Mohammad Alam Channa (1953, Sehwan, Sindh province, Pakistan – 2 July 1998, New York) was the world's tallest living man at 232.4 cm (7 ft 8 inch) high.[1] During his life he had been billed at various heights of up to 7 ft 8. <br /> <br />Channa's abnormal growth was noticed by his family when he was ten years old, and continued until he was 26. Channa worked at the shrine of Shahbaz Qalander at Sehwan. <br /> <br />In 1998 Channa went to the United States (USA) for treatment for various ailments, including high blood pressure, diabetes and Kidney malfunction.[2] Channa died of kidney failure in a New York hospital was buried in his ancestral town Sehwan Sharif of Dadu, Sindh, Pakistan. He was survived by his son abid ali channa
