Sultan Kösen

Born in 1982, Sultan Kösen, a Turkish-Kurdish farmer, is the tallest living person (height 251cm) since 2009, since he overtook Bao Xi Shun of China in height.

Compare Sultan Kösen of Turkey with Bao Xishun of China.

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Brahim Takioullah

At 246cm, Brahim Takioullah of Morocco is the tallest man in Africa (height 246cm). This clip introduces Brahim Takioullah and some of the world's tallest men in Paris in 2016 (Credit: AFP)

Compare Brahim Takioullah with Morteza Mehrzad of Iran.

Morteza Mehrzad

Morteza Mehrzad, tallest man in Iran and tallest volleyball player ever (height 246cm). Gold medalist of Iran sitting volleyball national team in Summer Paralympic games Rio 2016

Compare Morteza Mehrzard with Igor Vovkovinskiy of United States

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Igor Vovkovinskiy
Currently the tallest person living in the United States at 235cm (7' 8"). Igor VovKovinskiy was originally from Ukraine. In this video below, we received a pair of hi-tech shoes from Reebok, worth about $25K (source: Youtube/CBS News)

Compare Igor Vovkovinskiy of United States with André the Giant of France

André René Roussimoff
Also best known as André the Giant in the world of professional wrestling in the then World Wrestling Federation. One of the tallest wrestlers at 224cm (7 ft 4in). Here is André in the famous match with Hulk Hogan in 1988.

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Notable Tallest NBA Players

To understand this height in context, think of our familiar famous NBA players who are really very tall humans in person. The average height of an NBA player is around 201 cm (6 ft 7 in). Some of the tallest NBA players, such as Manute Bol, Shawn Bradley, Yao Ming and Gheorghe Muresan are also part of this list.

Manute Bol, Sudan
One of the tallest well-known men of Africa was Sudan-born Manute Bol (1962-2010), who played in the NBA from 1985 to 1996. Manute Bol and Gheorghe Muresan of Romania were the two tallest men at 231cm to have played in the NBA.

Compare NBA's tallest ever - Manute Bol with Gheorghe Mureșan

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Gheorghe Mureșan
Well-known Romanian NBA player (231cm in height) who was tied for the title of the tallest player in NBA history with Sudan-born Manute Bol.

Shawn Bradley
Shawn Bradley - one of the tallest and well-liked NBA professional basketball players at 229cm (7 ft 6 in).

Compare fellow personable NBA giants - Shawn Bradley with Yao Ming.

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Yao Ming
Yao Ming, the world's most well-known NBA Chinese player, standing at 224cm, the tallest player during his playing years at NBA until his retirement in 2011.

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Who are the tallest humans ever?

The tallest men by continents:

Robert Wadlow (272cm) and the list of tallest men ever in North America
Leonid Stadnyk (257cm) and the list of tallest men ever in Europe
Vikas Uppal (249cm) and the list of tallest men ever in Asia
Brahim Takioullah (246cm) and the list of tallest men ever in Africa

The tallest men by birth period:

Sultan Kösen (251cm) and the tallest men born between 1980 - 1999
Leonid Stadynk (257cm) and the tallest men born between 1950 - 1979
Robert Wadlow (272cm) and the tallest men born between 1900 - 1949
John Rogan (267cm) and the tallest men born between 1700 - 1899

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