- 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 exampleAngus MacAskill andYao Ming Fact|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 nephewWijerd 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 togangrene . [ [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 untilZeng 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 inCarolina, 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 byDiane Arbus .
*Richard Kiel (bornSeptember 13 ,1939 .), Actor (Jaws fromJames Bond )
*Suleiman Ali Nashnush (born inLibya in 1943; died 1991)
*Neil Fingleton (born in 1980; tallest living Briton)
* André Roussimoff ("André the Giant") (1946–1993)
*Carel Struycken (bornJuly 30 ,1948 inThe 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, butscoliosis kept her from standing erect.
*Jorge Gonzales (b. 1966) Tallest wrestler ever.
*Radhouane Charbib (b. 1968)
*Gheorghe Mureşan (bornFebruary 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 (bornJuly 15 ,1972 ) Tallest living woman claimant
*Matthew McGrory (1973–2005): Actor inBig 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
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List of people with dwarfism
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