Rondo Hatton (April 22, 1894 - February 2, 1946) had a brief, but prolific career playing thuggish bit parts in many Hollywood, California B-movies. He was known for his brutish facial features, due to his acromegaly, a disorder of the pituitary gland.

Pierre Marie was a French neurologist, who began his medical career in 1878 as an assistant to the famous neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893) at the Salpêtrière and Bicêtre Hospitals in Paris. One of his earliest contributions was the description of a disorder of the pituitary gland known as acromegaly. His analysis of the disease was considered a pioneer contribution to a field of medicine later to be known as endocrinology.

Maurice Tillet (1903?- August 4,1954) was a professional wrestler in the early years of the entertainment-sport. Born in France, he was highly intelligent and could speak 14 languages. He was also a keen poet and was hoping to get into the acting business. In his twenties, he developed acromegaly, a rare disease that causes bones to grow wildly and uncontrollably. Soon his whole body was disfigured as a result.

André the Giant was the stage name of André René Roussimoff, a French professional wrestler and actor. He was at least 2.09 metres (6 ft 10 in) tall and believed by many to have been over 2.13 metres (7 ft) at his tallest. His great size was a result of excessive growth hormone, a condition known as acromegaly, and led to him being dubbed "The Eighth Wonder of the World".

Sun Ming Ming (born on August 23, 1983) is a Chinese basketball player. He was born in a small town called Dayan, near Harbin, China, in the Heilongjiang province, and is 7'9" (236 cm), 360 pounds (168 kg). He is the tallest player to ever play basketball.

Richard Dawson Kiel (born September 13, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actor best known for his role as Jaws in the James Bond movies "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) and "Moonraker" (1979) as well as the video game "Everything or Nothing", Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore and his considerable height.

Matthew McGrory was an American actor, known for his great height. McGrory was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and trained in law at Widener University. McGrory grew to the astounding height of. This was the result of a hormonal condition known as hyperpituitarism, causing gigantism as a youth and eventually acromegaly as an adult.

Carel Struycken (born July 30, 1948 in The Hague, Netherlands) is a character actor in film, television, and stage. He is an exceptionally tall man at 7' (213 cm) and thus is often called upon to play character or comedic roles in which height plays a major part. Notably he was featured as Mr. Homn on the television series "Star Trek: The Next Generation", as Lurch the butler in the Addams Family films "The Addams Family", "Addams Family Values", …

Eddie Carmel was a well-known sufferer of acromegaly, a disorder of the pituitary gland, caused in his case by a tumor of the gland, which, untreated, causes uncontrolled growth. Popularly known as "The Jewish Giant", Carmel was billed at the height of 8 ft 9 in (268 cm), though he may have more realistically been around 7 ft 6 ¾ in. At the time of his death at age 36, he had dropped down to 7 ft 0 in tall, due to kyphoscoliosis (curvature of the spine, …

Kevyn Aucoin (February 14, 1962 in Shreveport, Louisiana; died May 7, 2002) was a make-up artist and photographer who was well known for catering to the laywoman's need to feel beautiful. Aucoin grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana, to parents Thelma and Isidore, who adopted him as an infant. He had three siblings, Carla, Kim, and Keith. He struggled his way to the top of the professional makeup industry by emphasizing the beauty within.

Paul Benedict (born September 17, 1938 in Silver City, New Mexico) is an American character actor who has made several appearances in television and movies from the 1960s on. He is probably best recognized for his roles as The Number Painter on the PBS children's show "Sesame Street", and as the quirky English neighbor "Harry Bentley" on the CBS sitcom "The Jeffersons". As a young man, Benedict suffered from Acromegaly, …

Leonid Stadnyk (born 1971 in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a controversial claimant to the status of the world's tallest living man. He is a certified veterinarian and veterinary surgeon and lives with his mother in the village of Podolyantsi, Ukraine. He claims to be tall, weighs about (April, 2004) but has stopped growing, because the tumor in his pituitary gland which caused him to grow so large has disappeared.

Jack Earle was a silent film actor. After he retired from being an actor he became a salesman. Known for his massive height due to acromegalic gigantism. He was 232cm (7 ft 7½in) tall. He died July 18, 1952, in Texas, USA. He died by suffocation in his car after a crash at age 46. Jack Earle is also referenced in Tom Waits' song "Get Behind The Mule" on the "Mule Variations" album.

Donald A. Koehler (September 1 1925 - February 26 1981), was generally recognized as the tallest man in the world at the time of his death. At one time Koehler stood 8 feet 2 inches tall (249cm.), a result of the medical condition acromegalic gigantism. He is one of eleven people in medical history to reach a verified height of eight feet or more. He was born in Denton, Montana, USA. Koehler and his fraternal twin sister were born to tall parents (their mom was 5' 10", …

Mu Tiezhu is a retired legendary Chinese basketball player and coach. He is considered by some as the largest and tallest player in China's history. His estimated height is 2.40 m tall or 7'10, but he keeps refusing the estimation and give reporters heights no more than 7'6 or 2.28m. His weight is about 400lbs or 182 kg. Mu is one of the first Chinese giants appeared in Chinese national basketball team. He has played for the national basketball team for 14 years.

Leonel Edmundo Rivero was an Argentine tango singer and impresario. Rivero was born in the southern Buenos Aires suburb of Valentín Alsina, Avellaneda. Joining his father in some of his travels, he was exposed to the lifestyle and the music of the gauchos of Buenos Aires Province from his early days. In his teens, Rivero moved to the Belgrano neighborhood in the city proper, and witnessed the growth of tango as a dancing phenomenon, …

Bernard A. Coyne (July 27, 1897 - May 20, 1921) Anthon, Iowa, USA. Is one of only a handful of individuals in medical history to have stood 8 feet tall or more. Coyne was 8 feet 2 inches (2.49m) tall at his death in 1921. His World War I draft registration card, dated 29 August 1918, lists his height as 8 feet. The Guinness Book of World Records stated that he was refused induction into the Army (1918) when he stood at a height of 7 feet 9 inches.

Neil McCarthy (born 26 July 1933 -died of Motor Neurone disease 6 February 1985). He was a British actor known for his dramatic physical appearance. (It is rumoured that he had acromegaly). He was a gifted linguist and pianist. His film credits include a memorable role as a Welsh soldier in "Zulu", as well as a remarkable performance as the villain Calibos in "Clash of the Titans". His television credits include: "Danger Man", "The Avengers", …

Theodor Brugsch was a German internist who was born in Graz. He attained "professor extraordinary" in 1910, and practiced medicine at the Charité Hospital in Berlin prior to, and after World War I. From 1927-1935 he was a professor at the University of Halle. In 1935 Brugsch resigned from the university due to the political climate in 1930s Germany, and opened a private practice in Berlin. After World War II, he returned to the Charité, …

Gheorghe Marinescu was a Romanian neurologist, founder of the Romanian School of Neurology. After the attendance of Medicine at the Bucharest University, Marinescu received most of his medical education as preparator at the laboratory of histology at the Brâncoveanu Hospital and as assistant at the Bacteriological Institute under Victor Babeş, and with Babes already early published several works on Myelitis transversa, hysterical muteness, …