| Gabriel Monjane | |
| Birth Name: | Gabriel Estêvão Monjane |
| Birth Date: | 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Manjacaze, Gaza Province, Mozambique |
| Height Ft: | 8 |
| Height In: | 0.75 |
Gabriel Estêvão Monjane (1944 - 1990) is one of only twenty-four individuals in medical history to have reached 80NaN0 or more in height.
Born in Manjacaze, Gaza Province, Mozambique, Monjane's abnormal growth, attributed to an overactive pituitary gland, started soon after birth. By the time he was 17, Monjane stood 7feet He joined a Portuguese circus. When measured officially in 1987, Monjane was 8feet. He also weighed 348abbr=inNaNabbr=in.
During his lifetime, especially late into his life, Monjane suffered leg problems. The Guinness Book of World Records stated that he was the tallest living man in their 1988 edition.[1] Monjane died in January 1990 after a fall at his home, after which Suleiman Ali Nashnush, another African, was named the tallest living man.