Person in the World

Manuel Uribe Garza (born June 11, 1965) is a man from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, and was one of the heaviest people in medical history. After reaching a peak weight of around 570 kg (1,257 lb) and being unable to leave his bed since 2001, Uribe lost considerable weight with the help of doctors and nutritionists, and by following the Zone diet.

Uribe drew worldwide attention when he appeared on the Televisa television network in January 2006, but turned down offers for gastric surgery in Italy.

In March 2007, Uribe set a goal to lower his weight to 120 kg (265 lb). Uribe has also been featured on "World's Heaviest Man", a television documentary about his bedridden life and attempts to lose weight.

Heaviest person

Heaviest on planet

Khagendra Thapa Magar, a fourteen year old boy, weights only 4.5 kg (10 lbs). He currently holds the world record for being the smallest person in the world.

Smallest person

The tallest man in medical history for whom there is irrefutable evidence is Robert Pershing Wadlow. He was born at Alton, Illinois, USA, on February 22, 1918, and when he was last measured on June 27, 1940, was found to be 2.72 m (8 ft 11.1 in) tall.

Wadlow died at 1:30 a.m. on July 15, 1940, in a hotel in Manistee, Michigan, as a result of a septic blister on his right ankle caused by a brace, which had been poorly fitted only a week earlier. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Alton, in a coffin measuring 3.28 m (10 ft 9 in) long, 81 cm (32 in) wide and 76 cm (30 in) deep.

Tallest

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List of tallest man:
1. Robert Pershing Wadlow - Confirmed tallest male and person by Guinness World Records at 8'11.1" (272 cm). (b.1918, d.1940)
2. John Rogan - Second tallest male ever at 2 m 68 cm (8'9½"). Tallest African American person ever. (b.1868, d.1905)
3. Leonid Stadnyk - Tallest male living, standing 8'5". [2] Height not yet confirmed by Guinness World Records.
4. Sultan Kosen - Tallest basketball player ever in the history of basketball, standing 8'1" (247 cm). (b. 1983)
5. Väinö Myllyrinne - Tallest Finn ever, standing 8'1" (247 cm). Myllyrinne was born in 1909 and died April 13, 1963.
6. Gabriel Estêvão Monjane - Guinness World Records listed him as tallest man from 1988 to 1990 at 8'1" (246 cm). (b.1944, d.1990)
7. Suleiman Ali Nashnush - Libyan who may be the tallest basketball player ever at 8'½" (245 cm). (b.1943 d.1991)
8. Bao Xishun - Guinness World Record holder for tallest living person at 7'9" (236 cm). (b.1951)[3]
9. Sun Ming-Ming - Formerly second tallest living person at 7'9", now third tallest living person.
10. Radhouane Charbib - Listed by Guinness World Records as tallest man before Bao Xishun and Sun Ming Ming at 7'8¾" (235 cm).
11. George Bell - Tallest American at 7'8" in (234 cm).
12. Yasutaka Okayama - Tallest basketball player drafted in National Basketball Association history.The 7'8" center from Japan was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the 10th pick of the eighth round of the 1981 Draft.
13. Neil Fingleton - Tallest person born in UK at 7'7½" (233 cm).[5]
14. Alam Channa - Considered to be the tallest living man when he died in 1998 at 7'7¼" (232 cm).
15. Jorge Gonzalez - Tallest wrestler in WWE history at 7'7".
16. Manute Bol - Tied for tallest in NBA history at 7'7" (231 cm).
17. Gheorghe Mureşan - Tied for tallest in NBA history at 7'7" (231 cm).
18. Kenny George - Tallest Division I basketball player at 7'7" (231 cm).
19. Yao Ming - Yao is currently the tallest player in the NBA at 7'6" (229 cm).
20. Matthew McGrory - Tallest actor at 7'6" (229 cm) when he died.