Top 10 Tallest People Currently Alive around the World

10. Igor Vovkovinskiy, 235 cm, 7 foot ⅓ inchIgor Vovkovinskiy

Igor Vovkovinskiy is an American actor, law student. He is best known for tallest living American with 7 feet 8.33 inches in height. The strength thing about him is that he was about 6 feet tall at the age of 7. He was born in Ukraine and later (at the age of 7) he shifted to Rochester, Minnesota for his treatment at Mayo Clinic. From that time he was living in US. He performed in the film named Hall Pass in 2011. His condition is believed to have a tumor in his pituitary gland stimulating his body to produce excessive amounts of growth hormone.

9. Brenden Adams, 235 cm, 7 foot 8 inchBrenden Adams – Tallest Teenager in the world

Brenden Adams, from Washington born in 1995 being the tallest living teenager in the world. There was an attempt to halt his growth when he was about 7 feet 4.5 inch tall. If he was not treated his height would be over 8 feet tall.

8. Radhouane Charbib, 236 cm, 7 foot 8½ inchRadhouane Charbib

Radhouane was officially measured in Guinness World Records and considered one of the living men with 7 feet 8.5 inch height. He is also the tallest man in Tunisia. He is believed to be the tallest man until January, 2005.

7. Bao Xishun, 236 cm, 7 foot 9 inch 

Bao Xishun

Bao Xishun, comes from China, is considered to be one of the tallest men approved by Guinness World Records with 7 feet 9 inch height. He is suffering from rheumatic disorder. His height was normal until the age of sixteen, but later in seven years he reached the present giant condition.

6. Sun Ming-Ming, 236 cm, 7 foot 9 inchSun Ming-Ming

Sun MingMing born in 1983, is a Chinese basketball player. In 2005, he came to US for basketball training in National Basketball Association. On the same year he had gone through a surgery for removal of the benign tumour attached to his pituitary gland. He appeared in Discovery Channel for the documentary show, Anatomy of a Giant. Sun MingMing is seen on the television for fight scenes with Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Rush Hour 3. He is 7 feet and 9 inches in height holding sixth position in living top ten lists.

5. Naseer Soomro, 238cm, 7 foot 10 inchNaseer Soomro

Naseer Soomro was born in 1975. He is currently the living tallest man in Pakistan and holds the fifth position in the world’s living top ten lists. He is 7 feet and 10 inch in height.

4. Zhang Juncai, 242 com, 7 foot 11¼ inchZhang Juncai

Zhang Juncai is one of the China’s tallest men and believed to be the fourth largest living man measuring 7 foot 11.25 inch in height, 3.75 inch shorter than Sultan kosen. He is 29 inch taller than average Chinese men.

3. Morteza Mehrzad, 242 cm, 7 ft 11¼ inMorteza Mehrzad – Third Tallest Person

Morteza Mehrzad is the third tallest man currently living. He was born in 1987 and lives currently in Iran. He is believed to be the tallest man in Iran measuring 7 foot 11.25 inch, though the height was not verified, however. He suffers from acromegaly in which pituitary gland overproduce growth hormone that causes abnormal growth of hand, feet and face. His abnormal growth started when he fell from a cycle at the age of 16. His right leg stopped growing at that time and his right leg is 15 cm shorter than this left leg.

2. Brahim Takioullah, 246 cm, 8 ft 1 inchBrahim Takioullah – Second Tallest Living People

Brahim Takioullah, born in 1982 at Morocco, holds the second tallest living person measuring 8 foot and 1 inch in height, exactly 2 cm shorter than the former world recorder Sultan Kosen. He also holds the living man with tallest feet, recorded by Guinness World Records, measuring 1 ft 3 inch (left foot) and 1 ft 2.76 inch (right foot). His condition is due to a disorder in his pituitary gland called ‘acromegaly’, which stimulates the body to produce excessive growth hormone. He is currently undergoing his treatment in France to reduce the tumor which affects his pituitary gland.

1. Sultan Kösen, 251 cm, 8 ft 3 inch 

Sultan Kösen – Tallest Living People in the world

Sultan Kosen is considered to be the tallest living person in the world. His height approved by the Guinness World Records, being 8 feet 1 inch tall. Like most of other tall people of this type, his condition is due to excessive growth hormone in his pituitary gland resulted from a tumor. In 2009, he became the tallest living person when measured 8 feet 1 inches tall. He also holds records for longest foot and hand 14.4 inches and 11.22 inches respectively.

There may be several tall living people beyond this list. They may be also facing the same problem of the above person, this has no cure. We can only prey for them. If you know anyone who are as high as the above person, and deserve to belong in the list of “Top 10 Tallest People in the world“, do contact us with proof, and we will be more than happy to include him/her in the list.

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