# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-koehler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:29:53.828Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-koehler"
name: "Don Koehler"
slug: "don-koehler"
description: "Donald A. Koehler is one of \n29 known people in medical history to have verifiably reached a height of 8 feet (240 cm) or more. He was generally recognized as the tallest living man in the world from at least 1969 until his death in 1981. At one time, Koehler stood 8 ft 2 in (249 cm), a result of the medical condition gigantism."
tagline: "American 'giant' (1925–1981)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Don_Koehler.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1925-09-01"
deathDate: "1981-02-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.28
  momentum:             9.8986336416073
  historical:           5.816066666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Koehler"
    title: "Donald Koehler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Koehler"
    title: "Don Koehler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Koehler"
    title: "Don Koehler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8F%88_%ED%80%A0%EB%9F%AC"
    title: "돈 퀠러"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%A8"
    title: "דון קוהלר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Koehler"
    title: "Don Koehler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3713554"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump