The 10 of tallest man in the world in history
John Aasen or Johan Aasen
John Aasen or Johan Aasen
Johan Aasen also called John Aasen, the giant of Norwegia. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Aasen's mother named Kristi, from Rollag in Numedal, was an extremely tall Norwegian woman of around 2.20 m or almost 7 ft 3 inches in height, according to latest information from Sept 2008. It is not certain who his father was, but according to Aasen's sister who named Evelyn, who died 1988, his father named Alfred Aasen.
When John Aasen was ten years old, he and his mother moved from Ridgeway, Lowa. Where his uncle who named Sevre lived with his wife Cornelia in Sheyenne, North Dakota with his two younger siblings. Aasen was a Freemason. He raised to the degree of Master Mason at Highland Park Lodge No. 382, Los Angeles on July 14, 1924.
When in Sheyenne, Aasen's mother making a restaurant. He attended school and helped out in the family business. In 1902, Aasen's mother died. He was taken into home wich many families. When his family was staying together, they started to operate a hotel in Leeds, North Dakota, he follow moved with them there. Aasen's growth started slowly.
When he was confirmed in the Lutheran faith in Grandfield Lutheran Church near Sheyenne, North Dakota, he was the tallest man in his class in that time. According to some sources, Aasen was around 2.74 m or 8 feet, 11½ inches. If this information are true, these would make him taller than even Robert Wadlow.
In 1922, Aasen was offered an acting job in a film called "Why Worry?" who produced by Hal Roach and released in 1923 alongside the comedian Harold Lloyd. Later, he acted in several other films like Bengal Tiger, Charlie Chan at the Circus, Growing Pains, Should Married Men Go Home?, Legionnaires in Paris, Two Flaming Youths, The Sting of Stings, and Long Fliv the King.
Aasen died from pneumonia on August 1, 1938 at Mendocino State Hospital in Mendocino, California . His body was later shipped to Dr. Humberd in Missouri for study and dissection. The skeleton was kept by Dr. Humberd, then shipped to Loma Linda, California. Aasen's soft parts cremated and were sent to a Masonic funeral at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California.
When he was confirmed in the Lutheran faith in Grandfield Lutheran Church near Sheyenne, North Dakota, he was the tallest man in his class in that time. According to some sources, Aasen was around 2.74 m or 8 feet, 11½ inches. If this information are true, these would make him taller than even Robert Wadlow.
In 1922, Aasen was offered an acting job in a film called "Why Worry?" who produced by Hal Roach and released in 1923 alongside the comedian Harold Lloyd. Later, he acted in several other films like Bengal Tiger, Charlie Chan at the Circus, Growing Pains, Should Married Men Go Home?, Legionnaires in Paris, Two Flaming Youths, The Sting of Stings, and Long Fliv the King.
Aasen died from pneumonia on August 1, 1938 at Mendocino State Hospital in Mendocino, California . His body was later shipped to Dr. Humberd in Missouri for study and dissection. The skeleton was kept by Dr. Humberd, then shipped to Loma Linda, California. Aasen's soft parts cremated and were sent to a Masonic funeral at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California.
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