3.Väinö Myllyrinne
Väinö Myllyrinne was an acromegalic giant who was at one time the world’s tallest person. He stood at 7 foot 3 and weighed 434 pounds at the age of 21, but experienced a second phase of growth in his late thirties, attaining a height of a giant 8 foot 3! He is considered the tallest soldier ever, having served in the Finnish Defence Forces. He underwent his conscript training in 1929 in the Viipuri Heavy Artillery Regiment, and was very strong. In the 1930s, he traveled around Europe as a professional wrestler and circus performer. He returned to Finland in 1939 to serve in the Finnish Army during the Winter War. In 1946, he moved to Järvenpää and ran a chicken farm. He died in 1963 and is buried there. He had a 15.7 inch hand span, the greatest known. As tall, heavy, and strong as he was, it is nearly impossible to call this guy “human.”
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