The tallest man in the world was born happy, healthy, and seemingly normal in size. On February 22, 1918, Addie Wadlow gave birth to an 8.7-pound baby named Robert Pershing Wadlow in Alton, Illinois.

Robert Wadlow was able to lift his 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) tall, 170 lb (77 kg) father up the stairs to their home when he was only nine years old. He was the first of five children born to Harold ...

Robert Wadlow's cause of death resulted from the same thing that made him famous—his height. He was the tallest man in the world, and according to the Guinness World Record book, no one has ...

Alton is the hometown of Robert Wadlow, known as the World's Tallest Man at 8 feet 11.1 inches tall, Article continues after sponsor message HGTV also said: "Every January, the town kicks off the ...

Robert Wadlow gained international fame as the tallest man in the world, and 80 years after his death, remains a household name to many in the Midwest. Wadlow, who died at age 22 in 1940 from ...

Robert Wadlow's cause of height was ascribed to pituitary gigantism. This rare condition results from hyperplasia of the pituitary gland. An oversecretion of the human growth hormone characterises it, ...