Robert Wadlow
1918–1940
American who was the tallest recorded person in history (1918–1940)
circus performer
Born in Alton
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Robert Wadlow:
- Adolf Hitler (1889–1945)
- Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
- Ronald Reagan (1911–2004)
- Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948)
- Joseph Stalin (1878–1953)
- Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
- Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977)