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According to the Forbes magazine the currently most powerful single person on earth is Vladimir Putin, president of Russia. By the way, Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany is currently second place. Obama is only third. The World's Most Powerful People.
Tallest man - living. The tallest man living is Sultan KÃ¶sen (Turkey, b.10 December 1982) who measured 251 cm (8 ft 2.8 in) in Ankara, Turkey, on 08 February 2011. The part-time farmer was the first man over 8 ft (2.43 m) to be measured by Guinness World Records in over 20 years.