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8 ft 11.1 in (272.0 cm) Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American advertiser who was the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. He was born and raised in Alton, Illinois, a small city near St. Louis, Missouri.
Robert was born February 22, 1918 to Harold F. and Addie (Johnson) Wadlow on Monroe Street in Alton, Illinois, weighing 8.7 pounds. 1919. When Robert began to walk he weighed 40 lbs. 1920-1926. The family lived in Roxana, Illinois. 1923. At 5 years of age, attending kindergarten, Robert was 5' 6 1/2" tall.
Alton (/ ˈɔːltən / AWL-tən) is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about 18 miles (29 km) north of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 25,676 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the River Bend area in the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area.
Mar 19, 2022 · Robert Wadlow, the tallest man in the world, was born in Alton, Illinois, on February 22, 1918, to Harold Franklin and Addie May Wadlow, and was the oldest of five children. Nobody could’ve anticipated that the seemingly normal baby boy will grow up to be the world’s tallest man, often nicknamed Alton Giant or the Giant of Illinois.
Jun 30, 2022 · Robert Wadlow’s body was brought back to Alton, Illinois for burial. A 10-ft-9-in (3.28 m) steel coffin, weighing over 1,000 lbs (453 kg), was specially constructed and required at least 16 pallbearers to carry. It was kept in Streeper Funeral Home, which was open for two consecutive days and nights to allow people to view Robert’s body.
Oct 21, 2021 · Born in Alton, Illinois, USA on 22 February 1918, Robert reached unprecedented heights from an early age. By the age of just six years old he was already 5 ft 7 in tall and by the end of the following year he had outgrown his father. Robert crossed the eight-foot mark at age 16, becoming the tallest teenager ever. Shortly after his 21st ...
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Sep 11, 2024 · Alton, city, Madison county, southwestern Illinois, U.S. Part of the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area, Alton lies on the Mississippi River (bridged) near its confluence with the Missouri River. The city was named for a son of Colonel Rufus Easton, a St. Louis land speculator who laid out the community in 1818 as a ferry site.
