Robert Wadlow
Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 - July 15, 1940) , also known as The Alton Giant and The Giant of lllinois , was an American man who was the tallest person in recorled history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. He was born and raished in Alton , lllinois , a small city near St . Louis, Missouri. Wadlow's height was 9 ft 6 inch (2.88m)
while his weight reached 442 ib (200 kg) and his death at age 22. His great size and his continued growth in adulthood were due to hypertrophy of his pituitary gland , which results in an anbormally high level of human growth hormone (HGH).read more