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How tall is Robert Wadlow?

Q: How tall is Robert Wadlow?

Robert Wadlow is 272 cm tall, which is 8′11″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved August 27, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

American who was the tallest recorded person in history (1918–1940)

Recorded height
272 cm 8′11″ · 2.72 m · 107.1 inches

Robert Wadlow is 272 cm tall (8′11″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved August 27, 2026.
That is 97 cm taller than the average U.S. man (175.3 cm, 5′9″; CDC/NCHS, NHANES 2015-2018 (Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, Number 46, 2021)).

Compared with people of similar fame

Hakan Şükür (191 cm) · Kate Bosworth (165 cm) · Jermain Defoe (171 cm) · Peter Crouch (201 cm) · Kourtney Kardashian (155 cm) · Yūichi Komano (172 cm)

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Height as recorded on Wikidata (CC0), retrieved August 27, 2026. Recorded heights of real people are approximate. Silhouettes are stylized pictograms, not likenesses.