Felipe Birriel

Felipe Birriel Fernández, a renowned Puerto Rican personality, was affectionately known as "El Gigante de Carolina" due to his extraordinary height of 7 feet 11 inches (2.413 meters),a remarkable trait that was a defining characteristic of his remarkable life. Born and raised in the city of Carolina, where he would later earn his iconic nickname, Birriel's towering stature was a result of a rare medical condition, a tumor that developed in his pituitary gland.