Robert Wadlow
✶February 22, 1918
†July 15, 1940
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Robert Pershing Wadlow, also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American man known for being the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. Wadlow was born and raised in Alton, Illinois, a small city near St. Louis, Missouri.
American who was the tallest recorded person in history (1918–1940)
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