# Tallest Person Without Pituitary Gland Problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 8, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tallest-person-without-pituitary-gland-problem/186905 "2003-07-08T01:40:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BlueMit11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@BlueMit11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueMit11)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tallest-person-without-pituitary-gland-problem/186905/1 "2003-07-08T01:40:47Z")
After looking at a few Guiness Books, it seems to me that all of the people who have held records on height have had problems with their pituarity gland (such as a tumor on it). Does anyone know how tall the tallest person without pituitary gland problems is(was)? ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tallest-person-without-pituitary-gland-problem/186905/2 "2003-07-08T02:23:58Z")
Well my old Guinness Book (1986) lists the people with medically verified heights of 8 feet and up and they all have some sort of pituitary situation or severe medical problems going on, so lacking any other info I’d hazard a guess that the tallest “normal” person would be less than 8 feet. How much less? Tougher to say but as an example, hoopster Yao Ming is obviously a healthy, athletic guy and he’s a hair over 7’ 6". Dunno about his pituitary but unlike many giants he doesn’t look to be acromegalic, have trouble moving around, break a hip when he falls down, etc. So that helps narrow down the range - I’ll bet it’s between 7’ 6" and 8’ 0". ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tallest-person-without-pituitary-gland-problem/186905/3 "2003-07-08T14:15:01Z")
Possibly Angus MacAskill: [http://www.macaskill.com/GeneralTallTales/Angus/angus.html](http://www.macaskill.com/GeneralTallTales/Angus/angus.html) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tallest-person-without-pituitary-gland-problem/186905/4 "2003-07-08T14:24:29Z")
Another guy, who was also just a(n) NBAMF was “The Iceland Giant:” [http://www.islandia.is/~juljul/johann/johann\_uk.htm](http://www.islandia.is/~juljul/johann/johann_uk.htm) ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tallest-person-without-pituitary-gland-problem/186905/5 "2003-07-08T16:46:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Earl Snake-Hips Tucker \* > \*\*Possibly Angus MacAskill: > [http://www.macaskill.com/GeneralTallTales/Angus/angus.html](http://www.macaskill.com/GeneralTallTales/Angus/angus.html) \*\* Interesting stuff… but he was actually born in [Berneray](http://www.rampantscotland.com/know/blknow4.htm) NBAMF? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tallest-person-without-pituitary-gland-problem/186905/6 "2003-07-08T17:11:05Z")
Naturally big-a$$ mutha-f\*\*\*\*\*