Worlds tallest man alive, tallest living man

Leonid Ivanovych Stadnyk (Ukrainian: Леонід Іванович Стадник), (born 1971 in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine) was formerly listed as the world's tallest living man according to Guinness World Records. On August 20, 2008, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, Craig Glenday, announced that the title of world's tallest man had been returned to China's Bao Xishun after Stadnyk refused to be measured under new guidelines, which required him to be independently measured by Guinness World Records adjudicators.

At 2.57m (8 ft 5.2 in), Stadnyk appeared to be taller than Bao Xishun, a native of Inner Mongolia in China who stands 2.36 m (7 ft 8.9 in).

Resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Stadnyk