humans aren't really among the tallest beings on earth but there really are real giants that exist among us it's hard to stand out among 7.9 billion people all around the world but these guys tower over everyone the average height varies in each country for instance european men and women are known to be the tallest humans in general and in average the asians are the smallest in fact for so long the netherlands holds the title of having the tallest people in the world however once in a while people that surpass the average are born these people break the statistics because of their height these people from yao defend to aaron reed here are 15 real-life giants that exist today number 15. yao defen yao defen is a woman from china who measured about seven feet and eight inches tall and weighed 346 pounds she was once the tallest woman verified by the guinness world records she was born on july 15 1972 to a modest family of farmers in chuchen county of china at the age of 11 she already stood at six feet and two inches in a small village word travels fast and in just a few years news about the tall girl spread around the world in a country where the average height of a woman is about five feet her height as a teenager definitely amazed and bewildered many it was a blessing that many people noticed her height because medical practitioners all around the world wanted to help her yao's gigantism was caused by a large tumor in her pituitary gland in 2002 a hospital in guangdong removed her tumor doctors specializing in her case helped yao despite her financial problems she remained in the hospital where doctors tried to regulate the production of her growth hormone and they succeeded for the most part but it still remained to be a problem although the treatment helped her to walk with crutches alone however in 2012 yao died from an unknown ailment number 14 sandy allen the story of sandy allen is quite the same as yao's allen was born in chicago in 1955 and she was born normally just like an average infant however she had a tumor in her pituitary gland which caused excessive growth hormones to be produced allen had been ostracized much of her life because of her height allen grew up with her grandmother in shelbyville indiana her bed was placed in the dining room because it was too big to fit in her room at school she felt out of place and she also couldn't take advantage of her hide in sports because she was too uncoordinated in 1974 allen's co-workers asked her to send her hi to guinness to try and see if she could achieve the title of being the tallest woman in the world she held the title and she appeared in the guinness book of world records back in 1976. she slowly gained public attention and she soon landed a role in a movie and she was even invited on a few tv shows however she also captured the attention of medical professionals which urged her to remove the tumor in her pituitary gland her career was just starting to rise but removing the tumor may mean that she might go blind allen ignored this and instead took a job as a living exhibition at the guinness museum in niagara falls in her final years allen had difficulty walking and she suffered from blisters in her feet she died at the age of 53 in 2008 number 13 robert wadlow robert pershing wadlow affectionately nicknamed as the alton giant and the giant of illinois was the tallest person in recorded history robert wadlow was 8 feet and 11 inches tall he truly is the tallest person to walk on earth at least in recorded history he also holds the title for the world's largest hands at 12.75 inches as well as the world's largest feet at 18.5 inches and yes he needed clothes shoes and everything custom made because of his size wadlow was recognized and well known not only because of his height but also because of his gentle and mellow personality people that met him regarded him as a good and kind human being wadlow was born on february 22nd 1918 and he was born in average size but as months and years went by he grew rapidly he grew at an alarming rate and in 1929 he was diagnosed that he had pituitary hypertrophy the pituitary gland is the one responsible for producing the growth hormone because the gland is enlarged it released too much growth hormone which caused wadlow to grow taller by age of eight wandlo was a kid in adult clothing he was already taller than his father and by age nine he could carry his dad with ease up and down a flight of stairs he stood out in every sense of the word in school he towered over his classmates by a lot and a special desk was created just for him one of the most interesting memories of wadlow was when he and his four siblings made a lemonade stand and used wadlow's height to earn more money each time a customer bought a lemonade wadlow would stand up and show off his height and this little gig worked they earned more than a hundred dollars in one day which would easily convert now to over a thousand and five hundred bucks wadlow lived a relatively peaceful and happy life but as he grew older he continued to grow and grow taller he grew up to the point where he needed to wear leg braces and use a cane because his legs couldn't support his immense frame in july 1940 a very unfortunate thing happened wadlow joined the manistee national forest festival in michigan and it just so happened that his leg braces didn't fit him that well and it rubbed a sore on his ankle because he had little feeling in his legs and feet he failed to notice that his ankle had become infected wadlow died at the young age of 22 on july 15 1940. he passed away in his sleep due to an autoimmune disorder that was further affected by his infection if he didn't die early he would have probably grown taller because until his death at the age of 22 his height continued to increase today he's alive and remembered through a life-size statue of him in upper alton where he lived and went to school number 12 neil fingleton if you've seen game of thrones then you probably recognize this man neil fingleton was once named as britain's tallest man surpassing christopher greener that stood at seven feet and six inches fingleton also belonged among the 25 tallest men in the world the title was confirmed by the guinness world records as well fingleton stood at seven feet and seven inches and he played a few prominent roles he played as magda mighty in game of thrones and also took a few roles in x-men originally fingleton was a basketball player in the united states before he started to dabble in acting in fact fingleton even achieved a scholarship at the university of north carolina at chapel hill and later on at another college in worchester massachusetts however he died due to heart failure on february 26 2017 at the young age of 36. number 11. sun mingming born in 1983 sun mingming is known as one of the tallest players ever to play professional basketball this man stood in an astounding height of seven feet and nine inches sun easily towers over yao ming minute bowl and sean bradley who are some of the tallest players in the nba he was born in a small town near bayan county in heilongjiang province in china he didn't start playing basketball until the age of 15 but he still excelled in it nonetheless and add to this his impressive height sun mingming's height was caused by a tumor growing in his pituitary gland sutton didn't have insurance or money to remove the tumor but with the help of his sports agent he obtained enough money through a fundraiser to remove the tumor in 2005 and in august 2013 he married chuyon standing at six feet and 1.74 inches together they were dubbed by the guinness world records as the tallest married couple with a combined height of 13 feet and 10.72 inches number 10 paul sturgis former member of the world renowned harlem globetrotters paul sturgis is recognized as the tallest professional player in britain with a height of seven feet and eight inches he was also the tallest university basketball player in the united states i'm not gonna lie if i saw a seven foot eight player on the opposing team i'd be intimidated after all hyde is one of the best advantages you can have in basketball and for the record this man probably has a hard time finding shoes that can fit him sturgis wears a size 19 shoe number nine the great kali as the wwe website says you will look up to the great kali whether you want to or not dalip singh rana or the great kali is an indian professional wrestler who's best recognized for his time in wwe with his amazing height of seven feet and one inch and weight of 347 pounds kali is a force to be reckoned with inside the ring however he's also a decent actor that snatched roles in four hollywood movies two bollywood films and several tv shows he accomplished a lot of amazing feats and managed to help his family despite being diagnosed with acromegaly a disorder that usually causes excess growth hormones gigantism and chin protrusion number 8. andre the giant andre renee russoma more commonly known by his stage and ring name andre the giant was a french professional wrestler born on may 19 1946 who would have thought that he would grow to seven feet and four inches and weigh 520 pounds his astounding size even caused people to give him the title of being the eighth wonder of the world it really was amazing to see andre in person and i bet that he intimidated a lot of his opponents inside the ring by just standing andre suffered from macromegaly which caused his enormous size unfortunately he died from congestive heart failure on january 27 1993 at the age of 46. even after his death andre the giant was immortalized by memorials tv shows and mementos from all that supported him in his glory days number 7. brahim tequila a lot of people find it a hassle to buy shoes because of their shoe size having big feet in an asian country can be quite rough because of the default sizing but having small feet in a european country may mean that you need to scour the store for that one shoe that fits you that's not from the kids section i guess it mostly comes down to genetics and regional differences but for most people in this video and most especially brahim there's no need to go to the store and search the shelves because his feet are literally one foot and three inches long he needs shoes made especially for him and his dilemma of clothes doesn't end there brahim is also eight feet and one inch tall so he also needs clothes especially tailored just for him raheem was born in morocco and he's known as the second tallest living man and the man with the largest feet in the world number six oliver richards actor fitness model and bodybuilder oliver richards stands at the height of 7 feet and 1.9 inches now known as the dutch giant he's honored by the guinness world records as the tallest non-competitive bodybuilder in the entire planet unlike most giants oliver richards doesn't have any genetic abnormalities like marfan syndrome that caused his abnormal height in short he's a natural giant richards repeatedly expressed his gratitude for being born healthy he took advantage of his size by building a career in the field of well bodybuilding although he doesn't really compete to maintain his amazing physique richards may be eating more than 7 000 calories per day that's like seven healthy meals each day number five morteza mirza imagine you're playing in a competitive volleyball match and you suddenly see an eight foot one player on the enemy team you'll probably be intimidated and surprised this may have been the case for the past enemy teams that morteza mirzad encountered in his career as a volleyball player height is a huge advantage in most sports a coordinated eight-foot tall player is a welcome and valuable addition to any team morteza is the tallest paralympian in the world and the tallest person living in iran he's also an important asset of an iranian sitting volleyball team as the outside hitter as the name suggests sitting volleyball is basically volleyball where the players are sitting in stationary with marteza's height in arm length he's a force to be reckoned with on the court sitting volleyball was his saving grace morteza measured six feet and two inches at the age of 16 years old caused by excessive growth hormones at this time he suffered from an injury due to a bicycle accident his pelvis was fractured which caused his right leg to stop growing this accident made morteza fall into depression and he started to isolate himself from his family and friends he now needed crutches and a wheelchair to move about which made his life harder but his passion returned when he discovered sitting volleyball which he grew to love later on and now it's time for today's topic what do you think of these photos do you think these are fake the females in these pictures are twice the height of the males they're with that means they must be more than 10 feet tall a lot of people find tall height attractive and beneficial but of course most people view excess as bad and there is some truth to that a lot of disorders are linked with abnormally tall height there's marfan syndrome and pituitary gigantism which is usually the case abnormally tall people usually suffer from not only knee problems but also potentially fatal heart disease however you will undeniably stand out among the crowd and you'll get a few perks if you're at least six feet tall especially if you live in an asian country along with good posture you'll definitely be a head turner in fact there are even jobs that have a height requirement do you think you'll ever want to be as tall as the people in this video and do you think it'll ever be possible for a human to grow up to nine feet tall as always comment down below with the hashtag today's pick and let us know your opinion about what we just showed on screen with that said let's keep things moving before we go on i've got a little challenge for you that'll take five seconds to complete you just leave a like on this video smash the subscribe button and click the notification bell right now and that's it try it number 4. jeff dabe imagine the arms and hands of the incredible hulk now imagine a normal human having it that's pretty much how jeff dave is when you look at his face up to his chest you won't really imagine that he'll have gargantuan arms and hands i bet some people who see his picture would even say his hands are photoshopped this amazing man is an american wrestler with forearms that measure 19 inches in circumference and his hands are big enough to fit a basketball in each with his sizable arms of course it made sense that he pursue a career in arm wrestling and let me tell you it's pretty much game over once you have a match with him he won so many titles and belts among competitive arm wrestling matches but the crowd favorite so far is popeye and not gonna lie i can see the resemblance he had an injury in his right elbow which forced him to retire from arm wrestling for a while but after a few years he has his grip back on the arm wrestling community but this time he's using his left arm number 3 sultan kosen born on december 10 1982 sultan kozin is a farmer from martin turkey that holds the guinness world record title of being the tallest living male in the world with a height of 8 feet and 2.82 inches cosine suffers from acromegaly or excess production of growth hormone which is caused by a tumor in his pituitary gland because of his height his lower body can't properly support his gargantuan frame and he needs the assistance and supportive crutches to walk and move about in all of written history he is the seventh tallest man it's quite amazing just how tall he is in fact in 2004 people all around the world were amused to see eight foot tall cosin standing beside the shortest person in the world chandra dangi who's one feet and nine and a half inches tall number two ramesa gelgi born january first 1997 25 year old ramesa gelgi is recognized by the guinness world records as the tallest living woman with a height of seven feet and point seven inches gelgi lives in the caribook region of turkey gelgi's height was caused by a genetic disorder called weaver syndrome it's a rare disorder that causes a person to rapidly grow as a toddler until their teenage years this syndrome is seen three times more in men compared to women furthermore this syndrome also causes skeletal facial and neurological abnormalities even today there's no known cure for weaver syndrome however supplements and pills can be given to the affected individual to manage the symptoms because of her condition gelgi needs to use a wheelchair to move around and she can only afford to walk for a short period of time after receiving the world record title in october 2021 gelgi expressed her desire to use it to spread awareness about rare genetic syndromes such as hers according to gelgi most people look at her curiously whenever she's outside but most of them have been nice and respectful regarding her condition because of gelgi both the tallest man and woman on the planet are both residing in the country of turkey number one aaron reed if you've seen that movie starring ryan reynolds or if you're an avid bodybuilding fan you probably know aaron reed standing at six feet and seven inches nine-time npc champion aaron reed can be considered a living giant that lives today reed picked up bodybuilding at a young age and he started his journey as a young boy in tampa florida because of his perseverance and passion he became a wrestler in wwe and is now a renowned bodybuilder who even managed to get a few roles in tv show appearances reed truly is a force to be reckoned with he not only managed to dedicate his life to improving himself but he also beat leukemia as a kid and hepatitis during his days as a wrestler in wwe today he still continues to live his life doing his passion what do you think of these people would you ever want to be among the tallest people in the world and do you know of any other giant that wasn't included in this list let us know about your thoughts in the comments down below also check out our other cool stuff showing up on the screen right now and i'll see you in the next video take care everybody