List Of People Diagnosed With Gigantism

This is a list of notable people who have or had a form of gigantism.
Note: This is not a list of tall people. There are many instances of men well over 7 feet (213 centimetres) tall who did not have any form of gigantism. For example Angus MacAskill and Yao Ming did not or do not have gigantism and should not be listed here. This list is solely for people with medical conditions in the gigantism family.
Note: This will be organized chronologically by date of birth. Those whose birth year is unknown will be placed alphabetically, by last name, at the bottom until birth year is discovered.

• John Middleton (1578–1623),
• Trijntje Keever (1616–1633) presumed to have been the tallest woman ever.
• Patrick Murphy (1834–1862)
• Zhan Shi Chai (1840s-1893)
• Julius Koch (1872–1902, eunuchoidal-infantile gigantism, his legs ultimately had to be amputated due to gangrene
• Jane Bunford (1895–1922) tallest woman ever until Zeng Jinlian.
• Bernard Coyne (1897–1921)
• Clifford Thompson (1904–1955)
• Jack Earle (1906–1952)
• Väinö Myllyrinne (1909–1963)
• Johann K. Petursson (1913–1984) dubbed "The Viking giant"
• Henry Hite (1915–1972)
• Felipe Birriel (August 16, 1916–March 15, 1994) El Gigante de Carolina honored in Carolina, Puerto Rico
• Robert Pershing Wadlow (1918–1940) Recognized as tallest human being ever
• Don Koehler (1925–1981)
• Max Palmer (1928–1984)
• John F. Carroll (1932–1969)
• Eddie Carmel (1936–1972) "The Jewish Giant" photographed by Diane Arbus.
• Richard Kiel (b. September 13, 1939) actor (Jaws from James Bond)
• Suleiman Ali Nashnush (1943–1991) Libya
• André Roussimoff ("André the Giant") (1946–1993)
• Carel Struycken (b. July 30, 1948 in The Hague, Netherlands) Actor with acromegalic gigantism.
• Alam Channa (1953–1988)
• Sandy Allen (1955–2008) pituitary gigantism, was recognized as the tallest living woman at the time of her death
• Zeng Jinlian (1964–1982) believed to be the tallest woman ever, but scoliosis kept her from standing erect
• Jorge Gonzales (1966–2010) tallest wrestler ever
• Radhouane Charbib (b. 1968)
• Gheorghe Mureşan (b. February 14, 1971) tallest NBA player in history
• Leonid Stadnyk (b. 1971)
• Paul Wight (b. 1972) wrestler WWE (aka "The Big Show")
• Yao Defen (b. July 15, 1972)
• Matthew McGrory (1973–2005) actor in Big Fish and other films
• Nikolai Valuev (b. 1973) former WBA heavyweight champion
• Ajaz Ahmed (b. 1976)
• Sultan Kösen (b. 1983) tallest living man and largest living human being.
• Sun Ming Ming (b. 1983)
• Vikas Uppal (1986–2007)
• Kenny George, UNCA basketball player
• Alexander Sizonenko, tallest living Russian, formerly a basketball player

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humans_with_gigantism

Gigantism, also known as giantism (from Greek Greek language,Greek ,
 gigas, gigantas "giant"), is a condition characterized by excessive growth and height significantly above average. This condition is caused by an over production of human growth hormone.
The term is typically applied to those whose height is not just in the upper 1% of the population.

 
Many of those who have been identified with gigantism have suffered from multiple health problems involving their circulatory or skeletal system.

The term is seldom applied to those who are simply "tall" or "above average" whose heights appear to be the healthy result of normal genetics and nutrition. It is usually caused by a tumor on the pituitary gland on the brain. It causes growth of the hands, face, and feet.

In the past, while many of them were social outcasts because of their height, some found employment in Friedrich Wilhelm I's famous Potsdam Giants regiment.