document_title: List of tallest people

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Country
Metric
Imperial
Name
Note
Lifespan
(age at death)

 United States
272 cm
8 ft 11.1 in
Robert Wadlow
Tallest human in recorded history confirmed by Guinness World Records.[1]
1918–1940 (22)

 United States
267 cm
8 ft 9 in
John Rogan
Second tallest male in recorded history. Weighed only 92.5 kg (204 lb). Unable to stand due to ankylosis.
1868–1905 (37)

 United States
263.5 cm
8 ft 7¾in
John F. Carroll
244 cm (8 ft 0 in) standing height, 264 cm (8 ft 7¾ in) assuming normal spinal curvature.
1932–1969 (37)

 Ukraine
257 cm
8 ft 5 in
Leonid Stadnyk
Not officially recognized by Guinness World Records because he refused to be measured according to their standards.[2]
1970–2014 (44)

 Finland
251.4 cm
8 ft 3 in
Väinö Myllyrinne
Recognized as the tallest living person from 1940 to his death in 1963. Measured 251.4 cm tall at his peak.
1909–1963 (54)

 Canada
251 cm
8 ft 3 in
Édouard Beaupré
Tallest strongman as well as tallest wrestler in history. His death certificate described him as being 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) tall and still growing.
1881–1904 (23)

 Turkey
251 cm
8 ft 2.8 in[3]
Sultan Kösen
The tallest living person since September 17, 2009, as determined by Guinness World Records.[4] He has 36.5-cm-long (1 ft 2 in) feet—the second-largest feet on a living person and 27.5 cm (11.2 in) hands—the longest on a living person.[5]
1982–

 India
249 cm
8 ft 2 in
Vikas Uppal
Was not officially measured by Guinness.
1986–2007 (21)

 United States
249 cm
8 ft 2 in
Don Koehler
Tallest in world for most of the 1970s.
1925–1981 (56)

 United States
249 cm
8 ft 2 in
Bernard Coyne
Coyne's World War I draft registration card, dated 29 August his height as 8 feet, although he had reached a height of 8 feet 2 inches (249 cm) by the time of his death. Possibly reached up to 8 ft 4 in (254 cm).
1897–1921 (24)

 Ireland
246 cm
8 ft 1 in
Patrick Cotter O'Brien
Tallest person recorded at the time and the first in medical history to stand at a verified height of eight feet (244 cm). Remains examined in 1972 and height verified.
1760–1806 (46)

 Morocco
246 cm
8 ft 1 in[6]
Brahim Takioullah
Possesses the world's largest feet at 1 ft 3 in (38 cm).[7]
1982–

 Iran
246 cm
8 ft 1 in
Morteza Mehrzad
Tallest man in Iran.[8] Gold medalist of Iran sitting volleyball national team in Summer Paralympic games Rio 2016
1987–

 Germany
246 cm
8 ft 1 in
Julius Koch
Probably never the world's tallest person due to his life coinciding with that of John Rogan. Skeleton preserved in the Museum of Natural History in Mons, Belgium.
1872–1902 (30)

 Mozambique
246 cm
8 ft 1 in
Gabriel Estêvão Monjane
Guinness World Records listed him as tallest man from 1988 to 1990.
1944–1990 (46)

 India
246 cm
8 ft 1 in
Dharmendra Pratap Singh
Tallest living Indian.[9]
1983–

 Libya
246 cm
8 ft 1 in
Suleiman Ali Nashnush
Libyan who was the tallest basketball player in the world.[citation needed]
1943–1991 (47)

 France
245 cm
8 ft ½ in
Jean-Joseph Brice
Le Géant des Vosges Ramonchamp - France—Height controversy[10]
1835–?

 Germany
244 cm
8 ft 0 in
Anton de Franckenpoint (Langer Anton)
Lived during Thirty Years' War; skeleton later measured at 8 ft 0 in (244 cm).[11][12]
Unknown

 China
242 cm
7 ft 11¼ in
Zhang Juncai
Tallest living Chinese person.
1966–

 Indonesia
242 cm
7 ft 11¼ in
Suparwono
Tallest Indonesian claimed to be 8 ft 10.5 in. Officially measured (lying down and in the standing position) by the Indonesian Record Museum (MURI) in December 2009.[13]
1985–2012 (26)

 Netherlands
242 cm
7 ft 11¼ in
Albert Johan Kramer
Probably the tallest man in The Netherlands ever; His brother-in-law was suffering from dwarfism and did not exceed 69 cm (27.16 in). Together they formed a variety act, with performances around the world.[14]
1897–1976 (79)

 Puerto Rico
241 cm
7 ft 11 in
Felipe Birriel
Tallest Puerto Rican recorded.
1916–1994 (78)

 India
241 cm
7 ft 11 in
Asadulla Khan
Tallest man in India.[15]
1988–

 Soviet Union
240 cm
7 ft 10 in
Alexander Sizonenko
Soviet Union basketball player.[16]
1959–2012 (53)

 Egypt
240 cm
7 ft 10 in
Sa'id Muhammad Ghazi
He was billed as 10 ft in his life.[17]
1909–1941 (32)

 Belarus
239 cm
7 ft 10 in
Feodor Machnow
Billed as 9 ft 3 in his life.
1878–1912 (34)

 Austria-Hungary
238 cm
7 ft 10 in
Grgo Kusić
Tallest Croat recorded. Tallest citizen of Austria-Hungary of his time.[18]
1892–1918 (26)

 Pakistan
238 cm
7 ft 10 in
Naseer Soomro
Tallest confirmed man living in Pakistan.[19][20]
1975–

 Netherlands
238 cm
7 ft 10 in
Rigardus Rijnhout
Second tallest man in The Netherlands ever; he was known as the giant of Rotterdam. Early June 2011, a life-size statue of Rijnhout was unveiled in the Oude Westen district in Rotterdam.[21]
1922–1959 (36)

 Japan
237 cm
7 ft 9.3 in
Yoshimitsu Matsuzaka
Tallest man in Japan; no color images of him exist even though he died in the 1960s.[22]
1930–1962 (32)

 Mongolia
236 cm
7 ft 9 in
Öndör Gongor
Very tall man in early-20th-century Mongolia. Some other sources even give 245 cm (8 feet)
1880/85 – 1925/30

 United States
236 cm
7 ft 9 in
Louis Moilanen
Tallest person in Michigan history and one of the tallest men in the world during his lifetime. He may have been 8 ft 1 in tall.[23]
1885–1913 (28)

 United Kingdom
236 cm
7 ft 9 in
Angus MacAskill
Tallest "true" giant (not due to a pathological condition). Tallest Scottish or British man recorded.
1825–1863 (38)

 United Kingdom
236 cm
7 ft 9 in
Frederick Kempster
Tall Englishman, height disputed between 7 ft 8.5in and 8 ft 4.5in[24]
1889–1918 (29)

 United States
236 cm
7 ft 9 in
Martin Van Buren Bates
Known as the Kentucky Giant or The Giant of the Hills.[25] He and Anna Haining Bates were the tallest married couple ever.[26]
1837–1919

 China
236 cm
7 ft 9 in
Bao Xishun
Considered the tallest living person by Guinness World Records until September 2009 when he was replaced by Sultan Kösen.[27]
1951–

 China
236 cm
7 ft 9 in
Sun Mingming
Chinese basketball player. Formerly second-tallest living person.
1983–

 Tunisia
236 cm
7 ft 9 in
Radhouane Charbib
Listed by Guinness World Records as tallest man until January 15, 2005, before Bao Xishun and Sun Mingming.[28]
1968–

 Germany
236 cm
7 ft 9 in
Walter Straub
Tallest man in Germany while he was alive.[29]
1925–1986 (61)

 Algeria
236 cm
7 ft 9 in
Rachid Bara
Tallest man in Algeria while he was alive.[30]
1974–2009 (35)

 Brazil
235 cm
7 ft 8½ in
Rafael França do Nascimento
Tallest man in Brazil.[31]
1987–

 Russia
235 cm
7 ft 8½ in
Nikolai Pankratov
Tallest man in Russia.[32]
1990–

 North Korea
235 cm
7 ft 8½ in
Ri Myung Hun
Former basketball player with the North Korean national team.
1967–

 United States
 Ukraine
235 cm
7 ft 8⅓ in
Igor Vovkovinskiy
Currently the tallest person living in the United States. Originally from Ukraine, moved to Rochester, Minnesota to be treated at the Mayo Clinic. Most recently has been acting in commercials and movies.[33] Became well known by wearing a T-shirt that read "Obama's Biggest Supporter". Took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, as one of the performers on the stage representing Ukraine.
1982–

 United States
235 cm
7 ft 8 in
Broc Brown
Former tallest teenager in the United States.[34]
1998-

 United States
235 cm
7 ft 8 in
Cecil Boling
Was 7'8" but shrank to 7'0" since his legs were replaced with artificial legs 8.5" shorter.[35]
1920–2000 (79)

 United States
235 cm
7 ft 8 in
Brenden Adams
Former tallest teenager in the world.
1995–

 India
234 cm
7 ft 8 in
Polipaka Gattaiah
Tallest Indian.[36]
1975–2015

 Ivory Coast
234 cm
7 ft 8 in
Abdramane Dembele
Tallest man in Ivory Coast.[37]
1985–

 United States
234 cm
7 ft 8 in
George Bell
Former Tallest living American.[38]
1957–

 Fiji
234 cm
7 ft 8 in
Kaliova Seleiwau
Tallest living Fijian.[39]
1981–

 Austria
234 cm
7 ft 8 in
Adam Rainer
Only person known to have been both a dwarf and giant. He was 118 cm (3 ft 10 in) tall at age 21 and peaked at 234 cm (7 ft 8 in) when he died, having doubled his height as an adult.
1899–1950 (51)

 Pakistan
234 cm
7 ft 8 in
Alam Channa
Pakistani, considered to be the tallest living man when he died in 1998.[40]
1953–1998 (46)

 Iceland
234 cm
7 ft 8 in
Jóhann K. Pétursson
Was the tallest person in Iceland.
1913–1984 (71)

 Japan
234 cm
7 ft 8 in
Yasutaka Okayama
Tallest living Japanese. Tallest basketball player drafted in NBA history.[41][42][43][44]
1954–

 United States
234 cm
7 ft 8 in
Bob Wegner
Tallest basketball player plays for the Lake Michigan Admirals.[45]
1993–

 Austria-Hungary
233.7 cm
7 ft 8 in
Franz Winkelmeier
One of the tallest people in his time.[46]
1860–1887

 Spain
233.5 cm
7 ft 8 in
Miguel Joaquín de Eleicegui
Tallest man recorded in Spain.[47]
1818–1861 (43)

 Spain
233 cm
7 ft 7.7 in
Jaime Clemente Izquierdo
Spain's tallest man in his lifetime.[48]
1961–2005 (44)

 Spain
233 cm
7 ft 7½ in
Agustín Luengo Capilla
Circus performer. Tallest man in Spain at the time of his death.[49]
1849–1875 (26)

 United States
232 cm
7 ft 7½ in
Jack Earle
Jacob Rheuben Ehrlich. American silent film actor and sideshow performer.
1906–1952 (46)

 Somalia
233 cm
7 ft 7.4 in
Hussain Bisad
Somalia, considered to be one of the tallest living men.
1975–

 United Kingdom
233 cm
7 ft 7.4 in
Neil Fingleton
Tallest division 1 basketball player. Known for his role Mag the Mighty in the HBO TV series Game of Thrones [50][51]
1980–2017 (36)

 China
233 cm
7 ft 7 in
Wang Feng-Jun
Asia's tallest man in 2004.[52]
1976–2015 (39)

 Argentina
231 cm
7 ft 7 in
Jorge González
Tallest wrestler in WWE history.
1966–2010 (44)

 United Kingdom
231 cm
7 ft 7 in
Paul Sturgess
Tied for the tallest player ever to play college basketball in the U.S.[53]
1987–

 United States
231 cm
7 ft 7 in
Kenny George
Second-tallest Division I basketball player (Neil Fingleton).[54]
1987–

 United States
231 cm
7 ft 7 in
Lock Martin
He played the robot in the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still.[55]
1916–1959

 Ireland
231 cm
7 ft 7 in
Charles Byrne
Skeleton now resides in the Hunterian Museum.
1761–1783 (22)

 United States
231 cm
7 ft 7 in
Max Palmer
Actor and pro wrestler. Listed by Guinness World Records at 7 ft 7 in, claimed 8 ft 1 in. Film Bio - Killer Apes, Invaders From Mars.[56]
1927–1984 (57)

 Romania
231 cm
7 ft 7 in
Gheorghe Mureșan
Tied for tallest in NBA history.
1971–

 Sudan
231 cm
7 ft 7 in
Manute Bol
Tied for tallest in NBA history.
1962–2010 (48)

 Belgium
230 cm
7 ft 6.75 in
Alain Delaunois
Tallest living Belgian.[57]
1971–

 Azerbaijan
230 cm
7 ft 7 in
Aleksandar Rindin
Tallest man in Azerbaijan.[58]
1985–

 Armenia
230 cm
7 ft 7 in
Arshavir Grigoryan
Tallest man in Armenia.[59]
1990–

 Brazil
230 cm
7 ft 6.6 in
Joélisson Fernandes da Silva
Tallest living Brazilian.[60]
1991–

 Montenegro
230 cm
7 ft 6.5 in
Slavko Vraneš
Tallest Montenegrin basketball player in the national basketball team, former player in the NBA
1983–

 Romania
230 cm
7 ft 6.55 in
Robert Bobroczky
Romanian basketball player that was 2.30 m (7 ft 7 in) in late 2014, aged 14.[61]
2000–

 Vietnam
229 cm
7 ft 6.25 in
Trần Thành Phố
Was the tallest man in Southeast Asia when he died in 2010[62]
1947–2010 (63)

 Senegal
229 cm
7 ft 6.25 in
Malik Sidibe
Tallest basketball player in Senegal.[63]
1985–

 United Kingdom
229 cm
7 ft 6¼ in
Christopher Greener
Formerly Britain's tallest man
1943–2015 (71)

 Algeria
229 cm
7 ft 6⅕ in
Saad Kaiche
Former basketball player of Club Baloncesto Breogán of Lugo.[64][65]
1985–

 United States
229 cm
7 ft 6 in
Ralph Madsen
Billed as 7 ft 6 in.[66]
1897–1948

 China
229 cm
7 ft 6 in
Yao Ming
Was the tallest player in the NBA during his playing years until his retirement in 2011.
1980–

 United States
 Germany
229 cm
7 ft 6 in
Shawn Bradley
Former player in the NBA, 1993–2005, tallest living German (holding dual citizenship).
1972–

 Senegal
229 cm
7 ft 6 in
Moussa Seck
Tallest basketball player in Senegal.[67]
1986–

 United States
229 cm
7 ft 6 in
Matthew McGrory
Was the world's tallest actor when he died in 2005.[68]
1973–2005

 Senegal
229 cm
7 ft 6 in
Mamadou N'Diaye
Was the tallest in high school and college basketball while playing in the US.[69]
1993–

 United States
229 cm
7 ft 6 in
Conrad Furrows
He was listed in the Bernard L. Kobel Catalogue of Human Oddities of Circus Sideshows.[70]
1922–1967

 Senegal
229 cm
7 ft 6 in
Tacko Fall
Is the tallest high school basketball player in the US as of 2014.[71]
1995–

 Russia
229 cm
7 ft 5.8 in
Sergey Ilin
Tallest basketball player in Russia.[72]
1988–

 Spain
229 cm
7 ft 5.8 in(?)
Fermín Arrudi Urieta
Tallest man in Spain at the time of his death.
1870–1913 (42)

 DR Congo
228 cm
7 ft 5⅔ in
Bienvenu Letuni
Tallest basketball player in DRC[73]
1994–

 Poland
228 cm
7 ft 5⅔ in
Eugeniusz Taraciński
Tallest man in Poland while he was alive.[74]
1928–1978 (50)

 Colombia
228 cm
7 ft 5⅔ in
Asdrúbal Herrera Mora
Tallest living Colombian. Tied for tallest South American man with Margarito Machacuay[75]
1986–

 Slovakia
228 cm
7 ft 5⅔ in
Martin Miklosik
Tallest basketball player in the Slovak Republic.[76]
1986–

 Peru
228 cm
7 ft 5⅔ in
Margarito Machacuay
Tied for the tallest South American person with Asdrúbal Herrera and is the fifth-tallest in the Americas.[77]
1965–

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Country
Metric
Imperial
Name
Note
Lifespan
(age at death)

 China
248 cm
8 ft 1 ¾ in
Zeng Jinlian
Confirmed by Guinness World Records as tallest female ever. Suffered from spine curvature and could not stand at full height. Tallest recorded Chinese person and world's tallest person shortly before her death. She is the only woman verified to have reached 8ft tall.
1964–1982 (17)

 Canada
243 cm
7 ft 11 in
Anna Haining Bates
Second tallest woman and tallest woman in her lifetime. She and Martin Van Buren Bates were the tallest married couple ever.[26]
1846–1888 (41)

 United Kingdom
241 cm
7 ft 11 in
Jane Bunford
Tallest recorded English person and possibly the world's tallest person at the time of her death. Given height is adjusted for spinal curvature; peak standing height was 7 ft 10 in (239 cm).[78]
1895–1922 (27)

 China
234 cm
7 ft 8 in
Yao Defen
Listed as tallest living female by Guinness World Records, until her death on November 13, 2012.
1972–2012 (40)

 United States
231.78 cm
7 ft 7 ¼ in
Sandy Allen
Listed as tallest living female by Guinness World Records, and the tallest American woman ever, until her death on August 13, 2008.[79]
1955–2008 (53)

 Greece
229.87 cm
7 ft 6.5 in
Wassiliki Calliandji
Tallest woman in Greece.[80]
1882–1904 (22)

 China
221 cm
7 ft 3 in
Sun Fang
Tallest living woman.[81]
1987-

 Poland
218 cm
7 ft 2 in
Margo Dydek
Tallest professional women's basketball player.[82]
1974-2011 (37)

 Turkey
213.6 cm
7 ft 0.09 in
Rumeysa Gelgi
Tallest living woman in Turkey, and she was the highest female teenager in the world.[83][84]
1997-

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Country
Metric
Imperial
Name
Note
Lifespan
(age at death)

France
350 cm
11 ft 6 in
Giant of Castelnau
Height estimate based on bone fragments found at the Neolithic cemetery of Castelnau-le-Lez, excavated in 1890 by Georges Vacher de Lapouge and published in the journal La Nature, Vol. 18, 1890.[85]
Unknown -
Neolithic France

Russia/Belarus
283 cm
9 ft 3 in
Feodor Machnow
Height not confirmed.
1878–1912 (34)

England
282 cm
9 ft 3 in
John Middleton
The Childe of Hale
Written on his grave is Here lyeth the bodie of John Middleton, the Childe of Hale, nine feet three. Height not officially confirmed.
1578–1623 (45)

United States
274 cm
8 ft 11.5 in
John Aasen
American silent film actor, height is not officially confirmed. His skeleton was measured at 7 ft 2.4 in
1890–1938 (48)

Thailand
269 cm
8 ft 10 in
Pornchai Sawsri
Claimed to measure 269 cm (8'10) at age 26 in September 2015.[86] He was measured at 257 cm (8'5") by Thai authorities for his ID card renewal in October 2013.[87]
1990?–2015[88]

Egypt
269 cm
8 ft 10 in
Sa’id Muhammad Ghazi
Claimed 8'10", but was later measured at 7'11" (242 cm).[89]
1909–1941 (32)

Ireland
269 cm
8 ft 10 in
Patrick Murphy
Claimed 8'10", but was later measured at 7'3.4" (222 cm). Height is not officially confirmed.
1834–1862 (28)

Italy
259 cm
8 ft 6 in
Maximinus Thrax
Emperor of Rome, first ever recorded person with gigantism.
173–238

Iran
259 cm
8 ft 5.9 in
Siah Khan Ibn Kashmir Khan
When he was admitted to hospital in 1933 he turned out to be 'only' 7'2.6" (220 cm) tall .[90]
1912–1938

Ukraine
257 cm
8 ft 5.5 in
Leonid Stadnyk
Refused to undergo independent testing under Guinness World Records rules, so his claim is not recognized by Guinness World Records.
1970–2014 (44)

Pakistan
254 cm
8 ft 4 in
Ajaz Ahmed
Claims actually to be 8 feet 4 inches, but this is unverified by Guinness World Records. He claims that he is still growing.
1976–

Netherlands
254 cm
8 ft 4 in
Trijntje Keever
Tallest recorded woman. Not confirmed by Guinness World Records.[91][92]
1616–1633 (17)

United States
254 cm
8 ft 4 in
Ella Ewing
Claims 8 feet 4 inches, however measured at 7 feet 4.5 inches. Her mother describes her full height at 8 feet 4 inches.
1872–1913 (41)

Bangladesh
251 cm
8 ft 3 in
Parimal Barman
Claims of being 8 feet 3 inches, not confirmed.
1962–1991 (29)

United States
248 cm
8 ft 2 in
Henry Hite
Claims of being 8 feet 2 inches, not confirmed.
1915–1978 (63)

India
248 cm
8 ft 2 in
Jitendra Singh
Claims of being 8 feet 2 inches, but was later measured at 7'7" (231 cm)[93]
1971–

Finland
247 cm
8 ft 1.4 in
Daniel Cajanus
Height not officially confirmed.[94] He was only 7 ft 8 in (234 cm) according to the London Annual Register.[95]
1703–1749 (46)

People's Republic of China
246 cm
8 ft 1 in
Zhao Liang
Height not officially confirmed. A circus performer.
1982–

Finland
246 cm
8 ft 1 in
Louis Moilanen
Big Louie
Height not officially confirmed.[96]
1886–1913 (27)

China
244 cm
8 ft 0 in
Zhan Shichai
Height not officially confirmed.[97]
1841–1893 (52)

Turkey
244.4 cm
8 ft 0 in
Barth's Giant
Skeleton of reputed Giant "Hayduk", Turkish soldier displayed at Vienna's Anatomical museum in 1904. Height estimated from Femur and Tibia at 235.2 to 244.4 cm tall.[98]
c. 1683

Algeria
244 cm
8 ft 0 in
Mounir Fourar
Height not officially confirmed.[99]
1972–2012 (40)

Indonesia
242 cm
7 ft 11 in
Musutaman
Height not officially confirmed.[100]
1962–?

Sweden
242 cm
7 ft 11 in
Gustaf Edman
Height not officially confirmed.[101]
1882–1912 (30)

Mongolia
236 cm
7 ft 9 in
Öndör Gongor
Tall Gongor
Was measured by Roy Chapman Andrews, but some other sources even give 245 cm (8 feet)
1879–1931 (52)

United Kingdom
236 cm
7 ft 9 in
Frederick Kempster
Claimed to be 8 ft 4.5 in. Height not officially confirmed.[102]
1889–1918 (29)

Ireland
234 cm
7 ft 8 in
Cornelius McGrath
Measurement according to the London Annual Register.[95]
1737–1759 (22)

Spain
222–234 cm
7 ft 3 in - 7 ft 7 in
Sancho VII of Navarre
Height estimated by Luis del Campo in 1952, from a measurement of his femur recorded in 1622.[103]
1170-1234 (64)

text: Tallest in varied fields or endeavors

text: Tallest in various sports

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Country
Height
Name
Note
Lifespan
Photo

Libya
246 cm (8 ft 1 in)
Suleiman Ali Nashnush
Tallest basketball player.
1943–1991

Iran
246 cm (8 ft 1 in)[104]
Morteza Mehrzad
Tallest Paralympian and tallest volleyball player.[105]
1987–

Romania
242 cm (7 ft 11 in)
Gogea Mitu
Tallest professional boxer.
1914–1936

People's Republic of China
236 cm (7 ft 9 in)
Sun Mingming
Tallest active professional basketball player.
1983–

Canada
233 cm (7 ft 8 in)
Édouard Beaupré
Tallest strongman and tallest wrestler.
1881–1904

Romania
231 cm (7 ft 7 in)
Gheorghe Mureșan
Retired professional basketball player. Tied as tallest player in National Basketball Association (NBA) history.
1971–

Sudan
231 cm (7 ft 7 in)
Manute Bol
Retired professional basketball player. Tied as tallest player in National Basketball Association (NBA) history.
1962–2010

Argentina
231 cm (7 ft 7 in)
Jorge González
Tallest wrestler in WWE history
1966–2010

Latvia
221 cm (7 ft 3 in)
Kristaps Porziņģis
Tied for tallest active NBA player.
1995–

Serbia
221 cm (7 ft 3 in)
Boban Marjanović
Tied for tallest active NBA player.
1988–

Brazil
218 cm (7 ft 2 in)
Giant Silva
Tallest kickboxer and mixed martial artist.
1963–

Poland
218 cm (7 ft 2 in)
Małgorzata "Margo" Dydek
Tallest female player in WNBA history.
1974–2011

Russia
218 cm (7 ft 2 in)[106]
Dmitriy Muserskiy
Tallest volleyball player. Member of Russia national team
1988–

Brazil
217 cm (7 ft 1 in)
Renan Zanatta Buiatti
Tallest volleyball player.
1990–

India
216 cm (7 ft 1 in)
Dalip Singh Rana
Tallest active wrestler.
1972–

Pakistan
216 cm (7 ft 1 in)
Mohammad Irfan
Tallest international cricketer[107]
1982–

Philippines
216 cm (7 ft 1 in)
E.J. Feihl
Tallest basketball player in PBA history. (tied with Greg Slaughter)
1970–

Philippines
216 cm (7 ft 1 in)
Greg Slaughter
Tallest basketball player in PBA history. (tied with E.J. Feihl)
1988–

Netherlands
215 cm (7 ft 1 in)
Kay van Dijk
Tallest Volleyball player. Member of Netherlands national team
1984–

Netherlands
215 cm (7 ft 1 in)
Loek van Mil
Tallest baseball player.
1984–

Brazil
214 cm (7 ft 0 in)
Leandro Vissotto
Tallest Volleyball player. Member of Brazil national team
1983–

United Kingdom
213 cm (7 ft 0 in)
Richard Metcalfe
Tallest rugby union player.
1973–

Netherlands
213 cm (7 ft 0 in)
Ted van der Parre
Tallest World's Strongest Man.
1955–

United States
213 cm (7 ft 0 in)
Richard Sligh
Tallest American football player in NFL history.
1944–2008

Russia
213 cm (7 ft 0 in)
Nikolai Valuev
Tallest boxing world champion.
1973–

Netherlands
212 cm (6 ft 11 in)
Semmy Schilt
Tallest kickboxing world champion.
1973–

Netherlands
212 cm (6 ft 11 in)
Stefan Struve
Tallest fighter in the UFC.
1988–

Australia
212 cm (6 ft 11 in)
Thomas Edgar
Tallest volleyball player. Member of Australia national team
1989–

United States
211 cm (6 ft 11 in)
Jon Rauch
Tallest baseball player in Major League Baseball history.
1978–

Australia
211 cm (6 ft 11 in)
Aaron Sandilands
Tied as tallest player in Australian Football League history.
1982–

Australia
211 cm (6 ft 11 in)
Peter Street
Tied as tallest player in Australian Football League history.
1980–

America
211 cm (6 ft 11 in)
Mason Cox
Tied as tallest player in Australian Football League history.
1991–

United States
211 cm (6 ft 11 in)
Reilly Opelka
Tied as tallest tennis player on the ATP Tour.
1997–

Croatia
211 cm (6 ft 11 in)
Ivo Karlović
Tied as tallest tennis player on the ATP Tour.
1979–

United Kingdom
211 cm (6 ft 11 in)
Will Carrick-Smith
Tallest active professional rugby union player.
1992–

Lithuania
209 cm (6 ft 10 in)
Rolandas Gimbutis
Tallest Olympic swimmer.
1981–

Belgium
208 cm (6 ft 10 in)
Kristof Van Hout
Tallest association football player.
1987–

United States
208 cm (6 ft 10 in)
Matt Anderson
Tallest volleyball player. Member of United States national team
1987–

Slovakia
206 cm (6 ft 9 in)
Zdeno Chára
Tallest player in National Hockey League history.
1977–

United States
206 cm (6 ft 9 in)
Jared Gaither
Tallest active American football player in the NFL
1986–

Russia
204 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Nelly Alisheva
Tallest female volleyball player.
1983–

Bulgaria
203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Kotooshu Katsunori
sumo wrestler.
1983–

Germany
201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Ingo Schultz
Tallest sprinter.
1975–

Bulgaria
201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Velichko Cholakov
Tallest Olympic weightlifter.
1982–2017

United States
201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Phil Blackmar
Tallest golfer on the PGA Tour.
1957–

Switzerland
200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Ramon Zenhäusern
Tallest World Cup competitor in alpine skiing.
1992–

text: Tallest actors

text:
Country
Height
Name
Note
Lifespan

United Kingdom
7 ft 7½ in (233 cm)
Neil Fingleton
Tallest actor at 233 cm (7 ft 7½ in).[108]
1980–2017

United States
7 ft 6 in (229 cm)
Matthew McGrory
World's tallest actor at time of death.
1973–2005

France
7 ft 4 in (224 cm)
Andre The Giant
Tallest French actor and professional wrestler. Tallest wrestler during the 1980s.
1946-1993

United States
7 ft 4 in (224 cm)
George McArthur
Actor and variety artist.
1969-

Canada
6 ft 9 in (206 cm)
John De Santis
Tallest Canadian actor at 206 cm (6 ft 9 in).[109]
1977–

United States
6 ft 8 1/2 in (204 cm)
Brad Garrett
Tallest Emmy Award winning actor at 204 cm (6 ft 8 1/2 in).[110]
1960–

United States
6 ft 8.25 in (203.84 cm)
Lindsay Kay Hayward
Tallest actress in a leading role[111]
1987–[112]

United Kingdom
6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
Stephen Merchant
Tallest British Academy Film Awards winner
1974 -

United States
6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
James Cromwell
Tallest Academy Award nominated actor at 201 cm (6 ft 7 in).
1940–

United States
6 ft 5 in (195 cm)
Tim Robbins
Tallest Academy Award-winning actor at 195 cm (6 ft 5 in).
1958–

text: Tallest people currently living in varied nations

text:
Turkey
8 ft 3 in (251 cm)
Sultan Kösen
Tallest Turkish at 251 cm (8 ft 3 in).[4]
1982–

Morocco
8 ft 1 in (247 cm)
Brahim Takioullah
Tallest Moroccan at 246 cm and second tallest person (8 ft 1 in).[7]
1982–

Iran
8 ft 1 in (246 cm)
Morteza Mehrzad
Tallest live in Iran at 246 cm (8 ft 1 in).[90]
1987–

People's Republic of China
7 ft 11 in (242 cm)
Zhang Juncai
Tallest living Chinese at 242 cm (7 ft 11 in).
1983–

Tunisia
7 ft 8.5 in (235 cm)
Radhouane Charbib
Tallest Tunisian and the tallest living person in Africa[28]
1968–

Somalia
7 ft 8½ in (236 cm)
Hussain Bisad
Tallest Somali at 236 cm (7 ft 8.5 in).
1975–

North Korea
7 ft 8.5 in (235 cm)
Ri Myung Hun
Tallest North Korean at 235 cm (7 ft 8.5 in).
1967–

United Kingdom
7 ft 8⅓ in (235 cm)
Paul Sturgess
Tallest British at 235 cm (7 ft 8⅓ in).
1987–

United States
7 ft 8⅓ in (235 cm)
Igor Vovkovinskiy
Tallest American at 235 cm (7 ft 8⅓ in).
1982–

Myanmar
7 ft 7.5 in (233 cm)
Win Zaw Oo
Also known as 'Big Zaw', who is currently seeking medical treatment from 2013 in Singapore. Tallest man in Burma
1977-

Romania
7 ft 7 in (231 cm)
Gheorghe Mureșan
Tallest Romanian at 231 cm (7 ft 7 in).
1971–

Brazil
7 ft 6.6 in (230 cm)
Joelisson Fernandes da Silva
Tallest Brazilian at 230 cm (7 ft 6.6 in)[60]
1991–

Montenegro
7 ft 6 in (230 cm)
Slavko Vranes
Tallest basketball player in Montenegro
1983–

Malta
7 ft 6 in (230 cm)
Samuel Deguara
Tallest basketball player in Malta
1991–

Japan
7 ft 6 in (228 cm)
Yasutaka Okayama
Tallest Japanese to be drafted into the NBA at 228 cm (7 ft 6 in).
1954–

Canada
7 ft 6 in (228 cm)
Jerry Sokoloski
Tallest Canadian at 228 cm (7 ft 6 in).
1983–

New Zealand
7 ft 4.5 in (225 cm)
Jonty Butterfield
Tallest New Zealander at 229 cm (7 ft 6.15 in).[113]
1994–

Ireland
7 ft 4.5 in (225 cm)
Shaun Aisbitt
Tallest Man in Ireland [114]
1962–

Puerto Rico
7 ft 3.5 in (222 cm)
Peter John Ramos
Tallest Puerto Rican at 222 cm (7 ft 3.5 in).
1985–

Hungary
7 ft 3.5 in (222 cm)
Laszlo Dobos
Tallest basketball player in Hungary at 222 cm (7 ft 3.5 in).[115]
1993–

Australia
7 ft 3 in (221 cm)
Sam Harris
Tallest Australian at 221 cm (7 ft 3 in).
1984–

Philippines
7 ft 3 in (221 cm)
Raul Dillo
Said to be the tallest Filipino at 221 cm (7 ft 4 in) when he was measured at age 17.[116][117]
1991–

Spain
7 ft 3 in (221 cm)
Roberto Dueñas Hernández
Tallest Spanish basketball player ever (now retired). Currently the tallest man alive in Spain.
1975–


document_title: Furious 7

question_text: who died in the movie fast and furious 7

text: Furious 7

text: Plot

text: After defeating Owen Shaw and his crew and securing amnesty for their past crimes, Dominic "Dom" Toretto, Brian O'Conner and the rest of their team have returned to the United States to live normal lives again. Brian begins to accustom himself to life as a father, while Dom tries to help Letty Ortiz regain her memory. Meanwhile, Owen's older brother, Deckard Shaw, breaks into the secure hospital that the comatose Owen is being held in and swears vengeance against Dom and his team, before breaking into Luke Hobbs' Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) office to extract profiles of Dom's crew. After revealing his identity, Shaw engages Hobbs in a fight, and escapes when he detonates a bomb that severely injures Hobbs. Dom later learns from his sister Mia that she is pregnant again and convinces her to tell Brian. However, a bomb, disguised in a package sent from Tokyo, explodes and destroys the Toretto house just seconds after Han, a member of Dom's team, is killed by Shaw in Tokyo. Dom later visits Hobbs in a hospital, where he learns that Shaw is a rogue special forces assassin seeking to avenge his brother. Dom then travels to Tokyo to claim Han's body, and meets and races Sean Boswell, a friend of Han's who gives him personal items found at Han's crash site.

text: Back at Han's funeral in Los Angeles, Dom notices a car observing them, and after a chase, confronts its driver, who is revealed to be Shaw. Both prepare to fight, but Shaw flees when a covert ops team arrives and opens fire, led by Frank Petty, a man who calls himself Mr. Nobody. Petty says that he will assist Dom in stopping Shaw if he helps him obtain God's Eye, a computer program that uses digital devices to track down a person, and save its creator, a hacker named Ramsey, from a mercenary named Mose Jakande. Dom, Brian, Letty, Roman Pearce, and Tej Parker then airdrop their cars over the Caucasus Mountains in Azerbaijan, ambush Jakande's convoy, and rescue Ramsey. The team then heads to Abu Dhabi, where a billionaire has acquired the flash drive containing God's Eye, and manages to steal it from the owner. With God's Eye near telecommunications repeaters, the team tracks down Shaw, who is waiting at a remote factory. Dom, Brian, Petty and his team attempt to capture Shaw, but are ambushed by Jakande and his men and forced to flee while Jakande obtains God's Eye. At his own request, the injured Petty is then left behind to be evacuated by helicopter while Brian and Dom continue without him. Left with no other choice, the crew returns to Los Angeles to fight Shaw, Jakande and his men. Meanwhile, Brian promises Mia that once they deal with Shaw, he will retire and fully dedicate himself to their family.

text: While Jakande pursues Brian and the rest of the team with a stealth helicopter and an aerial drone, Ramsey attempts to hack into God's Eye. Hobbs, seeing the team in trouble, leaves the hospital and destroys the drone with an ambulance. Ramsey then regains control of God's Eye and shuts it down. Brian engages Kiet a second time and kills him by making him fall down an elevator shaft. Meanwhile, Dom and Shaw engage in a one-on-one brawl on a parking garage, before Jakande intervenes and attacks them both. Shaw is defeated when part of the parking garage collapses beneath him. Dom then launches his vehicle at Jakande's helicopter, tossing Shaw's bag of grenades onto its skids, before injuring himself when his car lands and crashes. Hobbs then shoots the bag of grenades from ground level, destroying the helicopter and killing Jakande. Dom is pulled from the wreckage of his car, believed to be dead. As Letty cradles Dom's body in her arms, she reveals that she has regained her memories, and that she remembers their wedding. Dom regains consciousness soon after, remarking, "It's about time".

text: Shaw is taken into custody by Hobbs and locked away in a secret, high-security prison. At a beach, Brian and Mia play with their son while Dom, Letty, Roman, Tej, and Ramsey observe, acknowledging that Brian is better off retired with his family. Dom silently leaves, Ramsey asks if he's gonna say goodbye. Dom says, "It's never goodbye." He drives away, but Brian catches up with him at a crossroad. As Dom remembers the times that he had with Brian, they bid each other farewell and drive off in separate directions.

text: Cast

text:
Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, a former criminal and professional street racer who has retired and settled down with his wife, Letty.
Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner, a former FBI agent turned criminal and professional street racer who has retired and settled down with his partner, Mia, and their son, Jack. This was Walker's last role in a film before his death in November 2013.

Caleb and Cody Walker, Paul's younger brothers, were used among others as stand-ins to complete his remaining scenes following their brother's death in a single-vehicle crash on November 30, 2013.[6]

Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs, a DSS agent who allied with Dom and his team after their outings in Rio de Janeiro and Europe. Johnson initially said that if Universal Pictures pursued the accelerated development of a seventh film beginning in the summer, he would be unable to participate due to scheduling conflicts with filming on Hercules.[8] However, as production for the film would commence in September, he confirmed his return for the film, as Hercules would complete production in time to enable him to film a significant part.[9]
Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz, Dom's wife and a professional street racer, who was revealed to have suffered from amnesia after being presumed dead in Fast & Furious.
Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce, a former criminal and childhood friend of Brian from Barstow, and a member of Dom's team.
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges as Tej Parker, a mechanic from Miami and a member of Dom's team.
Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto, Dom's younger sister and a former member of his team who has settled down with her partner, Brian, and their son, Jack.
Djimon Hounsou as Mose Jakande, a Somali mercenary and terrorist who leads a private military company that allies with Shaw and uses the God's Eye to track its creator and use her to track down his enemies.[10]
Tony Jaa as Kiet, a member of Jakande's team who possesses great agility, athleticism and fighting prowess. Thai martial arts actor Jaa was confirmed to have joined the cast in August 2013, making his Hollywood debut.[11][12]
Ronda Rousey as Kara, the Head of Security for an Abu Dhabi billionaire. Rousey's involvement was confirmed in August 2013. Having committed to The Expendables 3 at the same time (along with Russell, who later pulled out, and Statham), Rousey was forced to shoot both films back-to-back in order to allow herself 45 days to focus on training for her UFC championship rematch against Miesha Tate. Her participation in the film was similar to that of Gina Carano making the transition from mixed martial arts fighting to acting, following Carano's involvement in Fast & Furious 6.[13]
Nathalie Emmanuel as Ramsey, a British computer hacktivist and the creator of the God's Eye, who allies with Dom and his team after being saved from Jakande and helps them to regain control of her program.[10]
Kurt Russell as Mr. Nobody, the leader of a covert ops team who agrees to help Dom stop Shaw if he can help him prevent Jakande from obtaining a computer program called the God's Eye.
Jason Statham as Deckard Shaw, a rogue special forces assassin seeking to avenge his comatose younger brother after his demise at the hands of Dom and his team in Spain.
Sung Kang as Han, a member in Dominic's crew, appearing in archive footage.
Gal Gadot as Gisele, a member in Dominic's crew, appearing in archive footage.
Lucas Black as Sean Boswell, an American street racer who lives in Tokyo whom Dom meets when he travels to Tokyo to claim the body of Han, a mutual friend of theirs killed by Shaw. In September, it was confirmed that Black had signed on to reprise his role as Boswell for Furious 7 and two more installments.[14][15]
Elsa Pataky as Elena Neves, a DSS agent and former Rio police officer who moved to the United States to become Hobbs' new partner at the DSS.
Noel Gugliemi as Hector, a street race organizer, reprising his role from the first film.
John Brotherton as Sheppard, Mr. Nobody's right-hand man.[10][16][17][18]
Ali Fazal plays Safar, a friend of Ramsey to whom she sent the God's Eye for safekeeping. Fazal described his role as a cameo.[19]
Luke Evans briefly reprises his role from the previous film as Owen Shaw, the comatose younger brother of the film's primary antagonist.[20]
Australian rapper Iggy Azalea makes a cameo appearance as a Race Wars fan and a female racer; she contributed to the soundtrack.[21][22][23] American singer-rapper T-Pain appears as himself as he DJs a party in Abu Dhabi.[24][25] Klement Tinaj cameos as a Race Wars Racer.[26]
Bow Wow and Nathalie Kelley appear in archive footage from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift as Twinkie and Neela, respectively. Tego Calderón and Don Omar appear as Leo and Santos, respectively, in archive footage from Fast Five.

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text: Production

text: Development

text: On October 21, 2011, the Los Angeles Times reported that Universal Studios was considering filming two sequels—Fast Six and Fast Seven—back-to-back with a single storyline running through both films. Both would be written by Chris Morgan and directed by Justin Lin, who had been the franchise's writer and director, respectively, since The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006).[27] On December 20, 2011, following the release of Fast Five, Vin Diesel stated that Fast Six would be split into two parts, with writing for the two films occurring simultaneously. On the decision, Diesel said:[28]

text: We have to pay off this story, we have to service all of these character relationships, and when we started mapping all that out it just went beyond 110 pages ... The studio said, 'You can't fit all that story in one damn movie!'[28]

text: However, in an interview on February 15, 2012, Dwayne Johnson stated that the two intended sequels would no longer be filmed simultaneously because of weather issues in filming locations, and that production on Fast Seven would only begin after the completion of Fast Six.[29]

text: In April 2013, during post-production of the retitled Fast & Furious 6, Lin announced that he would not return to direct a seventh film, as the studio wanted to produce the film on an accelerated schedule for release in summer 2014. This would have required Lin to begin pre-production on the sequel while performing post-production on Fast & Furious 6, which he considered would affect the quality of the final product. Despite the usual two-year gap between the previous installments, Universal chose to pursue a sequel quicker due to having fewer reliable franchises than its competitor studios.[30] However, subsequent interviews with Lin have suggested that the sixth film was always intended to be the final installment under his direction.[31]

text: In April 2013, Australian director James Wan, predominantly known for horror films, was announced as the sequel's director, with Neal H. Moritz and Michael Fottrell returning to produce and Morgan returning to write the script, his fifth in the franchise. On April 16, 2013, Diesel announced that the sequel would be released on July 11, 2014.[32] In May 2013, Diesel said that the sequel would feature Los Angeles, Tokyo, and the Middle East as locations.[33][34]

text: Filming

text: Principal photography began in early September 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia, with a casting call issued.[35][36] Abu Dhabi was also a filming location;[37] the production crew chose it over Dubai, as they would benefit from the Emirate's 30% rebate scheme.[38] Pikes Peak Highway in Colorado was closed in September to film some driving sequences.[39]

text: On September 16, the production filmed with Paul Walker and the Kimsey twins, playing his son, Jack,[40] in front of an Atlanta elementary school.[41] Han's funeral scene was filmed at Oakland Cemetery,[42] with extras needed for the scene being "hot, hip and trendy cool types of all ethnicities between the ages of 18 and 45".[43] On the evening of September 19, Lucas Black joined the production[44] for his sole scene with Diesel, in an Atlanta parking garage. Separate scenes with Walker also shot in the same location on the same night,[45] including one half of a phone conversation between his character and Jordana Brewster's. The day after, Diesel posted a picture from the night shoot with Black on his Facebook page.[46]

text: On October 24, over a month into the film's production, Johnson tweeted he had started shooting for the film after wrapping up on Hercules.[47] Five days later, Diesel posted the first photo of Johnson on the set, in the hospital scene.[48]

text: On November 30, 2013, while on a break for the Thanksgiving holiday, Walker, who portrayed Brian O'Conner, died in a single-vehicle accident.[49][50] The next day, Universal announced that production would continue after a delay that would allow the filmmakers to rework the film.[51] On December 4, 2013, Universal put production on hold indefinitely.[52] Wan later confirmed that the film had not been cancelled.[53][54][55] On December 22, 2013, Diesel announced on his Facebook page that the film would be released on April 10, 2015.[56] On February 27, 2014, The Hollywood Reporter reported that filming would resume on April 1, and that the cast and crew had headed to Atlanta to prepare for about eight more weeks of shooting.[57] Principal photography ended on July 10, 2014.[4]

text: Stunts

text: The "air drop" sequence was conceived by stunt coordinator, Spiro Razatos, who also supervised on the franchise's two previous installments; Fast Five and Fast & Furious 6.[61][62] Razatos told Business Insider that he wanted to rely more on real stunts rather than CGI because he wanted the whole sequence to "feel real" and fulfill audience's expectations.[61] The stunt took months of prep-solving problems. Cameras needed to be mounted onto cars in a way that they would not be destroyed when the cars landed, and the crew had to figure out a safe way to get the cars out of the plane. They performed a dry run with a single car falling out of a plane[61] and did this six times.[62] Cars were dropped from a Lockheed C-130 Hercules high above the Arizona desert, but close up shots that show the cars landing on a mountain road were filmed in Colorado.[62] There were two airplanes, flying at a height of 12,000 feet, each dropping two cars apiece.[61] BRS parachutes enabled with GPS were secured to each of the cars before dropping off the C-130 plane. At about 5,000 feet, the parachutes deployed.[62] Over 10 cameras were used for the sequence. In addition to cameras on the ground, there were cameras remotely operated inside the plane and another three mounted outside each car. Additional cameras were on a helicopter, where Razatos was stationed watching monitors. Three skydivers used in the shoot wore helmet cameras to help shoot the sequence from multiple angles. Sky divers would either jump out before cars or after them.[61] While all the cars landed on their drop zones, 70% landed perfectly and 30% didn't.[62] For the close-up scenes which show the actors inside their cars, a giant gimbal with a 360-degree range of movement were attached to each of the cars and was filmed against a green screen to reproduce their tumble through the sky.[63] The last part of the scene, which shows the cars hitting the road was shot separately. To get that right, the team set up a pulley system that had cars six to ten feet above the ground. When they were dropped from the cranes, the stuntmen who were sitting in the driver's seats raced their engines at about 35 to 40 miles per hour and slid to the ground at full speed. Those cranes were then later removed from the film with computers.[62][63] Razatos admits that the air drop sequence was "all real" and that it would be "hard to top".[61][62]

text: The scene featuring Brian jumping off a bus off a cliff was performed by a stuntman and was all done without any computer graphics.[64] The shooting for this particular sequence along with the scene in which Dom and his team are pursuing to rescue Ramsey almost didn't happen due to the absence of tax break in Colorado.[64] The studio originally wanted to shoot the sequence in Georgia which provides tax breaks for film productions, and then they'd add woods in the background later in post production to which Razatos denied saying, "the audience is going to know [it's CGI] and aren't going to feel good about it."[64] Shooting finally took place in Colorado.[64]

text: A total of 340 cars were used in the film,[63] and more than 230 cars were destroyed in the making of the film, including several black Mercedes-Benzes, a Ford Crown Victoria, and a Mitsubishi Montero.[65] The film featured the most expensive car destroyed in the franchise so far: a Lykan HyperSport by W Motors, valued at $3.4 million.[66] The mountain-highway chase scene on Colorado's Monarch Pass proved to be the most damaging sequence with over 40 vehicles being destroyed.[65][67] Only 10 percent of the action sequences in the film were computer-generated, and even then, much of the CGI was employed simply to erase the wires and other contraptions that were used to film real cars and drivers or to add a background.[63] It took more than 3,500 man-days to complete the various stunts of the film.[63] For safety reasons, stunt coordinator, Joel Kramer said that he doesn't let his drivers go above 50 miles per hour.[68]

text: Redevelopment of Walker's character

text:
"When I first heard the news, I was shell-shocked like everyone, and it took me days to come to terms with it. And then after that, heartbreaks started sinking in and we realized that Paul [Walker] wasn’t going to be around with us anymore moving forward, and it was a really hard one. And finishing the movie was the last thing on my mind at that point. It was more the idea of... picking up the pieces, going back on set, rallying the team, the cast, and the crew, and as the director, having to put on the brave face and champion and push everyone along. The idea of that was very daunting for me, but it became very apparent to all of us that we needed to finish this movie to honour Paul's legacy and to basically honour his memories... it was about making this movie for Paul."

—James Wan, director of Furious 7[69]

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text: In January 2014, Time reported that Walker's character, Brian O'Conner, would be retired instead of killed, and that new scenes would be developed in order to allow the franchise to continue without him.[70] To recreate Walker's likeness, the filmmakers hired Peter Jackson's Weta Digital visual effects house (which had previously produced the imagery of Gollum in The Lord of the Rings franchise and Caesar in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes).[71] Initially, what Weta could do was severely constrained by the quality of the reference materials available for Walker's physical appearance.[71] In April 2014, it was reported that Walker's brothers Caleb and Cody had been hired as stand-ins.[72] Their cooperation, along with their strong resemblance to their late brother, enabled the filmmakers to use Walker's likeness throughout the finished film.[71] That is, Weta Digital no longer needed to recreate Walker's entire body from scratch, and could focus on accurately modeling his face.[71] The final film showed Walker's face superimposed over the bodies of his brothers or actor John Brotherton in 350 visual effects shots.[71] 260 used a computer-generated face, while 90 repurposed actual footage of Walker's face borrowed from outtakes or older footage.[71]

text: Music

text: The musical score was composed by Brian Tyler, who scored the third, fourth, and fifth installments of the series.[73] "There's an emotional component to Fast & Furious 7 that is unique", said Tyler about his experience scoring. "I think people are really going to be amazed by it."[74] A soundtrack album to the film was released by Atlantic Records on March 17, 2015.[75]

text: Songs featured in the film include:

text:
"Go Hard or Go Home" (Wiz Khalifa & Iggy Azalea)[76]
"Ride Out" (Kid Ink, Tyga, Wale, YG & Rich Homie Quan)[77]
"See You Again" (Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth)
"My Angel" (Prince Royce)
"Hamdulillah" (Narcy feat. Shadia Mansour)
"Get Low" (Dillon Francis and DJ Snake)
"Ay Vamos" (J Balvin feat. Nicky Jam and French Montana)
"Tempest" (Deftones)
"Meneo" (Fito Blanko)

text: Release

text: The film, which began principal photography in September 2013, was originally designed as a Summer 2014 release. It was put on hold following the fatal car crash that claimed Paul Walker's life on November 30, 2013. The production resumed in April 2014. In October 2014, Universal revealed that the film was officially titled Furious 7,[78] and that the debut trailer would be released during an interactive fan event over social media. In the days leading up to the event, seven-second, behind-the-scenes videos were released, titled "7 Seconds of 7".[78] On February 1, 2015, a new trailer featuring all-new footage debuted during Super Bowl XLIX.

text: The film was originally scheduled for release on April 10, 2015, but it was announced that the film's release date had been brought forward a week to April 3, 2015. The official announcement in change of date was made in July 2014.[79] Fast and Furious 7 premiered at the SXSW Film Festival at 12:07 a.m. at Austin's Paramount Theatre on March 16, 2015.[80] On March 27, 2015, a free standalone expansion for the video game Forza Horizon 2, titled Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious, was released to help promote the film.[81] For its global premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on April 1, 2015, IMAX Corporation installed a new laser projection which was the first such installation in the U.S. and the second worldwide, following The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, which opened at Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto in December 2014.[82]

text: Copyright infringement

text: According to infringement tracking site Excipio, the film was downloaded illegally 2.59 million times in four days (April 2–6) through various torrent sites with India being the top country for the illegal downloading with 578,000 downloads followed by Pakistan (321,000), China (289,000), the U.S. (251,000) and the UK (101,000).[83] A survey revealed that most Indians tended to resort to copyright violation due to lack of availability, pricing concerns, soaring internet costs and censorship.[84] It was illegally downloaded 44,794,877 times in 2015, making it the most pirated film released that year and the second most pirated film overall, behind Interstellar which saw over 46.7 million illegal downloads the same year.[85]

text: Home media

text: Furious 7 was released on 7 September 2015 in the UK and was released via DVD and Blu-ray on September 15, 2015 in other countries. The Blu-ray edition features an all new extended edition, deleted scenes, stunts, behind-the-scenes, and the music video for Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's "See You Again". The Blu-ray and DVD version include behind-the-scene footage of the "Race Wars" scene including rapper Iggy Azalea and making of the cars featured in the film.[86] In the U.S. and Canada, it sold roughly 2.5 million units on Blu-ray and DVD in its first week of release, making it the highest-selling home entertainment live-action film of 2015.[87] This record was later surpassed by Jurassic World the following month,[88] which in turn was surpassed by Star Wars: The Force Awakens by the end of the year.

text: Reception

text: Box office

text: Furious 7 made $353 million in the United States and Canada and $1.16 billion in other countries, for a worldwide total of $1.515 billion, against its $190 million production budget.[3] Worldwide, it is the sixth highest-grossing film of all time,[89] the third highest-grossing film of 2015,[90] the highest-grossing film in The Fast and the Furious franchise and the second highest-grossing Universal Pictures film.[91] It was also the fastest film to reach the $1 billion mark at the time, doing so in 17 days;[92][93][94] It is also the 20th film to gross over $1 billion. It also became the first film to pass 1 million in 4DX admissions worldwide.[95] Deadline.com calculated the net profit of the film to be $354.03 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film.[96]

text: Worldwide, Furious 7 was released across 810 IMAX theaters, which was the largest worldwide rollout in IMAX's history,[97][98] Its worldwide opening of $397.6 million was the fifth-highest opening of all time.[99] The film had an IMAX opening weekend total of $20.8 million.[100] Furious 7 also became the first film distributed by Universal Pictures to earn more than $1 billion in its original run.

text: North America

text: Predictions for the opening weekend of Furious 7 in the United States and Canada were continuously revised upwards, starting from $115 million to $150 million.[101][102] It opened on Friday, April 3, 2015, across 4,004 theaters, including 365 IMAX theaters, which made it the widest opening for a Fast and Furious film and Universal's widest opening release ever (until first surpassed by Jurassic World).[103][104][105] and earned $67.3 million, marking the tenth-biggest opening day.[106][107] The film's Friday gross included a $15.8 million late-night run (which began at 7 p.m.), from 3,069 theaters, marking Universal's highest late-night run, of which $2.2 million came from IMAX showings, marking the third largest IMAX preview gross ever.[108][109] Based on pure Friday gross (with the omission of revenues from Thursday shows), it earned $51.5 million, marking the fifth-biggest of all time.[110][111] Through Sunday, April 5, it had an opening weekend total of $147.1 million, breaking the record for the biggest April opening,[112] the biggest opening in the Fast & Furious franchise, the biggest Easter opening (the record was broken a year later by Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice's opening gross of $166 million),[113] the third-biggest opening of 2015, the third biggest pre-summer opening ever,[114] and the thirteenth-biggest opening of all time.[115] It earned an IMAX opening weekend total of $13.3 million, marking the second-biggest of all time for a 2D movie.[116][117] Premium large format comprised 8% ($11.5 million) of the total opening gross from 400 PLF screens, which is the biggest 2D PLF opening.[118] It was Universal's fastest film to reach the $200 million mark at the time, doing so in eight days.[119][120]

text: In its second weekend, the film expanded to 4,022 theaters, thereby breaking its own record of being the widest Universal Pictures release ever, and earned an estimated $59.6 million, declining by 60%, which is the third best second weekend holdover for a pre-summer film release.[121][122] It became the highest-grossing film in the Fast & Furious franchise, doing so only in ten days (the previous record which was held by Fast & Furious 6 took fifteen weeks to reach its entire lifetime gross of $238.67 million).[121][123] It also set the record for the biggest second-weekend April gross.[124] It topped the box office for four consecutive weekends,[125] becoming the first film to top the box office for four consecutive weekends since The Hunger Games in March 2012 and one of only 29 films since 1985 to have had four straight box office wins during their theatrical runs, although this highly depends on many factors, including the release time and the competition around.[126][127] It ended its theatrical run on July 24, 2015, playing in theaters for a total of 112 days[3] and became the thirty-first highest-grossing film of all time,[128] the fifth highest-grossing film of 2015,[129] the highest-grossing film in The Fast and the Furious franchise,[130] the second highest-grossing Universal film of 2015 (behind Jurassic World),[131] and the fifth highest-grossing film distributed by Universal.[131]

text: Outside North America

text: Outside the US and Canada, the film became the third highest-grossing film,[132] the highest-grossing Universal distributed film,[132] and the highest-grossing 2015 film.[133] On April 26, 2015, it became the third film in cinematic history to earn over $1 billion overseas.[134] It opened on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, in 12 countries, earning $16.9 million (including previews from 22 countries).[135] It opened in 33 more countries on Thursday, April 2, for a total of 45 countries, earning $43 million from 8,407 screens, marking Universal Pictures overseas' highest-grossing Thursday ever, and for a two-day total of $60 million.[136] It added 20 more countries on Friday, April 3, earning $59.2 million from 9,935 screens in 63 countries, for a three-day total of $120.6 million.[137][138] The film set all-time opening-day records in 15 countries including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, India, Indonesia, the Middle East and Thailand,[136][139][140][141][142] and opening day records for Universal Pictures in 40 countries including Australia, Brazil, Germany, Italy and Mexico.[137] Through Sunday, April 5, it earned a 4-day opening weekend total of $250.4 million from 10,683 screens in 64 countries, which is the fourth-highest international opening ever, in all which it reached first place at the box office[100][116][143][144] It earned an IMAX opening weekend total of $7.5 million from 175 IMAX screens, breaking the record for the biggest April IMAX gross, previously held by The Winter Soldier ($6.43 million).[100] It set opening weekend records in 29 countries including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, Romania, Taiwan, Thailand, Venezuela and Vietnam.[100][143] In its second weekend, it held the top spot and fell gradually by 20.4% to $198.7 million (including China's opening day gross) from 18,374 screens in 66 territories as a result of minor competition, and remaining at number one in all 63 territories where it was released the previous week. It added three new countries in its second weekend; China, Russia and Poland.[145] Earning $167.9 million in its third weekend, it topped the box office outside of North America for three consecutive weekends,[146] until surpassed by Avengers: Age of Ultron in its fourth weekend.[147]

text: The film was a massive box office hit in China. It opened there on April 12 and set an all-time midnight run record with $8.05 million[145][148] and an opening day record with $68.8 million.[145][149] Its opening day included a record breaking $5 million from IMAX run (also breaking Transformers 4's former record of $3.4 million).[145] Through its opening week (April 12–19), it earned $245.9 million.[146][150] For the weekend alone, it took in $88.7 million from 5,454 screens (Friday to Sunday) and $182.4 million (Monday to Sunday) at the Chinese box office. It grossed CN¥1 billion in five days—the fastest time in which that has been achieved—and soon became the highest-grossing foreign film ever in China.[146][150][151] In 15 days, its gross in China surpassed those in Canada and the United States[152] and became the first film in China to make more than 2 billion renminbi.[153] Its success has been credited to China Film Group Corporation, the state-owned film distributor, which had invested considerably in the film, reportedly taking a 10% stake.[154]

text: The largest openings outside North America and China occurred in Mexico ($21.5 million), the UK, Ireland and Malta ($18.7 million), Germany ($15.9 million), Russia and the CIS ($15.9 million), Brazil ($11.4 million), France ($11.4 million), Australia ($11.3 million), Taiwan ($10.3 million), Argentina ($9.3 millon), Korea ($8.9 million), India ($8.7 million), Italy ($8.2 million), Malaysia ($7.3 million), Spain ($6.3 million), Venezuela ($6 million), Thailand ($6 million), and Colombia ($5.2 million).[143][145] In the UAE, where parts of the film was shot, it opened with $4.8 million.[143] Out of the 68 countries it was released in, the only country not to open at number one was Japan (locally released with the title, Wild Speed: Skymission) where it earned $6.2 million in its opening weekend, behind Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' ($7.6 million).[146] and Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno ($7.4 million).[155] It became the highest-grossing film of all time in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa, the UAE, Uruguay, Trinidad and Vietnam and Universal Pictures' highest-grossing film of all time in 29 countries including Argentina, China, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Thailand, Turkey, UAE and Vietnam.[146] In Latin America, it became the second highest-grossing film ($200 million), the first time Universal has reached the milestone and the second film in history to earn more than $200 million after The Avengers.[156] In total earnings, the largest countries outside the U.S. and Canada are China ($391.2 million), the UK, Ireland and Malta ($60 million), Mexico ($50.9 million), Brazil, ($46.5 million) and Germany ($40.3 million).[157][158][159] It grossed a total of $39 million in IMAX ticket sales in China, the biggest ever in the market.[160]

text: Critical response

text: Furious 7 received mostly positive reviews, with critics praising the film's action sequences and its poignant tribute to Walker. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 80% approval rating, based on 235 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The site's consensus reads, "Serving up a fresh round of over-the-top thrills while adding unexpected dramatic heft, Furious 7 keeps the franchise moving in more ways than one."[161] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score of 67 out of 100, based on 44 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[162] In CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, cinema audiences gave Furious 7 an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[163]

text: The film received highly positive reviews upon release at a secret screening at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival on March 16, 2015. Ramin Setoodeh of Variety noted that fans started lining up outside four hours before the film was scheduled to start. The film closed with a tribute to Walker, which left many in the theater "holding back tears".[164] Critic Dave Palmer gave the film 7/10, saying, "Furious 7 is the type of movie Michael Bay has spent his entire career trying to make: filled with shots of scantily clad women, fast cars, and clever one liners".[165]

text: A.O. Scott of The New York Times gave the film two and a half stars out of five and said, "Furious 7 extends its predecessors’ inclusive, stereotype-resistant ethic. Compared to almost any other large-scale, big-studio enterprise, the Furious brand practices a slick, no-big-deal multiculturalism, and nods to both feminism and domestic traditionalism."[166]

text: John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter criticized the film however, describing it as "stupidly diverting", saying the running time was "overinflated"; he compared watching the film to a morbid game, in addition to criticizing the screenplay.[167]

text: Accolades

text:
Year
Award / Film Festival
Category
Recipient(s)
Result
Ref(s)

2015
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Movie: Action

Won
[168]

Choice Movie Actor: Action
Vin Diesel
Nominated

Paul Walker
Won

Choice Movie Actress: Action
Michelle Rodriguez
Nominated

Jordana Brewster
Nominated

Choice Movie: Villain
Jason Statham
Nominated

Choice Movie: Chemistry
Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Dwayne Johnson, Ludacris
Nominated

Choice Music: Song from a Movie or TV Show
"See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth
Won

2016
People's Choice Awards
Favorite Movie

Won
[169]

Favorite Action Movie

Won

Favorite Action Movie Actor
Vin Diesel
Nominated

Favorite Action Movie Actress
Michelle Rodriguez
Nominated

Critics' Choice Awards
Best Original Song
"See You Again"
Won
[170]

Best Action Movie

Nominated

Golden Globe Awards
Best Original Song
"See You Again"
Nominated
[171]

Houston Film Critics Society
Best Original Song
"See You Again"
Nominated
[172]

Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Nominated
[173][174]

Las Vegas Film Critics Society
Best Original Song
"See You Again"
Won
[175]

MTV Movie Awards
Best Action Performance
Vin Diesel
Nominated
[176]

Ensemble Cast

Nominated

Satellite Awards
Best Original Song
"See You Again"
Nominated
[177]

Saturn Award
Best Action or Adventure Film

Won
[178]

Best Editing
Christian Wagner, Dylan Highsmith, Kirk Morri, and Leigh Folsom Boyd
Nominated

Best DVD or Blu-ray Special Edition Release
Furious 7 (Extended Edition)
Nominated

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
Best Original Song
"See You Again"
Runner-up
[179]

Visual Effects Society
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
Mike Wassel, Karen Murphy, Martin Hill, Kevin McIlwain, Dan Sudick
Nominated
[180]

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text: Sequel

text: Regarding a possible sequel, Vin Diesel said:

text: I was trying to keep it close to the vest throughout the release. Paul Walker used to say that [an eighth film] was guaranteed. And in some ways, when your brother guarantees something, you sometimes feel like you have to make sure it comes to pass... so if fate has it, then you’ll get this when you hear about it. [Furious 7] was for Paul, [the eighth film] is from Paul.[181]

text: Diesel further hinted at an eighth film on Jimmy Kimmel Live! when he stated that Kurt Russell's character would span multiple films. He also stated that the film would take place in New York City.[182] Chris Morgan wrote his sixth script in the franchise, while Neal H. Moritz returned to produce. Moritz later stated, "[The story] is going to have to be something enticing for all of us... it has to be as good as or better [than Furious 7]".[183]

text: At the 2015 CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Diesel announced the film for an April 14, 2017 release date.[184][185] On August 16, 2015, at the 2015 Teen Choice Awards (where Furious 7 received the award for Choice Movie – Action and Walker received the award for Choice Movie Actor – Action), Diesel gave the film the initial title Fast 8.[186] In September 2015, Diesel stated that the script had almost been completed,[187] and expressed interest in Rob Cohen, who directed the first film, to direct the eighth installment.[188] On October 14, 2015, Diesel announced on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that Straight Outta Compton director F. Gary Gray would direct the film.[189][190]

text: In July 2015, Moritz said that Walker's character, Brian O'Conner, would not appear in the film, following the use of CGI in the previous film after Walker died in a single-vehicle accident on November 30, 2013, with Moritz stating that his character had "moved on".[191] It had previously been reported that Paul's younger brother, Cody Walker, would either join the cast in a new role,[192] or replace his older brother in the role of O'Conner;[193] however, it was later announced that the character will not return to the franchise.[194] Moritz also said that the film would shift the focus of the franchise from a series of heist films to a spy caper, following a similar change in focus from street racing in Fast Five (2011).[195] In December 2016, the film was retitled The Fate of the Furious.[196]


document_title: List of costliest American Civil War land battles

question_text: what was the bloodiest war of the civil war

text: This is a list of the costliest land battles of the American Civil War, measured by casualties (killed, wounded, captured, and missing) on both sides.[A]

text: Highest casualty battles[edit]

text:
Battle

Campaign

Date

Nearest town

Union

Confederacy

Total

Strength

Commander

Casualties

Gettysburg

Gettysburg Campaign

July 1–3, 1863

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

93,921

71,699

George G. Meade

Robert E. Lee

23,055

23,231

46,286

Chickamauga

Chickamauga Campaign

September 19–20, 1863

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

60,000

65,000

William Rosecrans

Braxton Bragg

16,170

18,454

34,624

Spotsylvania Court House

Overland Campaign

May 8–21, 1864

Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia

100,000

52,000

Ulysses S. Grant

Robert E. Lee

18,399

12,687

31,086

Chancellorsville

Chancellorsville Campaign

May 1–4, 1863

Chancellorsville, Virginia

133,868

60,892

Joseph Hooker

Robert E. Lee

17,197

13,303

30,500

The Wilderness

Overland Campaign

May 5–7, 1864

Locust Grove, Virginia

101,895

61,025

Ulysses S. Grant

Robert E. Lee

17,666

11,033

28,699

Stones River(Murfreesboro)

Stones River Campaign

December 31, 1862 – January 2, 1863

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

41,400

35,000

William Rosecrans

Braxton Bragg

12,906

11,739

24,645

Shiloh(Pittsburg Landing)

Federal Penetration up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers

April 6–7, 1862

Shiloh, Tennessee

66,812

44,699

Ulysses S. Grant

Albert Sidney Johnston

13,047

10,699

23,746

Antietam(Sharpsburg)

Maryland Campaign

September 17, 1862

Sharpsburg, Maryland

75,500

38,000

George B. McClellan

Robert E. Lee

12,401

10,316

22,717

2nd Bull Run(2nd Manassas)

Northern Virginia Campaign

August 29–30, 1862

Manassas, Virginia

62,000

50,000

John Pope

Robert E. Lee

10,000

8,300

18,300

Fredericksburg

Fredericksburg Campaign

December 11–15, 1862

Fredericksburg, Virginia

114,000

72,500

Ambrose Burnside

Robert E. Lee

12,653

5,377

18,030

Cold Harbor

Overland Campaign

May 31 – June 12, 1864

Mechanicsville, Virginia

108,000

59,000

Ulysses S. Grant

Robert E. Lee

12,737

4,595

17,332

2nd Petersburg

Richmond–Petersburg Campaign

June 15–18, 1864

Petersburg, Virginia

62,000

38,000

Ulysses S. Grant

Robert E. Lee

11,386

4,000

15,386

Gaines's Mill

Peninsula Campaign

June 27, 1862

Mechanicsville, Virginia

34,214

57,018

George B. McClellan

Robert E. Lee

6,837

7,993

14,830

Missionary Ridge

Chattanooga Campaign

November 25, 1863

Chattanooga, Tennessee

56,359

44,010

Ulysses S. Grant

Braxton Bragg

5,824

6,667

12,491

Atlanta

Atlanta Campaign

July 22, 1864

Atlanta, Georgia

34,863

40,438

William T. Sherman

John Bell Hood

3,641

8,499

12,140

Seven Pines(Fair Oaks)

Peninsula Campaign

May 31 – June 1, 1862

Mechanicsville, Virginia

34,000

39,000

George B. McClellan

Joseph E. Johnston

5,031

6,134

11,165

Nashville

Franklin–Nashville Campaign

December 15–16, 1864

Nashville, Tennessee

55,000

30,000

George H. Thomas

John Bell Hood

3,061

6,000

9,061

Cedar Creek

Sheridan's Valley Campaign

October 19, 1864

Middletown, Virginia

31,610

21,102

Philip Sheridan

Jubal Early

5,764

2,910

8,674

Opequon

Sheridan's Valley Campaign

September 19, 1864

Winchester, Virginia

40,000

12,000

Philip Sheridan

Jubal Early

5,020

3,610

8,630

Franklin

Franklin-Nashville Campaign

November 30, 1864

Franklin, Tennessee

27,000

27,000

John M. Schofield

John Bell Hood

2,326

6,252

8,578

Malvern Hill

Peninsula Campaign

July 1, 1862

Varina, Virginia

54,000

55,000

George B. McClellan

Robert E. Lee

2,100

5,650

7,750

3rd Petersburg

Richmond-Petersburg Campaign

April 2, 1865

Petersburg, Virginia

76,113

58,400

Ulysses S. Grant

Robert E. Lee

3,500

4,250

7,750

Perryville

Kentucky Campaign

October 8, 1862

Perryville, Kentucky

22,000

16,000

Don Carlos Buell

Braxton Bragg

4,276

3,401

7,677

Glendale

Peninsula Campaign

June 30, 1862

Varina, Virginia

40,000

45,000

George B. McClellan

Robert E. Lee

3,797

3,673

7,470

2nd Corinth

Iuka and Corinth Operations

October 3–4, 1862

Corinth, Mississippi

23,000

22,000

William S. Rosecrans

Earl Van Dorn

2,520

4,233

6,753

Peachtree Creek

Atlanta Campaign

July 20, 1864

Atlanta, Georgia

21,655

20,250

George H. Thomas

John Bell Hood

1,710

4,796

6,506

Champion Hill

Vicksburg Campaign

May 16, 1863

Edwards, Mississippi

32,000

22,000

Ulysses S. Grant

John C. Pemberton

2,457

3,840

6,297

Richmond, Kentucky

Kentucky Campaign

August 29–30, 1862

Richmond, Kentucky

6,850

6,500

William "Bull" Nelson

Edmund K. Smith

5,353

451

5,804

The Crater

Richmond-Petersburg Campaign

July 30, 1864

Petersburg, Virginia

8,500

6,100

Ulysses S. Grant

Robert E. Lee

3,798

1,491

5,289

Fort Stedman

Richmond-Petersburg Campaign

March 25, 1865

Petersburg, Virginia

14,898

10,000

John G. Parke

John B. Gordon

1,044

4,000

5,044

South Mountain

Maryland Campaign

September 14, 1862

Boonsboro, Maryland

28,000

18,000

George B. McClellan

Robert E. Lee

2,325

2,685

5,010

1st Bull Run(1st Manassas)

Manassas Campaign

July 21, 1861

Manassas, Virginia

35,000

34,000

Irvin McDowell

P. G. T. Beauregard

2,896

1,982

4,878

text: Notes[edit]

text: Jump up ^ All strengths and casualties are cited in the named articles. The Siege of Vicksburg (37,532 total casualties), the Battle of Appomattox Court House (28,469), the Siege of Port Hudson (17,500), the Battle of Fort Donelson (16,537), the Battle of Harpers Ferry (12,922), the Battle of Island Number Ten (7,108), and the Battle of Munfordville (4,862) have been omitted from this list because the casualty figures include very high percentages of soldiers surrendered.

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document_title: When I Kissed the Teacher

question_text: who sings when i kissed the teacher in mamma mia

text: When I Kissed the Teacher

text: Synopsis[edit]

text: The song's recording session's began on June 14, 1976, with the name "Rio de Janeiro". Eventually, the track was renamed "When I Kissed the Teacher".[2] The song's light-hearted lyrics tell the story of a student who has a crush on her teacher, one day cannot restrain herself and kisses him.[3]  The lyrics are set to spirited music.[4] Benny Andersson considered this one of his favorite ABBA songs.[1][3]

text: The video clip "goes from a female student longing for her teacher to her taking direct action by kissing him as he leans over her in class."[5] The actor playing the part of the teacher was Magnus Härenstam.[6]

text: Release[edit]

text: The song was also released on the compilation album More Gold: More Hits and the video was included on The Definitive Collection.[7][8]

text: Composition[edit]

text: Lyrically and musically, the song is filled with "schoolgirl imagery".[9] Agnetha Fältskog is the lead vocal.[10]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: Buffalo News describes it as "bouncy".[11] The Telegraph lists the song as one of ABBA's hidden gems, offering it as an alternative to "Waterloo". It says the song "Starts off slow, but quickly turns into a surreal, pop homage to low level sexual harassment".[12] Robert Hilburn of the Malaysian Star said "My nomination for the best ABBA track that wasn't a hit in the U.S.: "When I Kissed the Teacher," a zestful number that recalls the teen passion of such Phil Spector productions as the Ronettes' 'Be My Baby'".[13] In a Voulez-Vous review, "When I Kissed the Teacher" is listed alongside "Dancing Queen" as an example of the group's "soaring female harmonies, uplifting melodies, and festive instrumental touches" in their earlier hits.[14] Chris Joens of the Chicago Tribute, in a review of the Mamma Mia musical, noted "A soundtrack has become a discography. I've even almost forgotten my favorite ABBA ditty, 'When I Kissed the Teacher', just because it's not in the show."[15] The Los Angeles Times said "'When I Kissed the Teacher' is the most convincing thing Abba has done because it injects some sly, mocking humor and passion that offsets the group seriousness".[16] Abba - Uncensored on the Record said When I Kissed The Teacher is an example of what was "expected of ABBA".[10] The Teacher in American Society: A Critical Anthology lists "When I Kissed the Teacher" with the Van Halen song "Hot for Teacher" and the Jethro Tull song "Teacher" as examples of "how teachers are viewed by [students] as sexual objects.[17]

text: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again version[edit]

text: Lily James, Jessica Keenan Wynn, Alexa Davies and Celia Imrie recorded When I Kissed the Teacher, with a slightly changed lyric, as the first single from the soundtrack of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. Their version was released on May 8, 2018, by Capitol[18][not in citation given] and Polydor Records. It was produced by Benny Andersson, and  Björn Ulvaeus plays one of the teachers in the clip.[citation needed]

text: Charts[edit]

text:
Chart (2018)

Peakposition

Hungary (Single Top 40)[19]

15

Ireland (IRMA)[20]

38

New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[21]

17

Scotland (Official Charts Company)[22]

31

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[23]

78

UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[24]

40

text: Other cover versions[edit]

text:
With lyrics in Swedish by Ingela "Pling" Forsman, as När jag kysste lärar'n (meaning the same as the song title in English), the song was recorded by the in av Growing Girls in 1982.,[25] charting at Svensktoppen for two weeks between 18–25 April 1982.[26] and with these lyrics the song was also recorded by Leif Bloms, acting as a B-side of the 1991 single Jag sjunger för dej (I Write You a Love Song)[27] and also appearing on the 1993 album Dej ska jag älska all min tid.[28]
Ann Christy recorded the Flemish rendering "Toen ik Leraar kuste" for her 1977 album Bravo: Christy also recorded "When I Kissed the Teacher" with its original English lyric for her 1977 album My Love, My Life.
On the 1995 New Zealand tribute album Abbasalutely, the song is covered by The Magick Heads.
In 1977, Tina Arena and John Bowles recorded a version for their album "Tiny Tina and Little John".
The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus recorded a cover of the song for their 1997 album ExtrABBAganza!.