List of humans with gigantism

This is a list of notable people who have or had a form of gigantism.

Note: This is not a list of tall people. There are several instances of men well over 7 feet (213 centimetres) tall who did not have any form of gigantism. For example Angus MacAskill and Yao MingFact|date=July 2008 did not or do not have gigantism and should not be listed here. This list is solely for people with medical conditions in the gigantism family.Note: This will be organized chronologically by date of birth. Those whose birth year is unknown will be placed alphabetically, by last name, at the bottom until birth year is discovered.

* Pier Gerlofs Donia (ca.1480–ca.1520) and his nephew Wijerd Jelckama - both were around 7ft tall and showed all the characteristics of gigantism
* John Middleton (1578–1623)
* Trijntje Keever 1606–1633 Presumed to have been the tallest woman ever. [ [http://www.inghist.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/DVN/lemmata/data/TrijntjeKeever Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon - portret] ]
* Patrick Murphy (1834–1862)
* Martin Van Buren Bates (1837–1919)
* Anna Haining Bates (1846–1888)
* Julius Koch (1872–1902) eunuchoidal-infantile gigantism, his legs ultimately had to be amputated due to gangrene. [ [http://www.mons.be/default.aspx?GUID=%7B1AE2683B-86F9-11DA-9731-0002A58CB319%7D&LNG=FRA Mons, Belgium site on him (In Belgian French)] ]
* Jane Bunford (1895–1922) Tallest woman ever until Zeng Jinlian.
* Bernard Coyne (1897–1921)
* Clifford Thompson (1904–1955)
* Jack Earle (1906–1952)
* Väinö Myllyrinne (1909–1963)
* Johann K. Petursson (1913–1984) Dubbed "The Viking giant"
* Henry Hite (1915–1972)
* Felipe Birriel (August 16, 1916-March 15, 1994) El Gigante de Carolina honored in Carolina, Puerto Rico
* Robert Pershing Wadlow (1918–1940) Recognized as tallest human being ever
* Don Koehler (1925–1981)
* Max Palmer (1928–1984)
* John F. Carroll (1932–1969)
* Eddie Carmel (1936–1972) "The Jewish Giant" photographed by Diane Arbus.
* Richard Kiel (born September 13, 1939.), Actor (Jaws from James Bond)
* Suleiman Ali Nashnush (born in Libya in 1943; died 1991)
* Neil Fingleton (born in 1980; tallest living Briton)
* André Roussimoff ("André the Giant") (1946–1993)
* Carel Struycken (born July 30, 1948 in The Hague, Netherlands) Actor with acromegalic gigantism.
* Sandy Allen (1955-2008) Pituitary gigantism, was recognized as the tallest living woman at the time of her death. [ [http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr004.shtml Education World interview] ]
* Zeng Jinlian (1964–1982): Believed to be the tallest woman ever, but scoliosis kept her from standing erect.
* Jorge Gonzales (b. 1966) Tallest wrestler ever.
* Radhouane Charbib (b. 1968)
* Gheorghe Mureşan (born February 14, 1971) Tallest NBA player in history
* Leonid Stadnyk (b. 1971), tallest living man
* Paul Wight (b. 1972), Wrestler WWE
* Dalip Singh (b.1972), Wrestler WWE
* Yao Defen (born July 15, 1972) Tallest living woman claimant
* Matthew McGrory (1973–2005): Actor in Big Fish and other films.
* Nikolai Valuev - (b.1973) Current WBA heavyweight champion
* Sun Ming Ming (b. 1983) [ [http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=31056 UCLA] ] [ [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2006-10/09/content_703642.htm "China Daily"] : A tumor at the base of his skull was pressing on his pituitary gland and making him grow, and had to be surgically removed last year.]
* Vikas Uppal (b. 1986-2007)
* Kenny George - UNCA basketball player [ cite web|url=http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news;_ylt=Au5RqtjxcYFL45LheFr1aTvevbYF?slug=jn-kingoftheroad012108&prov=yhoo&type=lgns |title=Big challenges and spicy 'Lights' |accessdate=2008-01-23 |last=King |first=Jason |date=2008-01-21 |work=Yahoo! Sports |publisher=Yahoo! ]
* Alexander Sizonenko - Tallest living Russian, formerly a basketball player.

Web sources

Dalip Singh DOES NOT have gigantism.

ee also

*List of people with dwarfism