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The Tallest Man on Earth. For a list of the tallest people on earth, see List of tallest people. Kristian Matsson (born 30 April 1983) is a singer-songwriter from Dalarna, Sweden who performs under the stage name of The Tallest Man on Earth. Matsson grew up in Leksand, and began his solo career in 2006, having previously been the lead singer of the indie band Montezumas.
Kosen, who is from Mardin in southeast Turkey, was officially named the tallest man in the world in the 2010 Guinness Book of World Records, taking the title from China's Bao Xishun, who is 7-feet-9. He began towering over his peers at age 10, and doctors found a tumor around his pituitary gland was causing it to produce too much growth hormone.