If you are wondering who the tall man on earth who ever lived. the answer is Robert Wadlow. he was the highest even after his death none could rival its record as the tallest man in the world. His full name is Robert Pershing Wadlow was born in Alton, Illinois, February 22, 1918 and died in Manistee, Michigan, July 15, 1940 at the age of 22 years. a very young age, it is because his height is not fair. that she suffered from a kind of disorder. He is the tallest person in the world who ever lived. He is sometimes called "Alton Giant" is taken from the hometown of Robert, which in Alton, Illinois. High Wadlow reached 2.72 m (8 feet 11.1 inches) with a weight of 220 kg (490 pounds) when she died. He was a huge and continuing growth in height as adults, due to pituitary hypertrophy resulting in abnormal amounts of growth hormone. So the growth continues to occur even when he is dead though. Death of Robert Wadlow on July 4, 1940 when he appea