Charles Byrne (giant)

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Charles Byrne (probable real name: Charles O'Brien; 1761 – 1 June 1783), or "The Irish Giant", was a man regarded as a curiosity or freak in London in the 1780s for his large stature. Byrne's exact height is of some conjecture. Some accounts refer to him as being 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) to 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) tall, but skeletal evidence places him at just over 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m). His skeleton was on display at the Hunterian Museum in London from 1799 until it was removed from public display in 2023.

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