How Tall Is Hawks In Feet The tallest man in modern history was robert pershing wadlow from illinois in the united states who was born in 1918 and stood 2 72 m 8 ft 11 in at currently yao defen of china is claimed to be the tallest woman in the world at 2 33 m 7 ft 7 1 2 in but this is not confirmed by the guiness book of