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Tallest Man - Living

NAME: Leonid Stadnyk
WHAT: 2.57 m (8 ft 5.5 in)
WHERE: Ukraine
WHEN: 2006

The tallest living man is Leonid Stadnyk (Ukraine, b.1971), who measured 2.57 m (8 ft 5.5 in) in 2006.

Mr Stadnyk suffers from acromegalic gigantism caused by a tumour on his pituitary gland that stimulated the over-production of the growth hormone.