Who is the world’s tallest person?

Tallest living person: Leonid Stadnik, 8 feet 4 inches

As the person below me pointed out, the tallest man in medical history was Robert Wadlow (USA). When measured in June 1940, shortly before his death, he was 8ft. 11.1 in. (2.72 m.) tall. His greatest recorded weight was 491 lb.(222.71 kg) on his 21st birthday.

Robert Wadlow is recorded as being the tallest person in the world, 8 feet 11 inches, but there is one person recorded in the Bible being 6 cubits and a span which is about 10½ feet tall. His name is Goliath of Gath, a Philistine. You can read about him in 1 Samuel chapter 17. Robert Pershing Wadlow was born, educated and buried in Alton, Illinois. His height of 8′ 11″ qualifies him as the tallest person in modern history, as recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. At the time of his death he weighed 490 pounds. By the time he was 8 years old his height had reached 6 feet

watch here and get his history.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tf14ln589yg

Bao Xishun is the tallest man alive according to Guinness World Records.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bao_Xishun

It depends if you mean the tallest living man, tallest ever man, tallest living woman, or tallest ever woman.

This is interesting, because the tallest living man just got married recently.

Check it out:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22063415-2,00.html

Bao Xishun, who just got married