The tallest man in the world is an
Indian freak (see the Guinness book of records! Mebbe I've got a newer version as 'Stadnik the Ukrainian' is
not mentioned).
I saw the guy at a regional Asian shopping festival last summer where he had been flown in as a freak show attraction by the organisers of the Shopping Fest as one of its Gimmicks.
They also had the tallest woman in the world (not sure what Race she was).
The Indian freak seemed to be suffering from the medical condition known as Acromegaly.