Alton Museum of History and Art - Robert Pershing Wadlow

robert wadlow  Robert Wadlow, the tallest man ever recorded, was almost as tall as a polar bear Why humans can't really grow any taller than Robert Wadlow:  Robert Wadlow, the tallest person in recorded history, standing at a towering 8 feet and inches, would have been a force to be reckoned

Robert Wadlow Centennial Robert Wadlow, the tallest man ever at 8'11 12, would've hit the 9-foot mark if it hadn't been for a blister on his toe

MANISTEE, Mich — More than a century after his birth, and 81 years after his death, Robert Pershing Wadlow remains the tallest person in The Alton Giant, Robert Wadlow, was born one hundred years ago