robert pershing wadlow was the tallest man that ever lived on earth.
robert pershing wadlow was the tallest man that ever lived on earth.
the tallest man that ever lived on earth?
robert pershing wadlow
bullet::::- sun mingming (b. 1983), a chinese basketball player









































bullet::::- brahim takioullah (b. 1982), second tallest living man, world's largest feet









































bullet::::- clifford thompson (1904–1955)









































bullet::::- stor-stina (1819–1854)









































bullet::::- vikas uppal (1986–2007)









































bullet::::- robert pershing wadlow (1918–1940), recognized as the tallest human being ever









































bullet::::- paul donald wight (b. 1972), dubbed "big show"









































bullet::::- igor vovkovinskiy (b. 1982), america's current tallest man









































bullet::::- george bell (b. 1957), america's former tallest man









































bullet::::- morteza mehrzad (b. 1987), iran's tallest man









































bullet::::- paulo césar da silva (b. 1963), brazilian dubbed "giant silva"









































bullet::::- yao defen (1972–2012)
list of humans with gigantism
consider the sentence "jana wants to marry the tallest man in fulsom county". it could be read either "de dicto" or "de re"; the meanings would be different. one interpretation is that jana wants to marry the tallest man in fulsom county, whoever he might be. on this interpretation, what the statement tells us is that jana has a certain unspecific desire; what she desires is for "jana is marrying the tallest man in fulsom county" to be true. the desire is directed at that situation, regardless of how it is to be achieved. the other interpretation is that jana wants to marry a certain man, who in fact happens to be the tallest man in fulsom county. her desire is for "that man", and she desires herself to marry "him". the first interpretation is the "de dicto" interpretation, because jana's desire relates to the words "the tallest man in fulsom country", and the second interpretation is the "de re" interpretation, because jana's desire relates to the man those words refer to.
de dicto and de re