Tallest man ever
- WHO
- Robert Wadlow
- WHAT
- 272 centimetre(s)
- WHERE
- United States (Alton, Illinois)
- WHEN
- 27 June 1940
The tallest man in medical history for whom there is irrefutable evidence is Robert Pershing Wadlow (USA) (born 6:30 a.m. in Alton, Illinois, USA on 22 February 1918), who when last measured on 27 June 1940, was found to be 2.72 m (8 ft 11.1 in) tall.