They called him the Gentle Giant. At 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall, Robert Wadlow was the tallest man to ever walk the Earth, at least in recorded history. Even if he was of normal stature, the people of ...

People still refer to him as "The Alton Giant." Through the years since his death, Robert Pershing Wadlow, known as the tallest man in recorded history, has evolved into a most unlikely Midwestern ...

The police had their hands full getting the 8-foot-8.25-inch Robert Wadlow in and out of a Missouri courtroom where he was suing Dr. Charles Humberd for diagnosing him as a “freak.” Even though an ...

The world's tallest man was 3 feet tall as a toddler, could carry his father at age 9, and stretched to a fantastic height of 8 feet 11 inches. This is the incredible life of Robert Wadlow, whose ...

MANISTEE, Mich. — More than a century after his birth, and 81 years after his death, Robert Pershing Wadlow remains the tallest person in recorded history, standing at 8-feet 11.1-inches tall, ...

P More than 100 callers identified the photo of the giant, Robert Pershing Wadlow. The first time Robert Pershing Wadlow came to Cape Girardeau, he was 15 years old -- "a mere boy of 7 feet 3 inches," ...

Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was a man who was the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is ...

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2006 with 312 to follow. Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940) is the tallest person in history for whom there is irrefutable evidence ...

Last week I was sitting at my desk writing when I happened to come across an interesting article. Okay, so I wasn't exactly writing. I was surfing the Internet. But I read an article about the life of ...

The police had their hands full getting the 8-foot-8.25-inch Robert Wadlow in and out of a Missouri courtroom where he was suing Dr. Charles Humberd for diagnosing him as a “freak.” Even though an ...

Last week I was sitting at my desk writing when I happened to come across an interesting article. Okay, so I wasn't exactly writing. I was surfing the Internet. But I read an article about the life of ...