Vicky" currently 15 years old and resides in Rohtak, Haryana India. He was reported by the Hindustantimes to be 7'10" and 8'3" as a 14 year old, so I don't know how tall he is right now. Vaino Myllyrinne (1909-63, Finland's tallest and tallest soldier ever) 8'3" [2.51m] Don Koehler (1925-81, had a twin sister who was 5'9") 8'2" Feng-Jun Wang (possibly new tallest living human) 8'1/2" [2.45m] Aurangzeb Khan (Pakistani) now resides in Miami Fla 8'-0" is the Tallest Alive in Y2K! Robert Pershing Wadlow, deceased 8'-11.1"(2.72m), 490#, Eddie Carmel (movie: The Brain that Wouldn't Die) 8'9" [2.67m] Johann Svarfdaelingur/Petursson (Iceland's tallest, movie: Carny, died '84) 8'8" [2.64m] website John F. Carroll (1932-1969, Buffalo, New York) 8'7.75" John Rogan (1868-1905, Gallatin, Tennessee, tallest African American ever) 8'6" [2.59m] Jack Earle (1924 movie: Jack & the Beanstalk) 8'6-1/2" [2.60m] Loushkin 8'5" Trijntje Keever (1616-33, possibly tallest woman ever) 8'4.4" [2.55m] Marianne Wedhe (1866-84, Germany) 8'3.6" [2.53m] (at 16 yrs.) Charles O'Brien (or Byrne) (The Irish Giant, died 1783) 8'4" [2.49m] Edouard Beaupre (tallest Canadian in history) 8'2", 400# [2.489m] Zeng Jinlian (tallest woman this century, China, died on Feb. 13, '82 at 17yrs) 8'1-3/4" [2.482m] Suleiman Ali Nashnush (tallest basketball player ever, Libyan team) 8'0-1/2" [2.45m] Aurangzeb Kahn (Tallest living human, Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sterling & Reid Circus) 8'0" [2.44m] Mr. Kahn currently lives in Miami, Florida. 8 foot tall and above -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 foot tall and above Anna Swan & Captain Bates (Tallest married couple ever) 7'11.5"? [2.425m] (other source: 7'5-1/2" & 7'2-1/2") Chang Woo Gow (Chinese giant: 1841-1893) 7'11" [2.41m] George Augur (Barnum & Baily Circus 1844) "nearly" 8'0" Michael Ri (N. Korean basketball player) The US government won't let him in the country to play for the NBA because of the trade embargo against the North Koreans. 7'8-1/2" [2.35m] Haji Mohammad Alam Channa 7'7-1/4" from Pakistan Sandy Allen, secretary from Shelbyville, Indiana (world's tallest woman) 7'7-1/4" [2.32m] Gheorghe Muresan (tallest nba player, movie: My Giant) 7'7" [2.31m] Lock Martin ("Gort"-Day The Earth Stood Still) 7'7" Jorge Gonzales, former pro basketball player from Argentina. Brought to America by Ted Turner (TBS, CNN etc.) to play for his Atlanta Hawks NBA team. Couldn't make it but turned pro wrestler in 1991 (wrestler "Giant Gonzales") 7'7" Manute Bol, from the Sudan (retired nba player) Once called American Blacks "Loose balls" 7'6-13/16" Lost almost all of his money trying to help his native people back in the Sudan and then they almost killed him. Henry Hite (movie: Monster-a-Go Go) 7'6-3/4" [2.305m] Andy Charlton (Western New Mexico University basketball player, 1998) 7'6" Yao Ming (19 yr old Chinese basketball player) 7'6" Jerry Sokoloski (Canada's tallest basketball player at 16 yrs old & still growing) 7'4" [2.24m] Rik Smits, from Holland, retired Indiana Pacer (nba) 7'4". Lives in Indianapolis. Andre The Giant (deceased pro wrestler, actor) 7'4" Antonio Reyes: Played center for the Mexican National team when they almost defeated the United States team featuring NBA legend David Robinson back in 1996. He now coaches basketball in Mexico City. Played for The University of Southern Indiana with Dikembe Mutombo's 6'9" older brother Ilo Mutombo. Antonio now coaches in Mexico City. Peter Mayhew "Chewbacca" 7'3" [2.21m] Richard Kiel ("Jaws"-Spy Who Loved Me) 7'2" [2.18m] Paul Wright "The Giant" (wrestler) 7'2" Josh Wittgren 7'2" played high school basketball for Dugger HS in Indiana back in the year 2000. The last I heard he moved to South Carolina. Contact me if anyone knows where he is exactly. Artis Gilmore 7'2" played professionally in the old ABA for the Kentucky Colonels and the Chicago Bulls in the NBA. Kevin Hall (Predator, Harry & the Hendersons) 7'2" Malgorzata "Margo" Dydek (tallest wnba player) 7'2" Kareem Abdul Jabbar formerly Lew Alcindor), from New York. Leading scorer in NBA history, Arrested a few times for marijauna violations, played at UCLA, Multi-million dollar house burn't down without any insurance once. (retired nba legend) 7'2". Now, every once in a while is in the news for some legal infraction. Now known as "Kareem Abdul Ja-Blunt" because of his many exploits with marijuana and the law. Wilt Chamberlain, claimed to have slept with over 10,000 women. Scored 100 points in one NBA game. Averaged over 50 points per game and 25 rebounds two years in a row. Lead the NBA in rebounding and assists as well. (late great nba legend) 7'1" [2.16m] . Shaquille O'Neal, biggest army brat in the world (nba, actor, rap singer) 7'1" 340 lbs.. NBA Superstar ! Carel Struycken (movie: Addams Family) 7'0" Robert Mallet (he > wrestles under the name > Kurrgan), who is 7 ft and weights 350 lb Robert Parish 7'0" retired NBA center. Holds the record for most games played in NBA history. Late in his career was discovered accepting a package of marijuana to his home in Boston. Ayo Adigun 7' plays for SouthWest Missouri State Comm. College. He is from Surulere Nigeria. Tiny Ron (movies: Ace Ventura, Naked Gun) 7'0" Chuck Nevitt: 7'5" played for the Detroit Pistons sparingly in the mid-80's. NBA Players taller than 6-11 : 1. Shawn Bradley, A morman. A good golfer and baseball player. Attended BYU. Went on a two-year mormon mission. He grew up in Utah, once trick-or-treated as Freddy Kruger (Dal) ............. 7-6 2. Alek Radojevic (Tor) ............ 7-3 3. Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Greek (Cle) ........ 7-3 4. Keith Closs (LAC) ............... 7-3 5. Arvydas Sabonis, from Lithoania originally. Beat USA in the Olympics playing for the Russian team, (Por) ........... 7-3 6. Garth Joseph (Tor) rarely gets off the bench.............. 7-2 7. Luc Longley, from Austrailia. Was part of the "three-headed monster" for the Chicago Bulls during their great NBA championship run with Michael Jordan through the 90s. (NY) ................ 7-2 8. Greg Ostertag (Uta) ............. 7-2 9. Bruno Sundov, from Bosnia (Ind) .............. 7-2 10. Iakovos Tsakalidis (Pho) ........ 7-2 1 1. Dikembe Mutombo, from Kinshasa Zaire. Played for Georgetown University (Atl) ........... 7-2 12. Matt Geiger (Phi) ............... 7-1 13. David Robinson (SA) ............. 7-1 Incredible person. 14. Jim McIlvaine, from Milwaukee Wisc. loves to water ski with his family (NJ) .............. 7-1 15. Joel Przybilla (Mil) ............ 7-1 16. Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) from San Antonio, tallest Army brat in the history of mankind, rapper, actor, just flat out huge, one of the best athletic big guys ever!.......... 7-1 17. Daniel Santiago (Pho) ........... 7-1 18. Dalibor Bagaric (Chi) ........... 7-1 19. Chris Mihm (Cle) ................ 7-1 20. Vlade Divac (Sac) from Bosnia............... 7-1 21. Soumalia Samake (NJ) ............ 7-0 22. Elden Campbell (Cha) ............ 7-0 23. Kevin Willis (Tor) very short arms, played at Michigan State.............. 7-0 24. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) from Germany............. 7-0 25. Brad Miller (Chi) played at Purdue University............... 7-0 26. Mamadou N'diaye (Den) ...........Leaper, shot blocker7-0 27. Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) was a team handball goalie in Nigeria before coming to the University of Houston........... 7-0 28. Jason Collier (Hou) this guy is tall but he plays small............. 7-0 29. Radoslav Nesterovic (Min) ....... 7-0 30. Tim Duncan (SA) ................. 7-0 31. Duane Causwell (Mia) ............ 7-0 32. Olden Polynice (Uta) ............ 7-0 33. Travis Knight (NY) .............. 7-0 34. Bryant Reeves "Big-Country" Played at Oklahoma State University (Van) ............. 7-0 35. Felton Spencer (NY) ............. 7-0 36. Michael Olowokandi, originally from Nigeria but grew up in Germany (LAC) ........ 7-0 37. Eric Montross, Indianapolis (Det) ............. 7-0 38. Mikki Moore (Det) ............... 7-0 39. Todd MacCulloch (Phi) ........... 7-0 one of the few Canadian Basketball players in the NBA. 40. Zan Tabak, from Bosnia (Ind) ................. 7-0 41. Will Perdue, Played at Vanderbilt University. Wears size 22 shoes (Por) ............... 7-0 42. Mark Blount (Bos) ............... 7-0 43. Patrick Ewing, Originally from Jamaica. Played at Georgetown University (Sea) ............. 7-0 44. Keon Clark (Toronto Raptors)..............7'0" from Danville, IL. Played Juco ball and then at UNLV.
dang!!!!!! i think the World's tallest man ever is 8' 11'' but he never played bball those guys must've had feet injuries i got size 11 and i already got problems can you post their shoe sizes? i would've hated to be them (including Bradley Bol and Shaq) they will all die soon (the 8 footers) great job Knicks!
They would be the most uncoordinated people ever. If guy who are 7-4 have problems running up and down the court imagin a guy one foot 5 inches taller than them :!:
tallest nba player do you mean Brad Miller, who used to play for Purdue and NOW plays for the Indiana Pacers?????? thought so... :roll:
I remember watchin a guy called alan bannister play, 7'5 i think he was...the biggest guy i have ever seen play in the flesh. Fair enough the guy was pants but hey if ur tall then u go into basketball!!
