The tallest man living is Sultan Kösen (Turkey, b.10 December 1982) who measured 251 cm (8 ft 3 in) in Ankara, Turkey, on 08 February 2011.

The part-time farmer was the first man over 8 ft (2.43 m) to be measured by Guinness World Records in over 20 years.

Indeed, GWR only knows of 10 confirmed or reliable cases in history of humans reaching8 ft or more.

Sultan first became the world's tallest living man in 2009, when he measured 246.5 cm (8 ft 1 in) in height.