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Robert Pershing Wadlow
John William Rogan
John F. Carroll
Väinö Myllyrinne
Sultan Kösen Sultan Kösen The Tallest Man in the World living in Turkey
Don Koehler
Bernard Coyne
Vikas Uppal
Patrick Cotter O'Brien
Brahim Takioullah Brahim Takioullah
Morteza Mehrzad Morteza Mehrzad
Julius Koch
Gabriel Monjane
Suleiman Ali Nashnush
Anton de Franckenpoint
8 feet tall Zhang Jun-Cai Zhang Jun-Cai The Tallest Man in the world living in China
Suparwono
Felipe Birriel Fernández
7 feet 11 inches tall Sa’id Muhammad Ghazi
Alexander Sizonenko
Feodor Machnow
Ijaz Ahmed Ijaz Ahmed The Tallest Man living in Pakistan
7 feet 10 inches tall Albert Johan Kramer
Frederick Kempster
Yoshimitsu Matsuzaka
William Bradley
John Middleton
Louis Moilanen
Angus MacAskill
Öndör Gongor
Walter Straub
7 feet 9 inches tall Bao Xi Shun Bao Xi Shun The Tallest Man living in Mongolia
Radhouane Charbib Radhouane Charbib The Tallest Man living in Tunisia
Naseer Soomro Naseer Soomro The Tallest Man living in Pakistan
Sun Ming Ming Sun Ming Ming The Tallest Man living in China
Chang Woo-Gow
Rachid Bara
Thomas Hasler
Cecil Boling
Bartolomeo Bon
Ted Evans
Ri Myong-hun Ri Myong-hun The Tallest Man living in Korea
Nikolai Pankratov Nikolai Pankratov The Tallest Man Russia
Rafael França do Nascimento Rafael França do Nascimento The Tallest Man Brazil
Lars Tollefson Opsata
Wang Xin-Feng
Igor Vovkovinskiy Igor Vovkovinskiy The Tallest Man living in the U.S.
Viktor Prenner
Edouard Beaupré
George Bell George Bell The Tallest Man living in America
Alam Channa
Ferdinand Contat
Zech DeVits
Miguel Joaquin de Eleicegui
Maximillian Miller
Jim Porter
Adam Rainer
Francis Sheridan
Franz Winkelmeier
Abdramane Dembele Abdramane Dembele
Arshavir Grigoryan Arshavir Grigoryan
7 feet 8 inches tall Agustin Luengo Capilla
Jaime Clemente
Wang Feng-Jun Wang Feng-Jun
Amenates Tingitsoglu
Neil Fingleton Neil Fingleton
Hussain Bisad Hussain Bisad
Bourgeois Giant
Uvays Akhtaev
Paul Sturgess Paul Sturgess The Tallest Man living in England
Jorge González
Ramazan Karageyik Ramazan Karageyik
Parimal Chandra Barman
Charles Byrne
Huang Chang-Chiu Huang Chang-Chiu
Henry Dalglish
Kenny George Kenny George
Lock Martin
Gheorghe Muresan Gheorghe Muresan
George Page
Johann Petursson
Reino Rutanen
Jitendra Singh Jitendra Singh
Leonid Stadnyk
Peter Tuchan
John Turner
Max Palmer
7 feet 7 inches tall Manute Bol
Henry Mullens
Kaliova Seleiwau Kaliova Seleiwau
Liu Fu-Ying Liu Fu-Ying
Liu Jun Liu Jun
Frantisek Novotny Frantisek Novotny
José Calderón Torres
Jean-Joseph Brice
Alain Delaunois Alain Delaunois
Joseph Drasal
Bernardo Gilli
William Olding
Jack Earle
Rigardus Rijnhout
John Paul Ofwono
Baptiste Hugo
Felipe Manzo Reyes
Lewis Wilkins
Henri Cot
Zhang Huan Zhang Huan
Christopher Greener
Malik Sidibe Malik Sidibe
Saad Kaiche Saad Kaiche
Bob Wegner Bob Wegner
Yasutaka Okayama Yasutaka Okayama
Joélisson Fernandes da Silva Joélisson Fernandes da Silva
Shawn Bradley Shawn Bradley
Henry Alexander Cooper
Charles Gruel D’Indreville
Mills Darden
Zafar Ullah Satti
Mamadou Diallo
William Evans
Polipaka Gattaiah Polipaka Gattaiah
Robert Hales
Antonin Cros
Anders Gustav Anderson
Terrence Keenan
Kentucky giant
Aurangzeb Khan Aurangzeb Khan
Jim Lanier Jim Lanier
Mike Lanier Mike Lanier
Edward Longmore
James MacDonald
Ralph Madsen
Matt McGrory
Walter Parsons
Gilbert Reichert
Mu Tie-Zhu
James Toller
Liu Yu-Qing
Rayford Johnson
Erwin Johnson
Conrad Furrows
7 feet 6 inches tall Bola Kanukov
Tran Thanh Pho Tran Thanh Pho
Sergey Ilin Sergey Ilin
Asdrúbal Herrera Mora Asdrúbal Herrera Mora
Margarito Machahuay Varela Margarito Machahuay Varela
Armand Bronner
Halil Ibrahim Kuzucu
George Kieffer
Zhao Liang Zhao Liang
Daniel Gilchrist Daniel Gilchrist
Martin Miklosik The Tallest Man in the world
Emmanuel Joseph Cheval
Cornelius Magrath
Clifford Thompson
Yao Ming Yao Ming
Henrik Brustad
John Hollinden
Tomas Pustina Tomas Pustina
George Auger
Erhard Weller
Chuck Nevitt Chuck Nevitt
George Bell (early 20th century)
Azad Khan Masood Azad Khan Masood
Dharmendra Pratap Singh Dharmendra Pratap Singh
Jean Bihin
Haq Nawaz Haq Nawaz
Choung Chi Lang
Balahu
Pavel Podkolzin Pavel Podkolzin
Zhang Mengyong Zhang Mengyong
Calvin Lane Calvin Lane
Andy van Volkenburgh Andy van Volkenburgh
Mamadou Ndiaye Mamadou Ndiaye
Robert Bobroczky Robert Bobroczky
7 feet 5 inches tall Antoine Paolo Hugo
Sabah Jabbar Hadi Sabah Jabbar Hadi
Ron Bax
Dalibor Micic Dalibor Micic
Ivan Hoger Ivan Hoger
Guan Tao Guan Tao
Ragchaa Narka Ragchaa Narka
Aleksandar Rindin Aleksandar Rindin
Brenden Adams Brenden Adams
Fernand Bachelard
Daniel Cajanus
Gustaf Edman
Jerry Sokoloski Jerry Sokoloski
Jacob Littleton
Slavko Vranes Slavko Vranes
Taco Fall Taco Fall
Bienvenu Letuni Bienvenu Letuni
Wang Qiang Wang Qiang
Zhou Zhenjun Zhou Zhenjun
Carlos Alvarado Melendez
Martin Salmerón
Al Tomaini
Gogea Mitu
Fermin Arrudi Urieta
Mark Eaton Mark Eaton
Samuel Taylor
Ralph Sampson Ralph Sampson
Willie Camper
Buck Nolan
Jaber Rouzbahani Jaber Rouzbahani
Rik Smits Rik Smits
Mianko Karoo
Louis Frenz
Patrick O'Conner
Thomas Dilkens
Priest Lauderdale Priest Lauderdale
Alan Bannister Alan Bannister
Moussa Seck Moussa Seck
Will Foster Will Foster
Colonel William Baker
Matt Slaninka Matt Slaninka
Samuel Deguara Samuel Deguara
Jakub Kusmieruk Jakub Kusmieruk
Anthony Payne
Henry Blacker
P.B. Huxham
Surasaku Sudoplasat
Edward Bamfield
John Rankin
Sim Bhullar Sim Bhullar
Charlie Nicholas Charlie Nicholas
Robert Zwaan Robert Zwaan
Kewal Shiels-Mohar Kewal Shiels-Mohar
Baraka Tolu Baraka Tolu
John Thocolich John Thocolich
Cashmere Giant
Roger Morrissey Roger Morrissey
7 feet 4 inches tall Kang Jianhua Kang Jianhua
Konstantin Klein
Jan Kruminsh
Agil Sadygzade Agil Sadygzade
Ujang Warlika
Denis Albino Denis Albino
Pat Hogan Pat Hogan
Col. A.A. Powell
The Innsbruck Giant
Martin van Buren Bates
Sunil Kumar Panda Sunil Kumar Panda
Frederick W. Randall Chadwick
Jakob Nacken
Viktor Zabolotny Viktor Zabolotny
Mohammad Nawaz Mazari Mohammad Nawaz Mazari
Chase Metheney Chase Metheney
Patrick Murphy
Aaron Moore
Sergo Atuashvili Sergo Atuashvili
Rolf Mayr Rolf Mayr
Liu Wen Zhe Liu Wen Zhe
Manuel Camacho
Dusan Cantekin Dusan Cantekin
Damiao Rodrigues Damiao Rodrigues
Iancu Bocai Iancu Bocai
Remon van de Hare Remon van de Hare
Constantin Popa Constantin Popa
Eddie Carmel
Jim Tarver
James McIndoo
Shagari Alleyne Shagari Alleyne
Chris Lister Chris Lister
Mounir Fourar
Gunther Behnke Gunther Behnke
Oliver Narr Oliver Narr
Nick Schneiders Nick Schneiders
Cornelius Bruns
Wade Halbrook
Jon Harris
Captain Ureck
Hassan Ali
Forrest Glenn
Clive Darril
Rob Bruintjes Rob Bruintjes
Stefan Grewen Stefan Grewen
Peter Iroga Peter Iroga
George Gracie
Boban Marjanovic Boban Marjanovic
Hasheem Thabeet Hasheem Thabeet
Max Zhang Max Zhang
George McArthur George McArthur
Roman Gumenyuk Roman Gumenyuk
Arvydas Sabonis Arvydas Sabonis
Noah Orr
Muhammad Riaz Muhammad Riaz
Thomas Brockman
Rajan Adhikari Rajan Adhikari
Shaun Aisbitt Shaun Aisbitt
Randy Breuer Randy Breuer
Dave Rasmussen Dave Rasmussen
Ha Seung-Jin Ha Seung-Jin
Serge Zwikker Serge Zwikker
Jason Bennett Jason Bennett
Jermaine Middleton Jermaine Middleton
Nedzad Sinanovic Nedzad Sinanovic
Ionut Dragusin Ionut Dragusin
Luke Minor Luke Minor
Bruno Sundov Bruno Sundov
Curtis Johnson Curtis Johnson
Brad Millard Brad Millard
Brandon Byrne Brandon Byrne
Martyn Walters Martyn Walters
Rosario Rigutini Rosario Rigutini
Jameson Keefe Jameson Keefe
Joseph Sewell
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Liam Hughes Liam Hughes
Albert Fox
Cornelius Mostert
Rohallah Rahmati Rohallah Rahmati
Leland A. Grayson
Peter John Ramos Peter John Ramos
Ring Ayuel Ring Ayuel
Madut Mayar Madut Mayar
P. Theyagarjan P. Theyagarjan
Bob Rosier Bob Rosier
Ghulam Shabbir Ghulam Shabbir
Raul Dillo Raul Dillo
Martin Paquette Martin Paquette
Pradeep Srivastava Pradeep Srivastava
Curtis Colgate Curtis Colgate
7 feet 3 inches tall Siah Khan
Vincent Pourchot Vincent Pourchot
Wei Quan Jia Wei Quan Jia
Eduard Lukash Eduard Lukash
John Lebar John Lebar
Pascal Fleury Pascal Fleury
Iakovos Tsakalidis Iakovos Tsakalidis
Ludwig Schulten
Emil Assad Rached
Valery Savko
Sam Harris Sam Harris
Per Ola Carlsson Per Ola Carlsson
Jacques Barnard Jacques Barnard
Jean Pierre Mazas
Rasyid Monas Rasyid Monas
Vladimir Tkachenko Vladimir Tkachenko
Yossi Ben Naim Yossi Ben Naim
Sun Zhe Sun Zhe
Gino Cuccarolo Gino Cuccarolo
Chang Chin-kuo
Wang Tong Xin Wang Tong Xin
James Clancy
St. Petersburg Giant
Luis de la Rosa Luis de la Rosa
Henry Clay Thruston
Werner Syre
Arthur James Caley
Oswald Balling
Gottlieb Fischer
Hans Hellmuth
Robert B. Keenan
Gerrit Bastiaansz. de Hals
Tom Burleson Tom Burleson
John Aasen
Dave Ballard
Mahmoud Lotfi
Ewart Potgieter
Kurt Zehe
Knipe Brothers
Matthew Langmaid
Hong Man Choi Hong Man Choi
Muhammad Hussein Heikal Muhammad Hussein Heikal
Roberto Duenas Roberto Duenas
Eric Gingold Eric Gingold
Walter Tatake Quisbert
Morten Poulsen Morten Poulsen
James Donaldson James Donaldson
Dwayne Schintzius
Dan Gerber
Jean-Claude Lefebvre
Jim Cully
Albert Brough
Jose Cristovao da Silva Jose Cristovao da Silva
Santhosh Kumar Santhosh Kumar
Sami Eerola Sami Eerola
Abd Al Wahab Al Hamowi Abd Al Wahab Al Hamowi
Dikembe Mutombo Dikembe Mutombo
Garth Joseph Garth Joseph
Lionel Mineo Lionel Mineo
Michael Grealish
Kareem Abdul Jabbar Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Kevin Peter Hall
Matt Hewson Matt Hewson
Milas Shoun
Paul Henoch
Frank Wilcox
Captain Hugh Murphy
Tanveer Bhullar Tanveer Bhullar
Janusz Myslowiecki Janusz Myslowiecki
Joseph Morris
Capt. William P. Bane
Thomas Bell
Glen Sudhop
Hamed Haddadi
Bill Mummert
Giedrius Rinkevicius Giedrius Rinkevicius
Chris Christopherson Chris Christopherson
Sky Siewart
Bolaji Badejo Bolaji Badejo
Roy Hibbert Roy Hibbert
Yakhoub Brahimsaid Yakhoub Brahimsaid
Frank Szczepanik Frank Szczepanik
Artis Gilmore Artis Gilmore
Selami Yildirim Selami Yildirim
Babu Babu
Giant Silva Giant Silva
Torsten Stein Torsten Stein
Mirodjiddin Karimov Mirodjiddin Karimov
Peter Nordin
Giacomo Borghello
Anthony Wallyn Anthony Wallyn
Rodrigo Buitrago Betancur Rodrigo Buitrago Betancur
Jared Carter Jared Carter
Catalin Baciu Catalin Baciu
Sam Gombya Sam Gombya
Ralph Drollinger Ralph Drollinger
7 feet 2 inches tall Too short: (more...)

Sharad Kulkarni Sharad Kulkarni
Richard Kiel
Andries Venter
Hugh Murphy
Chang Yan Miun
Glenn Hyder
William Connery
Abdul Jabber Abdul Jabber
Musutaman
Montana Hank
Eugene Arceau
Landon Middlecoff
Carl Gulliver
Captain John Creech
The Hartfield Giant
Pisjakoff
Homer Parks
Wilhelm Ehmke
James Henry Lambier
Juan de la Cruz Sihuana
James G. Gilbert
Andre the Giant
Assen Ivanov Giorgiev
Bob Kline
Captain Lindsay Hay
Charles Freeman
Joseph Schippers
Geant K
The Robinson Brothers
Paul Herold
Percival Horton
Patrick O'Brien
Captain Smith Cook
Chester Cass
Ben Corday
Sam Macdonald
Ed Clegg
Leon Ketchell
The Shields Brothers
Oskar Taplick
Ted Engler


Tallest women:

Zeng Jinlian
Jane 'Ginny' Bunford
Yao Defen
Sandy Allen
Wassiliki Calliandji
Anna Haining Swan
Carolina Rascón
Delores Pullard
Ella Ewing
Maria Fassnauer
Sun Fang Sun Fang
Marianne Wehde
Margo Dydek
Kaatje van Dyk
Eleanor Wagner
Rosa Wedsted
Uljana Semjonova Uljana Semjonova
Lyuba Shilo Lyuba Shilo
Leah May
Elizabeth Lyska
Jane Grey
Mildred
Babita
Sylvia Hardy
Maria Feliciana dos Santos Maria Feliciana dos Santos
7 feet 0 inches tall Gwen Bachman Gwen Bachman
Marvadene Anderson Marvadene Anderson
Gitika Srivastava Gitika Srivastava
Mme. Abomah
Zorana Todorovic Zorana Todorovic
Elfriede Fischer
Alana Renaud Alana Renaud
Ellen Bayer Ellen Bayer
Malee Duangdee Malee Duangdee
Dharshani Sivalingam Dharshani Sivalingam
Yue Fang Chen
Jaana Kotova Jaana Kotova
Elena Kravchenko Elena Kravchenko
Jess Noronha Jess Noronha
6 feet 10 inches Too short: (more...)

Elizabeth Stock
Marsiana
Magdalena Cicuta
Aama Bataillard
Cleve Gill
Svetlana Singh Svetlana Singh
Annie O'Brien
The Surrey Giantess
Dora Helms
Zainab Bibi Zainab Bibi
Madame Litiz
Ann Freeman
Catherine Boebner
Ruth Duncan
Hee Sen Balling
Virginie Beauchamp
The Astonishing French Giantess


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Jose Punlos
John Hale
Kazanloff
Almiro Crema
Col. Pickett Nelson
Ann Dunn
Klaas van Kieten
Ben Wilhite
Trijntje Keever
Emmett Roberts
Charles Price
J.H. Reichart
Annie Irwin
MacQuail
Donald McGregor
Sally Ward
Bernard Wray
Christopher Munster
Geant Alvisse
Piocho
Eliza Simpson
Jacobus Damman
John Wright
Charles Tumley
Peerken van Gorp
Isaac Haring
Lange Jacob
Abeltje
Wilhelm Champi
Isroil Hushbokov Isroil Hushbokov
Hampton Hampson
Lange Toni
Long Tom
Johannes Sander
Abdul Houl
Joseph Rischer
Kátia D'Ávilla Rodrigues
Timofei Bakulin
Ivan Stepanovich Loushkin
Paul Paulo
Bol Chol
Asadulla Khan
Jean Condoist
James Horner
Grgo Kusic
Ivan Markoff
Giovanni Ferrucci
Kin Fu Ki
Dennis Duffy
Jesse Adams
John Busby
Tommy Poullas
Joseph Sullivan
Rev. Charles Kesterton
James L. Williams
John M. Baker
Poolad Gurd
Joseph Craig
William Beaucless
Mr. Good
Jack Krumtinger
Colonel Toruelli
Joseph Blacisyewski
Peter Grachenko
Mulia
Tang Guoqiang Tang Guoqiang
Jenishbek Raimbaev Jenishbek Raimbaev
Vought Burke
Raymond Harris
Elias Gore
Antonius of Syria
Jakob Murdel
Embret Pedersen
Ray Williams
Sasha Dergunov
Nae Mihai
Machnow II
Maria Stylianopoulou
Nikita Michailin
Luang Pho Sung Luang Pho Sung
Thomas Dalroy
Hu Chun-Chang
“Big George”
Silis Bishop
Ben Brown
Peter Feketi
Yunus Mia
Queen Elizabeth's Porter
Carol Hare
Babe Woodman
Sunil Chaudhary Sunil Chaudhary
Elsbeth
Martina Hinterberger
Benjamin Holmes
Daniel
Attu Muhammed
Sidde Gowda
George W. Steele
Olaf Peterson
Pearlie Peoples
James Finch
George Reed
Charles Keppke
John Farwell
Charles Hamilton
Carl Rehn
May Walsh
William Sharp
Edward Cranson
James Allender
Heinrich Osen
Edmund Mollon
Frances Cook
Manasa Kalu
Mabel Johnson
Emanuel Andersson
Wang Wei Wang Wei
Hans Schnitzer
Ikuzuki Geitazaemon
Puntland Giant Puntland Giant
Charles René
Richmond Edwards Richmond Edwards
Mohammad Iqbalt Kasmir Mohammad Iqbalt Kasmir
Greg Ritter Greg Ritter
Garry Robbins Garry Robbins
James Patrick Tolley
The Tibetan Giant
Lionel Brogan Lionel Brogan
Lee Soon Keun
Nicolai Simonoff
Thomas Toombs
William Hobbe
J.W. Patterson
Michael Coulter Michael Coulter
Tiliya
Tyrone Reeder
Jacobus Williams Jacobus Williams
Henry Richner
Placide Pattitto
Ömer Özkan
Burghauptmann Schenk
Kazim Hussein Kazim Hussein
Ira Nicholas Arthur
Thomas Fisher
Jim Lucas
J.D. Gellard
The Nagpore Giant
Frank Jarilla
Jim Bryan
Fraulein Zeptauer
Meadows Page
Johan Arnt Bredesen
Flo Jones
Mark Hellard Mark Hellard
James Roberts
Ed Wolff
Henry Wagner
Heinrich Mollen
J. Frank Skinner
Charles Bradley
Oscar Krause
Joe Jenkins
Jacob Same
John Hutchinson
John Peters
J.G. Harden
Carl Sandell
Heinz Kleinau
McLean
Geant Roland
English Colossus
Charles Snyder
Ruth Beaton
Steve Turner
Kawayama Nakaji
Domnisoara Uriasa
Charles Lampman
Alva van Dyke
Rauvan Jaakko
Sheikh Majid Kamal Mahmoud Sheikh Majid Kamal Mahmoud
Lee Lazelle Lee Lazelle
Julie Till Julie Till
Bob Collins
Urmila Chaudhary Urmila Chaudhary
James H. Scott
Janar Purasoni Janar Purasoni
Zee Kwet Sein
Ian Spofforth Ian Spofforth
Goliath
David Henry Dode
John Menarcheck
William Engesser
Joseph Stones
Chiu Ki Tzsu
Wautootah
Julia Austin
Arthur Harris
Harry Shelton
Grover Gloodsworth
Moose Ludka
Ernest Racsumberger
Stanley F. Wright
Lamb Graves
William Witte
Basilio Huaylas
George Victor Orr
Antonio Fuss Antonio Fuss
Leon Grabowski
Anders Gustaf Andersson
Geant Montana
Chaudoc Giant
Sam Hutchinson
Herman J. Onness
Roderick Bain McKenzie
Benjamin Harrison
Frederick Decker
Princess Pontus
George Kersey
George Kennedy
Martin Ruboga
J.C. Harrison
Sam Cason
Amalie
Ann Hardy
Annie Langley
Maggie Murphy
Carmelite Horn
Elsie Schmidt
Sophie Kaltwasser
Mary Laskey
The Lapland Giantess
Jose Santos Mamani
Dennis Simnton
William Hake
Riley Smith
Iver Davidson
Absalom Stephens
Giant of Baluchistan
Peter Mayhew
James Hawkins
Judas Iscariot Blondin
Ta Lao-hu
William Klugh
Donald MacCormack
Jacob Williams
Charles Richards
Jarvis Henderson
Henry Meyer
John Russell
Robert Wray
Ben Wray
Conrad Dubosiki
Charles W. Garland
Minnie Long
Charles Barton
Mack Willard
Leo Hartley
E.B. Vance
August Klindt
Henry Johnson
Albert Goodyear
Terry Evans
Walter Talun
Donald Piskach
Max Bogue
Jim Dempsey
George Dowling
Cecil Barkman
Private Cupid Miller
Robert W. Page
Thomas Smith
R.C. Ringold
Jules Laubach
Fred B. Pratt
Ransom Cowan
Carl Robert Damberg
Morteza Bagherzadeh Morteza Bagherzadeh
Nellie Wilson
George Moore
Ole Andreas Hansen
Susannah Boyd
Pier Gerlofs Donia
Mr. Thomson
Miss West
Siddiqa Parvin Siddiqa Parvin
John Middle Sky
Jarda Marek
Griselda
Sarah Morehouse
Countess Lodoiska
Mrs. Bark
Miss Browning
Alice Gordon
Gertrude Hall
Mary Murphy
Angelina Melius
Saxon Lady Giantess
Marie Schubinger
Isabella Pieroni
Lizzie Medford
Mrs. Cook
Miss Hold
Miss Jane Cobden
Bridget McDonald
George Lanz
Rosita
Anna Gustafsson
Jack Williams
William Fromston
Antonio Cauzzi
Big Charlie
Amelia Weston
Priscilla Weston
Clotilde Schneider
Maria Scheller


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Mildred
Harry Lawson
Grady Patterson
George Washout
Bret Sorensen
Inga Norgestrum
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Louis Moilanen - 7 feet 9 inches (236 cm)


Louis Moilanen (also known as Lauri Moilanen and Louie Moilanen) came to the Keweenaw at the age of four in 1889, the son of Louis and Annie Moilanen. The family arrived from Finland and homesteaded just north of Hancock in the Salo district. Little Louie thrived in the new environment overlooking Lake Superior and at nine years old he was the height of an average man. Ten years later he was declared to be the tallest man in the world. Big Louie was seven foot nine inch tall, even though his parents were just five foot. When young Louie came to town in his horse drawn buck board it was quite a sight. Buying clothes was difficult, so the Ed Haas Men’s Store in Houghton tailored clothes for Louie and special ordered size 19 shoes and size nine Stetson hats.

Louie lived not too far from the Boston mine where he got his first non-farming job as a timber man in the Franklin Junior. Setting and shimming large timbers with block and tackle in the small stopes and drifts was hard work, but fellow miners said he could do the work of two men. Louie’s size was a handicap and he soon found out that the mines were designed for five foot men.

With Louie Moilanen’s fame spreading, he soon was offered a chance to travel with the Ringling Brothers- Barnum Bailey Circus as a side-show attraction. After three seasons of people looking at him and asking dumb questions, Big Louie yearned for the Keweenaw. He was a very shy man and did not enjoy large crowds, especially when they were gawking at him. During this time his father died and hastened his return to the farm to help his widowed mother.

After two years on the farm, Louie got into the saloon business in the City of Hancock. He operated a tavern on the corner of Franklin and Tezcuco Streets in downtown Hancock. Serving his customers well, he prospered until the constant flow of gawkers caused him to yearn for the solitude of the Salo farm.

In 1911, the shy, friendly giant with the deep baritone voice, ran and won the election for Justice of the Peace in Hancock. Big Louie did well as the J.P. and thoughts of sending him to Lansing as the representative were bantered around. But in 1913 ill health struck Louie. He suffered from occasional spells which caused erratic behavior. Then on Saturday, September 13, he suddenly became violently ill and had to be put in jail for his own safety. The doctor was summoned and Louie was sent to St Joseph Hospital in Hancock. Three days later the shy, gentle giant was found slumped over his Bible, dead. An autopsy confirmed his death was due to tubercular meningitis of the brain.

Undertaker Crawford of Hancock ordered a special coffin for Louie, nine feet long and 3 feet wide. The box weighed 300 lbs. It took eight men to take Louie into the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church on Reservation St. in Hancock where Rev. Matt Pesonen officiated. Later that day they laid him to rest in the Lakeside Cemetery just west of Hancock.

Louie Moilanen was truly a gentle giant who never sought fame or fortune. As his business card read when he was with Barnum Bailey Circus, “Louis Moilanen, let me see you smile. Do not spurn me. Looking for some one to love. Let’s get acquainted. Introduce me to yourself.” Simple, but honest, and extremely lonely, Big Louie touched a lot of people in the Keweenaw and elsewhere.

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The bottom of Page 85 and top of page 86 of a book called: "History of the Finns in Michigan" by Armas Kustaa Ensio Holmio.










































































Photo credit: Layla Aslani/Daily Mining Gazette

A life-size photo of Copper Country legend “Big Louie” Moilanen is seen at the Carnegie Museum in Houghton.





Internet articles/websites about Louis Moilanen


  1. Big monument for a big man- 29-03-2012
  2. Hancock: “Big Louie Moilanen” Monument - 29-03-2012
  3. About the Island Copper giant


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03-02-2015: Image(s) for Bernard Coyne and Elias Gore added.

02-02-2015: Image(s) for Mahmoud Lotfi, Don Koehler, Zhang Jun-Cai and Ralph Madsen added.

01-02-2015: Postcard of Jakob Murdel added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Thomas Dalroy and John McLean added.

31-01-2015: Page for Rafael França do Nascimento and Nikolai Pankratov added. Image(s) of Don Koehler added.

30-01-2015: Page for Abdramane Dembele added.

29-01-2015: Image(s) of Don Koehler added.

22-07-2014: Image(s) of Max Palmer, John Aasen, Don Koehler, Christopher Greener, Clifford Thompson, Jakob Nacken and Jack Earle added.

21-07-2014: Image(s) of Lock Martin added.

06-03-2013: Image(s) of Ted Evans added. Video(s) about Sultan Kösen added.

05-03-2013: Image(s) of Ri Myong-hun, Väinö Myllyrinne and Zhang Jun-Cai added.

31-10-2012: Image(s) of Viktor Prenner added.

28-10-2012: Image(s) of George Page and Meadows Page added.

27-10-2012: Image(s) of Don Koehler, Clifford Thompson, Ted Evans, Gilbert Reichert, Ralph Madsen and Max Palmer added.

23-10-2012: Image(s) of Christopher Greener and Frederick Decker added.

16-10-2012: Image(s) of Clive Darril added. Video(s) about Albert Johan Kramer added.

28-09-2012: Image(s) of Don Koehler and Sunil Kumar Panda added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Patrick Cotter O'Brien added.

16-09-2012: Image(s) of Richard Kiel and Hee Sen Balling added. Video(s) about Andre the Giant added.

11-09-2012: Image(s) of Albert Johan Kramer, Naseer Soomro and Sultan Kösen added.

06-09-2012: Image(s) of Robert Wadlow - early years, Ijaz Ahmed and General Articles added.

05-09-2012: Image(s) of Rolf Mayr, Julius Koch, Robert Wadlow - later years and Yao Ming added. Video(s) about Mu Tie-Zhu added.

04-09-2012: Image(s) of Eugene Arceau and Henry Mullens added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Jaime Clemente added.

22-08-2012: Image(s) of Cashmere Giant and Tran Thanh Pho added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Agustin Luengo Capilla added.

20-08-2012: Page for Dalibor Micic added. Image(s) of Anton de Franckenpoinct added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Jim Tarver and Eddie Carmel added. Video(s) about Jack Earle added.

19-08-2012: Image(s) of Gilbert Reichert added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Jakob Murdel added. Video(s) about Richard Kiel and Andre the Giant added.

15-08-2012: Image(s) of Yao Ming added. Video(s) about Gheorghe Muresan added.

08-08-2012: Image(s) of Zhaoxu Zhang and John F. Carroll added.

05-08-2012: Image(s) of Christopher Greener added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Robert Wadlow added.

03-08-2012: Image(s) of Sultan Kösen added.

02-08-2012: Image(s) of Fernand Bachelard, Ralph Madsen and Ri Myong-hun added.

01-08-2012: Image(s) of John Paul Ofwono, Robert Wadlow - later years, Mu Tie-Zhu and Hussain Bisad added. Video(s) about Dave Rasmussen added.

27-07-2012: Image(s) of Wade Halbrook added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Fernand Bachelard, Ole Andreas Hansen and Lewis Wilkins added. Biography of Ole Andreas Hansen added.

23-07-2012: Image(s) of Ole Andreas Hansen and Sun Ming Ming added.

21-07-2012: Image(s) of Sun Ming Ming and Richard Kiel added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Ted Evans, Albert Johan Kramer, William Witte and Donald McGregor added.

20-07-2012: Newspaper clipping(s) about Rob Bruintjes, Clive Darril, Kaatje van Dyk, Albert Johan Kramer and Robert Wadlow added. Video(s) about Chang Chin-kuo, Brahim Takioullah and Sultan Kösen added.

18-07-2012: Image(s) of Walter Tatake Quisbert and Brahim Takioullah added. Video(s) about Brahim Takioullah added.

15-07-2012: Image(s) of Chang Woo-Gow added. Video(s) about Sultan Kösen, Paul Sturgess and Rolf Mayr added.

14-07-2012: Image(s) of Alam Channa, Azad Khan Masood, Hussain Bisad and Naseer Soomro added.

13-07-2012: Page for Siddiqa Parvin added. Image(s) of Yao Ming and Arvydas Sabonis added. Video(s) about Matt McGrory and John Aasen added.

11-07-2012: Image(s) of Hong Man Choi, Mounir Fourar, Sami Eerola, Jaber Rouzbahani, Matt McGrory, Sultan Kösen and Neil Fingleton added. Video(s) about Hong Man Choi added.

04-07-2012: Image(s) of Robert Wadlow, Zhao Liang and Gottlieb Fischer added.

03-07-2012: Image(s) of Rigardus Rijnhout added.

30-06-2012: Image(s) of Sultan Kösen added.

29-06-2012: Page for Virginie Beauchamp added. Image(s) of Paul Sturgess added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Charles Lampman and Bridget McDonald added.

27-06-2012: Image(s) of Henry Mullens added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Captain Smith Cook and Henri Cot added.

26-06-2012: Image(s) of Ramazan Karageyik and Conrad Furrows added. Video(s) about Mounir Fourar added.

23-06-2012: Image(s) of Eddie Carmel added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Jack Earle added.

21-06-2012: Page for Ralph Drollinger added.

18-06-2012: Image(s) of Chang Woo-Gow and Sultan Kösen in Germany added.

16-06-2012: Image(s) of Zhang Jun-Cai, Abdul Jabber and Asdrúbal Herrera Mora added. Video(s) about Sultan Kösen and Robert Wadlow added.

14-06-2012: Image(s) of Ghulam Shabbir added. Video(s) about Sandy Allen and Johann Petursson added.

13-06-2012: Image(s) of Joélisson Fernandes da Silva and Paul Sturgess added.

12-06-2012: Image(s) of Sultan Kösen, Marianne Wehde, Erwin Johnson, Baptiste Hugo and Malee Duangdee added. Video(s) about Sultan Kösen and Malee Duangdee added.

09-06-2012: Image(s) of Sultan Kösen and Maria Scheller added.

08-06-2012: Page for Roger Morrissey added. Video(s) about Paul Sturgess, Igor Vovkovinskiy and Alexander Sizonenko added.

07-06-2012: Video(s) about Denis Albino and Sultan Kösen added.

06-06-2012: Image(s) of Suparwono, Ghulam Shabbir, Ijaz Ahmed and Sun Ming Ming added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Kaatje van Dyk added. Video(s) about Margarito Machahuay Varela and Richard Kiel added.

02-06-2012: Newspaper clipping(s) about Ted Evans, Margo Dydek, Angelina Melius, General Articles and Uljana Semjonova added.

01-06-2012: I have started adding 'random facts' to the website. An example can be seen on the frontpage. So far there are 9 random facts, but this number will slowly increase.

30-05-2012: Image(s) of Igor Vovkovinskiy, Brahim Takioullah, Bernardo Gilli, Maximillian Miller and Alexander Sizonenko added. Video(s) about Igor Vovkovinskiy added.

29-05-2012: Image(s) of Maria Fassnauer added.

28-05-2012: Page for Johannes Sander added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Jakob Nacken and Kaatje van Dyk added.

26-05-2012: Newspaper clipping(s) about Frank Wilcox, Balahu, Väinö Myllyrinne, Uljana Semjonova and Jim Tarver added.

25-05-2012: Image(s) of Ralph Madsen, Maria Scheller and Sandy Allen added.

24-05-2012: Page for Percival Horton added. Image(s) of Erhard Weller, Johann Petursson, Ijaz Ahmed, Hassan Ali and Leonid Stadnyk added. Video(s) about Erhard Weller added.

21-05-2012: Page for Embret Pedersen, MacQuail, Mr. Thomson and Asadulla Khan added.

19-05-2012: Newspaper clipping(s) about Erhard Weller, Patrick Cotter O'Brien, Christopher Greener, Lewis Wilkins, Albert Johan Kramer, Alexander Sizonenko and Charles Byrne added.

18-05-2012: Image(s) of Igor Vovkovinskiy, Radhouane Charbib and Aurangzeb Khan added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Fernand Bachelard and Erhard Weller added. Video(s) about Paul Sturgess added.

17-05-2012: Newspaper clipping(s) about Johann Petursson added.

16-05-2012: Image(s) of Elfriede Fischer and Gottlieb Fischer added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Gabriel Monjane and Yoshimitsu Matsuzaka added.

15-05-2012: Image(s) of Buck Nolan added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Jim Lanier, Mike Lanier, Jacobus Williams and Alam Channa added.

13-05-2012: Image(s) of Sandy Allen, Leon Henoch and Dan Gerber added.

12-05-2012: Image(s) of Yao Ming added. Video(s) about Rob Bruintjes and Sultan Kösen added.

10-05-2012: Video(s) about Mounir Fourar added.

09-05-2012: Image(s) of Leon Henoch and Konnie Klein added. Video(s) about Leonid Stadnyk added.

08-05-2012: Image(s) of Sultan Kösen added.

07-05-2012: Newspaper clipping(s) about Marianne Wehde, Amelia Weston, Priscilla Weston, Aama Bataillard and Elizabeth Lyska added.

05-05-2012: Page for Miss Jane Cobden added. Image(s) of 'Big Gust' Anderson added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Aama Bataillard, Elizabeth Lyska and Clive Darril added.

04-05-2012: Newspaper clipping(s) about The Lapland Giantess added.

03-05-2012: Newspaper clipping(s) about Charles Freeman added. Video(s) about Haq Nawaz added.

02-05-2012: Newspaper clipping(s) about Robert Wadlow, General Articles, Arthur James Caley and John Middleton added.

01-05-2012: Newspaper clipping(s) about Frederick Kempster, Henry Alexander Cooper, Franz Winkelmeier, Jarda Marek and Jack Earle added.

29-04-2012: Image(s) of Clifford Thompson added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Clifford Thompson added. Video(s) about Charles Byrne added.

25-04-2012: Page for Jess Noronha and Peter Feketi added. Image(s) of Kurt Zehe and J.W. Patterson added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Ed Wolff, Dora Helms, Milas Shoun and Werner Syre added. Book reference of Charles Freeman added.

24-04-2012: Video(s) of Igor Vovkovinskiy added.

23-04-2012: Image(s) of Victoria Hall, Ellen Bayer, Dave Rasmussen and Igor Vovkovinskiy added.

20-04-2012: Image(s) of Maria Fassnauer and Edouard Beaupré added.

18-04-2012: Image(s) of Leah May, Zhao Liang, Isroil Hushbokov and Zhang Jun-Cai added. Video(s) of Zhang Mengyong and Manute Bol added.

17-04-2012: Image(s) of Manuel Camacho, Feodor Machnow, George Auger and Agustin Luengo Capilla added.

14-04-2012: Acromegalic gigantism, physicians and body snatching. Past or present? by Professor Wouter W. de Herder added.

13-04-2012: Image(s) of Edouard Beaupré, Ewart Potgieter and Yao Ming added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Max Palmer and Henry Johnson added.

12-04-2012: Image(s) of Zhang Jun-Cai added. Video(s) of Sultan Kösen added.

11-04-2012: Image(s) of Lock Martin and Don Koehler added. Video(s) of Brahim Takioullah added.

10-04-2012: Image(s) of Max Palmer, Anna Haining Swan, Martin van Buren Bates and Angus MacAskill added.

07-04-2012: Image(s) of Robert Wadlow - later years and Louis Moilanen added.

05-04-2012: Image(s) of Gheorghe Muresan, Jack Earle and Captain Ureck added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Robert Wadlow added.

04-04-2012: Page for Jose Punlos added. Newspaper clipping(s) about William Robinson added.

03-04-2012: Image(s) of Leah May, Frederick Kempster and Johann Petursson added. Video(s) of Rob Bruintjes added.

02-04-2012: Page for Stefan Grewen added. Image(s) of Dikembe Mutombo and Manute Bol added.

31-03-2012: Image(s) of Viktor Zabolotny and Antonio Fuss added.

30-03-2012: Image(s) of Brahim Takioullah added. Video(s) of Brahim Takioullah added.

28-03-2012: Image(s) of Viktor Zabolotny, Manute Bol, George Bell, Rayford Johnson and Delores Pullard added.

27-03-2012: Image(s) of Robert Wadlow - later years, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Mounir Fourar, Mark Eaton and Frederick Kempster added. Video(s) of Kaliova Seleiwau and Lock Martin added.

26-03-2012: Image(s) of Chuck Nevitt, Lock Martin, Naseer Soomro, Haq Nawaz, Zainab Bibi, Ramazan Karageyik and Jean-Joseph Brice added.

17-03-2012: Image(s) of Brahim Takioullah and Sultan Kösen added.

16-03-2012: Page for Sam Gombya added. Image(s) of Jaber Rouzbahani, Brahim Takioullah and Leonid Stadnyk added.

15-03-2012: Image(s) of Henry Mullens added. Video(s) of Mark Eaton added.

14-03-2012: Image(s) of Sultan Kösen, Brahim Takioullah and Zhang Mengyong added. Video(s) of Zhang Mengyong added.

13-03-2012: Image(s) of Robert Wadlow - later years added.

12-03-2012: Page for Magdalena Cicuta added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Ella Ewing added.

11-03-2012: Image(s) of Don Koehler added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Elias Gore, Aama Bataillard, Jack Earle and James Clancy added.

09-03-2012: Image(s) of Malee Duangdee, Ijaz Ahmed and Yao Defen added.

08-03-2012: Newspaper clipping(s) about Albert Johan Kramer, Rigardus Rijnhout, Eleanor Wagner, Alam Channa, Musutaman, Leonid Stadnyk, Alexander Sizonenko, Bao Xi Shun and Ijaz Ahmed added.

07-03-2012: Image(s) of Rob Bruintjes added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Rik Smits, Jakob Nacken, Liu Yu-Qing and Serge Zwikker added.

06-03-2012: Newspaper clipping(s) about Robert Zwaan, Albert Johan Kramer, Rigardus Rijnhout, Christopher Greener, Ted Evans, Suleiman Ali Nashnush, Gabriel Estęvăo Monjane, Erhard Weller, Rosa Wedsted, General Articles, Kaatje van Dyk, Dora Helms, Heinz Kleinau and Rob Bruintjes added.

05-03-2012: Image(s) of Gertrude Hall added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Robert Zwaan, Jack Earle and Albert Johan Kramer added. Information about Amalie Schulte added.

04-03-2012: Page for Annie Irwin added.

03-03-2012: Image(s) of Carl Sandell, Damiao Rodrigues and Montana Hank added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Bernardo Gilli and Patrick Cotter O'Brien added.

02-03-2012: Image(s) of Morteza Mehrzad added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Gilbert Reichert added.

01-03-2012: Video(s) of Bao Xi Shun and Zhang Jun-Cai added.

28-02-2012: Image(s) of Morteza Mehrzad and John Aasen added.

27-02-2012: Morteza Mehrzad has been upgraded to 8 feet and 1 inch tall as discussed in this thread on our discussion forum.

25-02-2012: Image(s) of Zhao Liang, Wang Tong Xin and Huang Chang-Chiu added.

24-02-2012: Image(s) of Montana Hank, Henry Johnson, Captain John Creech, Jan Kruminsh, Ijaz Ahmed and Bob Wegner added. Video(s) of Brahim Takioullah and Babu added.

23-02-2012: R.I.P. Suparwono. Page for Martin Ruboga added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Eddie Carmel added.

22-02-2012: Page for Yossi Ben Naim added. Image(s) of Bob Wegner and Homer Parks
added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Ted Evans and John Turner added. Video(s) of Paul Sturgess added. Information about Robert Hales added.

21-02-2012: Image(s) of Bob Wegner, Bao Xi Shun, Gheorghe Muresan, Paul Sturgess, Yasutaka Okayama, Aurangzeb Khan, Zhang Jun-Cai, Hussain Bisad and Mamadou Ndiaye added. Video(s) of Ijaz Ahmed, Sultan Kösen, Yasutaka Okayama and Gheorghe Muresan added.

20-02-2012: Newspaper clipping(s) about Frederick William Randall Chadwick, Martin Salmerón, Igor Vovkovinskiy and James Patrick Tolley added.

19-02-2012: Page for Peerken van Gorp added.

18-02-2012: Newspaper clipping(s) about Charles Freeman and Jean Bihin added.

17-02-2012: Image(s) of Feodor Machnow added. Newspaper clipping(s) about Louis Frenz and Angelina Melius added.

16-02-2012: Page for Benjamin Harrison added. Video(s) of Neil Fingleton added.

15-02-2012: Image(s) of Ijaz Ahmed and Felipe Birriel Fernández added.



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