Bao Xishun, also known as Xi Shun or "The Mast" (Simplified Chinese: 鲍喜顺; Traditional Chinese: 鮑喜順; born in China, 1951), is a herdsman from Inner Mongolia and, since January 15, 2005, has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's tallest living man.

Height: 7 ft 8.95 in

eng Jinlian (Simplified Chinese: 曾金莲; Traditional Chinese: 曾金蓮; Pinyin: Zēng (Céng) Jīnlián; June 26, 1964 – February 13, 1982) was the tallest woman ever recorded. Born in China with gigantism, she grew to be 8 ft 1.75 inches (247 cm) tall, making her the tallest known woman. However, she could not stand up straight due to a severely deformed spine. She died in Hunan, China at age 17.

Ajaz Ahmed (born 1976)is a Pakistani farmer, with an unverified claim to being the world's tallest living person. He hails from Bakkhar village in Daryakhan, Punjab, and claims to be 2.54 m (8.3 ft). Ahmed is a victim of hormonal dysfunction. Ajaz Ahmed is still growing. He suffers from an orthopaedic problem that afflicted his right leg after he underwent surgery for a hip-bone fracture. Being a farmer from a rural family, he came to the notice of a Pakistani social worker, Talat Mehmood, who helped him get in touch with Qamruddin Ansari, the manager for Ghulam Shabbir, the holder of the Guinness Record for the biggest shoe size (U.S. size 452), and the late Alam Channa, the world's tallest man at the time.

Bernard A. Coyne (July 27, 1897 – May 20, 1921) Anthon, Iowa, USA. Is one of only thirteen individuals in medical history to have stood 8 feet tall or more. Coyne may have reached a height of 8 feet 4 inches (2.49m) tall at the time of his death in 1921. His World War I draft registration card, dated 29 August 1918, lists his height as 8 feet. The Guinness Book of World Records stated that he was refused induction into the Army (1918) when he stood at a height of 7 feet 9 inches.

Paul Randall Wight, Jr. (born February 8, 1972) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as (The) Giant and with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as (The) Big Show.

Wight has acromegaly or "gigantism", although he underwent successful surgery in the early 1990s on his pituitary gland which halted the progress of this condition. By the age of twelve, Wight was 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) tall, weighed 220 lb (100 kg) and had chest hair. In 1991, as a member of the Wichita State University Basketball team at age 19, Wight was listed at 6 ft 11 in. His shoe size is 22 5 E, his ring size is 22.5 and his chest is 64 in (163 cm) in circumference. In 2005, Wight leased a bus and hired a bus driver because of the practical problems his size presents to air travel and car rental.

Max Palmer was born in a small town in Mississippi called Ponotoc. He had three sisters, all of normal height. His mother measured 5 feet tall and he himself was billed at 8 foot 2 inches, though may have been around 7 ft 7 in. His acting spanned from 1952 to 1954.He starred in such movies as "Invaders From Mars" and "Killer Ape" with Johnny Weissmuller. He also guested on such variety shows as "Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis Comedy Hour" and "The Jimmy Durante Show". After he left acting he became a professional boxer in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was billed as "Paul Bunyan". His career here was also short lived because of alcohol dependence . He became an evangelist in 1963. He preached all over the United States. He preached until his death in 1984. In May 1975, Max married a woman, Betty, who stood 4 foot 11 inches tall. They remained married until his death. Max is buried near Pontotoc, Mississippi. He was the adoptive father of former Major Leaguer Jim Palmer.

Julius Koch (b. 1872 in Reutlingen, Germany - d. 1902 in Mons, Belgium), also known as Le Geant Constantin, was one of eleven people in medical history who have surpassed eight feet in height. He was a victim of the malady eunuchoidal-infantile giantism (daddy-longlegs syndrome). His height, 245.9 centimeters, (8 feet 0.8 inches) was estimated, as his legs were amputated after they developed gangrene. His femurs were the longest on record - 76 centimeters (29.9 inches) - and his hands were 37½ centimeters (14¾ inches) in length.

Koch died in Mons, Belgium on March 30, 1902. His skeleton is preserved in the Museum of Natural History in Mons.

Johann K. Petursson, was born in Dalvík, Iceland in 1913 and was known as "The Viking Giant", and as "Jóhann Risi" (Johann the Giant) and "Jóhann Svarfdælingur" (Johann from Svarfaðardalur) in his native country of Iceland. Throughout his sideshow career he often dressed up in a suit and top hat, or his more famous Viking costume. While exhibiting himself in Sarasota, Florida he often claimed to have stood 8 ft 8 inches tall, but his actual height was about 7 ft 7 inches [231cm], a peak weight of 360 lbs [162kg] and he wore a size 24 US shoe (42 cm)--He was the tallest Icelandic man on record. In addition to being a circus performer, he starred in several movies, most notably Prehistoric Women 1950 where he played the role of a giant cave man. Petursson eventually retired, and lived out his remaining days in his hometown of Dalvik, passing away in 1984. Like so many other gigantic men he had back and joint problems. He is believed to have been married, and is known to have had one child, in Denmark.

Anna Haining Bates, born Anna Haining Swan (August 6, 1846 – August 5, 1888), was a Canadian from Mill Brook, New Annan, (near present-day Tatamagouche), Colchester County, Nova Scotia famed for her great height, believed to be 2.27 m (7 ft 5 and a half in) at the peak of her physical stature. She reportedly weighed 8.1 kg (18 pounds) when she was born and was 69 cm (27 inches) long. Her parents were of average height and were Scottish immigrants.

Leonid Stepanovich Stadnyk(born 1971 in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) is a Ukrainian man renowned for his stature. He was formerly listed as the world's tallest living man according to Guinness World Records. On August 20, 2008, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, Craig Glenday, announced that the title of world's tallest man had been returned to China's Bao Xishun after Stadnyk refused to be measured under the Guinness standard guidelines which require several measurements throughout the course of 24 hours under the watchful eye of a Guinness Book representative. Guinness would then average the height readings to come up with a final official measured height.

Jorge González (January 31, 1966 – September 22, 2010) was an Argentinian basketball player and professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances in World Championship Wrestling under the ring name El Gigante between 1989 and 1992 and in the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name Giant González in 1993.

Richard Dawson Kiel (born 1939) is an American actor best known for his role as the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979) as well as the video game Everything or Nothing, and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore. He was 7 feet 1.5 inches (2.17 m) tall in his prime but now due to injury and age, he is slightly under 7 feet (2.13 m) tall.

Felipe Birriel, also known as "El Gigante de Carolina" (The Giant of Carolina) (August 16, 1916-March 15, 1994), born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, is considered to have been the tallest Puerto Rican person, with an unconfirmed height of 2.413 meters or seven feet eleven inches (7' 11").

Väinö Myllyrinne, born in 1909 in Helsinki, and died in 1963 in Järvenpää, Finland, was first the tallest man in Europe and then from 1940 onwards the second tallest man in the world (half an inch behind Don Koehler). Myllyrinne is considered the tallest soldier ever, having served in the Finnish Defence Forces. He reached a height of 248 cm (8' 1.5"), and grew to this size due to suffering from acromegalic gigantism. Myllyrinne was voted 12th greatest Finn in the tv-show Suuret suomalaiset (spin-off of the BBC show Great Britons), largely due to a tongue-in-cheek Internet campaign criticising the idea of the show. The advocates of the campaign thought that because you can't pick just one person to be the Greatest Finn for their accomplisments, Väinö Myllyrinne would actually be the "greatest Finn", because of his height.