In this article I describe how I estimated the height of Bernard Coyne — once the tallest man in the world — from a photograph with the use of 3D software. The location of the photo was revisited, measured and photographed. The photos were then computed into a 3D model scaled to exact real world […]

In this article I provide an estimation on how much the standing height of the “American Giant” is affected by his abnormal spinal curvature (kyphoscoliosis). I argue that this is a question yet to be answered since previous estimations (Hinsdale, 1898; MacFarland, 1939) were based on methods associated with a high degree of uncertainty. By comparing the actual height of the spine with […]

John F. Carroll (1932-1969), Buffalo, NY, known in medical litterature as “The Buffalo Giant”, is listed as the third tallest man in history with the height of 8’7 3/4” (263,5 cm). Carroll’s height was estimated since he suffered from severe kyphoscoliosis – two dimensional curvation of the spine – and was based on what his height would have been if the spinal curvation had been normal. His actual standing height was 8′ (243,8 cm). Contrary to the[…]

In this post I transform a photo of Väinö Myllyrrinne to find out his height given that the door frame visible in the image is of the standard size 80” (203,2 cm)

The text and images presented in this post was originally posted in this thread on August 23, 2013 While looking at the latest photos of Saw Win Oo (from his visit at Yangon International Airport last week ), I couldnt help but notice the black and white tiles on the floor that was present in every […]