Did you ever wonder who are the tallest people on earth?

By David McClelland

Did you ever wonder who are the tallest people on earth?

Well, I did and I learned that there are some incredibly tall people out there.

The man reported to be the tallest human on earth, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is 39 year old, 8'5", Leonid Stadnik's, from the Podolyantsi, Ukraine. The tallest in the U.S. is George Bell, a 7'8" sheriff's deputy in Norfolk, Virginia, who played basketball in college and with the Harlem Globetrotters. Bell is two inches taller than the tallest NBA player, Yao Ming, the 7'6" center for the Houston Rockets.

The woman who appears to be the tallest in the world at this time is Yao Defen, from China, who is 7'8" tall. The next tallest is 7'4", Heather Greene, from Holland, who lives in Las Vegas. The next tallest woman in the U.S, is 7'2" Malgorzata Dydek, from Polland, now a professional basketball player.

Think of the daily challenges these people face in buying clothes, finding beds to sleep in and in finding a mate. Maybe being a man or woman of average height is a good thing.