| Name | Country | Metric | Imperial | Note | Epoch or lifespan (age at death) |
| Unknown | Italy | 1005 cm | 33 ft 0 in | Several skeletons, some reportedly 30 and 33 ft (9 and 10 m) tall, found in Sicily. In the Middle Ages, they were mistaken for the bones of cyclops or giants who settled in caves after the Flood. Later studies have shown that these bones belong to Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus, Elephas mnaidriensis, and Elephas falconeri, so-called dwarf ele | Middle to Late Pleistocene. Originally thought to be from the Classical Antiquity. |
| Unknown | India | 960 cm | 31 ft 6 in | A skeleton 31 ft (9 m) long, found in the river bank in the Jabalpur district on August 8, 1934. Australian news outlets fabricated a story that it was initially believed to be a giant human, then was identified as a giant non-human ape soon after unearthing. | Unknown |
| Teutobochus (Theutobochus) | France | 760 cm | 24 ft 11 in | A left part of a huge skeleton was discovered in a sand quarry in Dauphiné in 1613. These bones were thought to belong to an ancient giant king 24–25 ft (7 –7 m) tall. Later studies have shown that it is a Late Miocene proboscidean Deinotherium or close relative. The existence of a large tombstone from early reports has not been confirmed, the c | Late Miocene. Originally thought to be from 105 BC. |
| Unknown | United States | 610 cm | 20 ft 0 in | A giant human skeleton from Tennessee, found in 1845. It was estimated at 18 ft (5 m) but the living man was believed to be "at least" 20 ft (6 m) tall. However, even in 1845 it was reported that the discovery was not confirmed. This skeleton as well as an 8 ft 9 in (2 m) tall specimen found in the Rocky Mountains in 1838, is very likely the | Unknown |
| Giant of Utica | Tunisia | 590 cm | 19 ft 4 in | A gigantic remains including teeth discovered near Utica by Saint Augustine in 412 AD and later by Thomas d'Arcos in 1630. The bones crumbled to dust during the extraction, but two enormous teeth were saved. It was assumed that this skeleton and similar specimens from the nearby localities are the remains of the giants, Hercules or Adam. However, a | Pleistocene. Originally thought to be a 600-year-old giant who died 4000 years before his remains were found. |
| Unknown | Switzerland | 580 cm | 19 ft 0 in | A giant skeleton found near Lucerne in 1577. In 1786, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach concluded that these remains actually belong to a mammoth. | Pleistocene. Originally thought to be from the antediluvian times. |
| Patagon | Argentina | 450 cm | 14 ft 9 in | From the time of Magellan's expeditions until the end of the 18th century, European explorers reported about the Patagonians 2 and 3 m (9 and 10 ft) tall, and even an individual about 4 or 4 m (13 or 15 ft) tall captured by Magellan's crewmen near the Santa Cruz River (Argentina). In reality, Patagonians usually did not exceed 1 m (6 ft) in | c. 1520 |
| Og | Syria (Bashan) | 412 cm | 13 ft 6 in | As it is claimed in Bible, Og's sarcophagus (bed or probably couch) was nine cubits long and four cubits wide which is approximately 4 m × 1 m (13 ft × 6 ft). Historicity of Og is disputed, his sarcophagus could be a dolmen. In Europe, such tombs have been called "beds of the giants". | Unknown – Iron Age |
| Irish giant | Ireland | 371 cm | 12 ft 2 in | Also known as The Giant of Antrim or the Irish Giant, this alleged creature was said to have be excavated by a Mr Dyer while he was prospecting for iron ore in County Antrim, Ireland. | Unknown |
| Unknown | United States | 366 cm | 12 ft 0 in | A human skeleton 12 ft 0 in (3 m) tall with ribs nearly 4 ft (1 m) long found near Barnard, Missouri, on September 13, 1883. Unverified. | Claims of being from the prehistoric times. |
| Siah Khan Ibn Kashmir Khan | Iran | 364 cm | 11 ft 11 in | It was claimed that at the age of 18 Kashmir Khan was almost 12 feet (365 cm) tall but when he was admitted to hospital in 1933 he was found to be only 7 ft 2 in (220 cm) tall. | 1913–1938 (aged 24–25) |
| Giant of Castelnau | France | 350 cm | 11 ft 6 in | Height estimate based on bone fragments found at the Neolithic cemetery of Castelnau-le-Lez, excavated in 1890 by Georges Vacher de Lapouge and published in the journal La Nature, Vol. 18, 1890. | Unknown – Neolithic |
| Unknown | United States | 343 cm | 11 ft 3 in | As quoted in The New York Times in 1880, two giant skeletons, both at 11 ft 3 in (3 m), were found in Pennsylvania in 1798. After being taken up, the bones crumbled to pieces. | Unknown |
| Unknown | United States | 328 cm | 10 ft 9 in | A skeleton with teeth and jaws nearly as large as those of a horse, found in 1856 in the vineyard of East Wheeling, Virginia. Unverified. | Unknown |
| Jose Punlos | Andorra | 320 cm | 10 ft 6 in | Height not confirmed officially. | Unknown |
| Eleazer | Iran | 320 cm | 10 ft 6 in | According to Josephus, Eleazer was a 7 cubit (10 foot) Jewish man, sent to Tiberius by Artabanus II. | Classical era |
| Zhan Shichai | Qing China | 320 cm | 10 ft 6 in | Claims of being 10 ft 6 in (320 cm). Guinness stated he measured 7 ft 8 in (233 cm). Height not confirmed officially. | 1841–1893 (52) |
| Sam McDonald | Scotland | 315 cm | 10 ft 4 in | Sam McDonald (1762 – 6 May 1802), called "Big Sam", was a Scotsman of unusual height for his day who had a distinguished military career and was a noted "strongman". Most sources state his height as 6 feet 10 inches (2 m), with a burly build, although one 1822 source claims 10 feet 4 inches (3 m). | 1762–1802 (40?) |
| Orestes | Greece | 312 cm | 10 ft 3 in | According to Herodotus, a coffin 7 cubits (311 cm if 1 cubit is 44 cm) long with the skeleton of exactly the same size was found in Tegea. In fact, bones of Orestes could have belonged to a large Pleistocene animal. | Pleistocene. Originally thought to be from the Classical antiquity |
| Abou El Sayed | Egypt | 310 cm | 10 ft 2 in | Lived in Desouk and worked there as a waiter until he became too tall and could not continue to serve customers. It is stated that he was 10 feet 2 inches (310 cm) tall and was still growing at the age of 14. | 1924–? (aged 14 in March 1938) |
| Emperor Keikō | Japan | 310 cm | 10 ft 2 in | Claims of being 10 feet 2 inches (310 cm); not confirmed. | 13 BC – 130 AD (143) |
| Unknown | United States | 305 cm | 10 ft 0 in | Multiple human skeletons discovered by Dr. J. F. Everhart and the Historical Society of Brushcreek Township, Ohio, in 1880. Unverified, controversial, and disputed. | Unknown |
| Cardiff Giant | United States | 305 cm | 10 ft in | The Cardiff Giant was one of the most famous archaeological hoaxes in American history. It was a 10-foot-tall (3 m), roughly 3,000 pound purported "petrified man", uncovered on October 16, 1869, by workers digging a well behind the barn of William C. | Unknown |
| Emperor Chūai | Japan | 303 cm | 9 ft 11 in | He was handsome and 1 length (303 cm) tall . According to the "Nihon Shoki", his uncle Emperor Wakatarihiko (Emperor Seimu) had no heir, so he became the crown prince at the age of 31 on March 1, 48th year of Emperor Seimu's reign. | 149–200 (aged 50–51) |
| Ruan Wengzhong | China | 300 cm | 9 ft 10 in | Ruan Wengzhong was a historical person during the Qin dynasty, who was recorded to have fought against the Xiongnu on the Great Wall at the border city of Lintao. He was allegedly a 3 meters tall giant. His story was first mentioned by the 3rd century CE writer Gao You in his commentary of the Huainanzi, and later developed in the 6th century Com | fl. 3st century |
| Goliath | Land of Israel | 297 cm | 9 ft 9 in | Champion soldier of the Philistine army from Gath. Recorded by the prophet Samuel as being 6 cubits 1 span tall in 1st Samuel 17:4. | c. 1000 BC |
| Guzkan | Turkey | 295 cm | 9 ft 8 in | In 1961, a Turkish peasant named Guzkan was reportedly observed with a height of 295 cm (9 ft 8 in). He was said to move very quickly, taking strides of about 2 m (6 ft 7 in), and was reportedly capable of covering a distance of about 10 km (6 mi) in one hour. However, this information has not been officially confirmed. | fl. 1961 |
| Gabara | Arabia | 290 cm | 9 ft 6 in | Mentioned by Pliny the Elder as living in his own time. Also mentioned as Gabbara (probably from Arabic جَبَّار jabbār, "mighty, powerful") by Robert Plot in his Natural history of Oxfordshire, 1677. | fl. 1st century |
| John Hale | United Kingdom | 290 cm | 9 ft 6 in | Was supposedly the tallest living man in 1892 at a staggering 9 ft 6 in (290 cm). Height not confirmed officially. | fl. ? – December 1892 |
| Chang Jiao-Tai | China | 288 cm | 9 ft 5 in | Said to have been a person from Guangxi. He is believed to have lived sometime between the 17th and 19th centuries. However, this information has not been officially confirmed. | fl. 17th and 19th century |
| Kazanloff | Russian Empire | 282 cm | 9 ft 3 in | Height not confirmed officially. | 1888–? |
| John Middleton (The Childe Of Hale) | England | 282 cm | 9 ft 3 in | Claimed being 9 ft 3 (282 cm). Guinness stated he was actually about 7 ft 8 (234 cm) from modern evidence. | 1578–1623 (45) |
| Assen Ivanov Giorgiev | Bulgaria | 280 cm | 9 ft 2 in | Assen Ivanov Giorgiev (Bulgaria) was supposedly 9 ft 2 in (279 cm) tall. 2 feet less would be more accurate. | Unknown |
| George Kennedy | United States | 275 cm | 9 ft 0 in | Height not confirmed officially. More likely 7 ft 2 in (218 cm). | ?-? (39) |
| Hồ Văn Trung | Vietnam | 275 cm | 9 ft 0 in | After he died he was reported post mortem to be 9 ft 0 in (275 cm), but when alive he claimed 8 ft 5 in (257 cm). | 1984–2019 (34) |
| Almiro Crema | Italy | 274 cm | 9 ft 0 in | Height not confirmed officially. | 1900–? |
| Ann Dunn | Great Britain | 274 cm | 9 ft 0 in | At her death she was reported to be approximately 9 feet tall, and 500 pounds. Height not confirmed officially. | ?-1884 (39) |
| Colonel Pickett Nelson | United States | 274 cm | 9 ft 0 in | Height not confirmed officially. Was also claimed to be over 7 feet tall in 1887. | 1861–1892 |
| Unknown | United States | 274 cm | 9 ft 0 in | Reported on August 29, 1883, as a skeleton of at least 9 ft 0 in (2 m) high but found to be only at 5 ft 8 in (1 m) after measurements. | Unknown |
| Priests of Apollo | Hyperborea (by North of Greece) | 274 cm | 9 ft 0 in | According to Claudius Aelianus, three sons of Boreas, each 6 cubits (2 m (9 ft) if 1 cubit is 45 cm) tall, were priests of Apollo. Hyperborea itself is a legendary country and the subject of symbolic interpretations. | c. 2nd century AD |
| John Aasen | United States | 274 cm | 9 ft 0 in | American silent movie actor, height is not confirmed officially. His skeleton was measured at 7 feet 2 inches (219 cm). | 1890–1938 (48) |
| Unknown | Mexico | 272 cm | 8 ft 11 in | Charles C. Clapp, who managed the mining interests of Thomas W. Lawson in Mexico, reported discovering a cave containing about 200 human skeletons, each said to exceed 8 ft (2 m) in height. The cave was believed to be the burial place of a race of giants predating the Aztecs. Clapp measured one skeleton at 8 ft 11 in (2 m); its femur reached h | Claims of being from the before the 14th century. |
| Unknown | Indonesia | 269 cm | 8 ft 10 in | Height not confirmed officially. | Unknown |
| Pornchai Saosri | Thailand | 269 cm | 8 ft 10 in | Was not measured officially by Guinness. | 1989–2015 (26) |
| Klaas van Kitten | Netherlands | 269 cm | 8 ft 10 in | Klaas van Kitten was considered the tallest man in the 13th century, when he lived in Spaarnewoude, the Netherlands. Not much is known about his life. | ?–1319 |
| Eddie Carmel | Israel | 267 cm | 8 ft 9 in | Unconfirmed height; claimed to be 9 ft 0 in (275 cm), billed at 8 ft 9 in (267 cm). | 1936–1972 (36) |
| Zhang Yingwu | China | 265 cm | 8 ft 8 in | Height not confirmed officially. | 1921–1984 (63) |
| Akashi Shiganosuke | Tokugawa shogunate | 264 cm | 8 ft 8 in | Was born in 1600 and is not recognised by the Guinness World Records and he is also believed to be 245 cm (8 ft 0 in). | 1600–1649 (48–49) |
| Bernardo Gigli (Gilli) | Prince-Bishopric of Trent | 260 cm | 8 ft 6 in | Italian giant. He was claimed to be 244 cm (8 ft 0 in) or even 260 cm (8 ft 6 in) but his actual height was 229 cm (7 ft 6 in). | 1726–1774/91 (48–65) |
