Brown (b. 1998) A 20 year old man in Michigan, ranked at 19 years old as the world’s tallest teenager, at 7’8”, and is still growing 6” per year, and may surpass 8’3” Sultan Kosen as the tallest man alive.^[2][3]
• Brandon Marshall (b. 2000) The tallest teenager in Europe and the current tallest teenager in the world, reaching 7’4” at age 16.^[4]

See also

• List of tallest people
• List of shortest people
• List of people with dwarfism
• Acromegaly

References sources