Famous Tall People

Can you name these celebrities and historical figures who were much taller than average?

Heights according CelebHeights.com with Wikipedia as an additional source

Includes one apocryphal * character

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Clue	Height	Height	Answer
Chinese basketball player, #1 NBA draft pick in 2000	7 ft 6	229 cm	Yao Ming
Wrestling legend who starred in "Princess Bride"	7 ft 0	214 cm	André the Giant
Tsar of Russia for 42 years	6 ft 8	203 cm	Peter the Great
Tallest U.S. President	6 ft 3¾	192 cm	Abraham Lincoln
Giant killed by David *	6 cubits and a span	-	Goliath
"Jurassic Park" author	6 ft 9	206 cm	Michael Crichton
This NBA star recorded more than 3000 slam dunks during his career with the Lakers and Magic	7 ft ¼ in	214 cm	Shaquille O'Neal
Actor who escaped from Shawshank Prison	6 ft 4 ¾	195 cm	Tim Robbins
Fastest sprinter of all time	6 ft 4 ¾	195 cm	Usain Bolt
Tallest person of all time	8 ft 11	272 cm	Robert Wadlow
She towered over ex-husband Tom Cruise	5 ft 10 ½	179 cm	Nicole Kidman
Red-headed actress who starred in "Thelma and Louise" and "Beetlejuice"	6 ft 0	183 cm	Geena Davis
Russian tennis player who has won five Grand Slam events	6 ft 1 ¼	186 cm	Maria Sharapova
This mercurial basketball star was married to Carmen Electra before improbably becoming friends with Kim Jong-un	6 ft 6 ½	199 cm	Dennis Rodman
He starred in "Swingers" and "Old School"	6 ft 5	196 cm	Vince Vaughn
Actor who starred as Chewbacca	7 ft ½	215 cm	Peter Mayhew
This host of "Drag Race" is much taller when he dons his afro and high heels	6 ft 4	193 cm	RuPaul
Comedic partner of Hugh Laurie	6 ft 4 ½	194 cm	Stephen Fry
President of France from 1958–1969	6 ft 5	196 cm	Charles de Gaulle
She starred in "Alien" and "Ghostbusters"	5 ft 10 ½	179 cm	Sigourney Weaver

30 Comments

Level 82

Jan 10, 2013

5'10" is tall?

Level 82

Oct 23, 2014

My sister is 5'11". I'm 6'7". Yet no mention here... :P

Level 85

Oct 23, 2014

Awesome Jetpunker.

Done.

Level 78

Aug 29, 2021

You and your sister are positively giants.

Level 62

Mar 11, 2019

It is for a woman

Level 85

Aug 26, 2021

average height for a Dutch woman

Level 78

Aug 29, 2021

The average height for a Dutch woman is 5'6". 5'11" is way above average even for the Netherlands. Heck 5'11" is considered tall for an adult male in my country (Malaysia).

Level 68

Jun 9, 2024

The average Dutch woman is above 5'7". 5'10"(which was in the orignal comment the "it is for a woman" replied to. ) is not wayyy above average, just a few cm. And 1 in 10 women are above 5'11" (and about 20% above 5'10")

(https://nos.nl/artikel/2398087-cbs-nederlanders-blijven-langste-volk-ter-wereld-maar-we-worden-wel-wat-kleiner)

I'm 5'10" (woman) and I never feel tall if I had to choose I would say I feel short (because at events there are always people in front of you that block the few, Yes those are generally men and not women, but when you are often blocked, regardless by whom, it makes you feel short rather than tall).

It also depends who you think of. People living in the Netherlands with roots elsewhere are gonna be shorter

Level 74

Aug 29, 2021

Tall is relative. Sometime the relative is an ex-husband.

Level 65

Aug 31, 2021

When you consider that just 0.3 per cent of women in the United States are 5'10" and that the average height for a woman is 5'4", then it's fair to say that 5'10" is more than tall. I, myself, am 5'10" 1/4 and while there are girls taller than me (I'm 18) they are few and far between. I get it, men usually consider anything less than 6'0" short, but for a woman, 5'9" and up is like the equivalent of 6'2"/6'3" (for a man).

Level 48

May 6, 2014

What about former Major League pitcher Randy Johnson (6'10")?

Level 89

Dec 15, 2018

Pigeon killer?

https://s.newsweek.com/sites/www.newsweek.com/files/2016/03/24/dove-hit-ball.gif

Level 82

Aug 29, 2021

Not super famous. Though I've heard of him. I'm sure others would complain.

Level 57

Oct 23, 2014

Again, stop counting spelling. I said "Conen OBrien" and "Nichole Kidman" and did not receive credit.....

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Level ∞

Oct 23, 2014

What do you mean "stop counting spelling"? We do accept a lot of misspellings, but we're not psychic. Secondly, the last name is enough. If you just typed Kidman and OBrien, it would have been correct (even though OBrien is misspelled).

Level 79

Oct 23, 2014

How can you complain about "counting" spelling? Shouldn't you be asteachEr?

Level 83

Oct 24, 2014

This must be trolling, right?

Level 83

Dec 21, 2015

These heights are terrifying - for someone who's 5'3", at least...

Level 75

Nov 15, 2016

I used to be 5'6" and now I'm only 5' 4 1/2". That's terrifying. (Just one more joy of growing old.)

Level 82

Sep 21, 2019

I could stand to be a few inches shorter

Level 78

Aug 29, 2021

As a Malaysian I can relate

Level 89

Apr 20, 2019

I was looking for Manute Bol here. Maybe he turned sideways and I can't see him.

Level 84

Aug 26, 2021

Don't forget that the oldest versions of the Bible say that Goliath was 4 cubits and a span, which is still tall enough for this list (6'9"). Orthodox Bibles say 4 cubits and a span. It says 6 cubits and a span in your Bible, but not all Christians are Protestants.

Level 73

Aug 29, 2021

5f10? I know at least 10 girls that are taller, including my first cousin that is 6'2

Level 78

Aug 29, 2021

TIL Rodman is only 6-6 and change. I remember him being listed as 6-8 or 6-9.

Here's MJ (also listed at 6-6) confirming

https://thesportsrush.com/nba-news-dennis-rodman-might-be-69-in-high-heels-when-michael-jordan-roasted-his-bulls-teammate-on-live-tv/

Doing a Barkley

Level 65

Aug 29, 2021

Richard Kiel 7'2''

Level 77

Aug 30, 2021

I absolutely love that I could not remember Rodman but I could remember Worm and it worked.

Level 77

Aug 30, 2021

I absolutely love that I could not remember Rodman but I could remember Worm and it worked.

Level 64

Sep 2, 2021

Taylor Swift disliked this post! She always bemoans about how she is treated for her height in the music industry. Apparently she is 6 foot tall.

Level 77

Oct 5, 2022

Weird to include the 6'-6" Dennis Rodman. He's taller than an average person, but strange to include him on a "tall people" list when he was one of the shortest Power Forwards of the 80s and 90s.

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