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Height Insights & Statistics

A data-driven look at celebrity heights across 32,696 profiles in our database, updated September 02, 2026.

AVERAGE HEIGHT BY CATEGORY

CategoryProfilesAverage Height
Sports24,5895′9″ (175.3 cm)
Politics1,0975′11″ (179.4 cm)
Reality TV745′9″ (175.0 cm)
Film & TV6,4245′7″ (171.3 cm)
Music5125′7″ (170.0 cm)

HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION

Distribution of heights across all 32,696 profiles (range: 4′6″ – 7′0″).

4′6″: 1
4′7″: 5
4′8″: 5
4′9″: 23
4′10″: 30
4′11″: 90
5′0″: 146
5′1″: 384
5′2″: 569
5′3″: 963
5′4″: 1,151
5′5″: 2,422
5′6″: 2,734
5′7″: 5,353
5′8″: 5,393
5′9″: 2,787
5′10″: 1,842
5′11″: 1,456
6′0″: 1,545
6′1″: 1,305
6′2″: 1,310
6′3″: 896
6′4″: 761
6′5″: 407
6′6″: 305
6′7″: 200
6′8″: 168
6′9″: 167
6′10″: 91
6′11″: 68
7′0″: 32
4′6″ 5′0″ 5′6″ 6′0″ 6′6″ 7′0″

TALLEST IN THE DATABASE

  1. 1. Zion Clark 8′1″ (246 cm)
  2. 2. Carlos Moisés de Lima 7′11″ (241 cm)
  3. 3. Tacko Fall 7′9″ (236 cm)
  4. 4. Sun Mingming 7′9″ (236 cm)
  5. 5. Olivier Rioux 7′9″ (236 cm)
  6. 6. Igor Vovkovinskiy 7′8″ (234 cm)
  7. 7. Jorge González 7′7″ (231 cm)
  8. 8. Gheorghe Mureșan 7′7″ (231 cm)
  9. 9. Robert Bobroczkyi 7′7″ (231 cm)
  10. 10. Mamadou N'Diaye 7′6″ (229 cm)

SHORTEST IN THE DATABASE

  1. 1. Jyoti Amge 2′1″ (64 cm)
  2. 2. Verne Troyer 2′8″ (81 cm)
  3. 3. Warwick Davis 3′6″ (107 cm)
  4. 4. Rubén Darío Hernández 3′7″ (109 cm)
  5. 5. Kenny Baker 3′8″ (112 cm)
  6. 6. Judith Barsi 3′8″ (112 cm)
  7. 7. Nick DiGiovanni 3′8″ (112 cm)
  8. 8. Nelson Ned 3′8″ (112 cm)
  9. 9. Joe C. 3′9″ (114 cm)
  10. 10. Edith Agoye 3′10″ (117 cm)

DID YOU KNOW?

  • The overall average height across all 32,696 profiles in our database is 5′9″ (174.6 cm).
  • Politics celebrities are the tallest on average at 5′11″, while Music celebrities are the shortest at 5′7″.
  • The largest height gap within a single group belongs to Return of the Ewok: Peter Mayhew (7′2″) towers 3′8″ over Warwick Davis (3′6″).
  • Our database contains 22,484 male and 10,155 female profiles, with 57 listed as other or unspecified.

All height data sourced from Wikidata. Popularity scores based on English Wikipedia pageviews. Last built: September 02, 2026. See our About & Methodology page for details.