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OverviewAI-generated
Sultan Kösen is a male person from Japan. He was born on December 10, 1982. His height is 251.
He has five works associated with his name. He maintains a social media presence with 19,700 followers. His profile is referenced by 26 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 10 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Japan
- Active from
- 1883-04-03
- Active to
- 1919-05-26
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012
· 2014 · cited 21,631x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,786x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,961x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 8,000x
- Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2024 · cited 4,506x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1982-12-10 ) 10 December 1982 (age 43) , Alibey, Mardin , Turkey
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Known for
- Tallest living man , 7th verified tallest person in history
- Height
- 251 cm (8 ft 3 in)
- Spouse
- Merve Dibo ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2013 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2021 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sultan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Turkey
- Place of birth
- Mardin
- Occupation
- farmer
- Languages spoken
- Kurdish
- Native language
- Turkish
- Image
- Sultan Kösen Fingerprint (4045876833).jpg
- Height
- 251
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1982-12-10
- medical condition
- gigantism
- Commons category
- Sultan Kösen
- name in native language
- Sultan Kösen
- ethnic group
- Kurds in Turkey
- different from
- Kösem Sultan
- social media followers
- 19700
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Sultan Kösen (born 10 December 1982) is a Turkish farmer who holds the Guinness World Record for tallest living person at 251 cm (8 ft 2.82 in).
Kösen's growth resulted from the conditions gigantism and acromegaly, caused by a tumour affecting his pituitary gland. Due to his condition, he uses crutches to walk.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sultan Kösen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.