<P> Robert Pershing Wadlow ( February 22 , 1918 -- July 15 , 1940 ) , also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois , was an American who became famous as the tallest person ever in human recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence . The Alton and Illinois monikers reflect the fact that he was born and raised in Alton , Illinois . </P>
<P> Robert Pershing Wadlow ( February 22 , 1918 -- July 15 , 1940 ) , also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois , was an American who became famous as the tallest person ever in human recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence . The Alton and Illinois monikers reflect the fact that he was born and raised in Alton , Illinois . </P>
the tallest man that ever lived on earth
the tallest man that ever lived on earth
Robert Pershing Wadlow
Robert Pershing Wadlow