Agustin Luengo Capilla was born on 15 August 1849 (other sources say he was born in 1826 , in Puebla de Alcocer (Badajoz, Spain). Born in a poor family, Agustin worked from a young age as an attraction in a circus where he was exhibited as a monster to astonish the visitors. His height of 233 cm made him the tallest man of Spain, or so they thought (They obviously did not know about Miguel Joaquin de Eleicegui who was a little bit taller and older so Agustin has never been the tallest man of Spain).