# Tall people
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 29, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938 "2022-03-29T21:43:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/1 "2022-03-29T21:43:38Z")
I just looked up the IMDB bio for the director of one of my favorite movies, THE LIVES OF OTHERS, and learned that he, Florian Von Hammersmark (sp?) stands 6 feet and 8 1/2 inches tall.
Aside from athletes, which other people that you know of because they’re otherwise famous are surprisingly tall? I know Roald Dahl was very tall, maybe 6’6", and John Kenneth Galbraith was 6’7 or maybe 6’8", but I’m curious about other tall folks. Oh, there’s Michael Crichton who was also very tall. Others?
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/2 "2022-03-29T21:55:06Z")
The Wikipedia entry for Tim Robbins says that “As of 2006, he was the tallest Academy Award-winning actor at 6 feet 5 inches.”
And Bill deBlasio, NYC Mayor from 2014-2021, is 6’5".
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### Author:  [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/3 "2022-03-29T21:57:54Z")
Magician Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller) is 6’6".
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### Author:  [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/4 "2022-03-29T21:58:44Z")
Joey Ramone stood 6’ 6".
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### Author:  [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/5 "2022-03-29T22:02:37Z")
Another 6’6" musician was Sergei Rachmaninoff, who also had [huge hands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Rachmaninoff#Hand_size_and_medical_speculations).
[Stephen Merchant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Merchant) is 6’7".
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/6 "2022-03-29T22:25:33Z")
Not famous, but when I was in the Navy, I had a classmate who was 6’10" - he thought it was hilarious to rest his elbow on top of my head and say “Where’s FCM?”
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### Author:  [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/7 "2022-03-29T22:31:28Z")
I believe the guitarist, Buckethead, is 6’6". AIUI, he has specially-made guitars that are larger than usual, so they don’t look like toys when he plays live.
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### Author:  [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/8 "2022-03-29T22:32:47Z")
In the category of tall actresses, Uma Thurman, Sigourney Weaver, Geena Davis and Nicole Kidman are all 6 footers, or nearly.
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### Author:  [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/9 "2022-03-29T22:35:27Z")
Me. I’m 6’8” and a fraction.
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### Author:  [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/10 "2022-03-29T23:20:17Z")
I’m adding Clint Walker to the 6’6" chaps.
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### Author:  [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/11 "2022-03-29T23:43:31Z")
Barron Trump, TFG’s youngest son, was 6’7" at 15. He’s now 16 but I don’t see a new height.
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### Author:  [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/12 "2022-03-29T23:56:44Z")
I’m 6’7"
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### Author:  [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/13 "2022-03-30T00:09:23Z")
My first boss when I was a lifeguard was 7’. He played professional basketball in Europe for a bit but when I worked for him those days were long past.
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### Author:  [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/14 "2022-03-30T00:13:20Z")
With the exception of Markie Post, the cast of Night Court was full of tall people.
- Richard Moll-6 foot 8 inches.
- Harry Anderson- 6foot 4 inches.
- John Larroquette- 6 foot 4 inches.
- Charles Robinson- 6 foot 2 inches.
- Marsha Warfield- 5 foot 11 inches.
- Markie Post -5 Foot 6 inches.
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> Barron Trump, TFG’s youngest son, was 6’7" at 15. He’s now 16 but I don’t see a new height.
There’s a photo of him where he towers over everybody. I wonder if he has any athletic skills at all. As much as I despise his father, it’d be cool if he carved a niche in the NBA.
(Or moved to Europe and became some vagabond. He’s going to - at some point in his life - be asked about his view on the White House years of his father. The mind boggles when you consider whether he’ll be another Trumpian prick, or an outsider)
[ ](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Barron-Trump-tall-02.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1275)
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/15 "2022-03-30T01:58:59Z")
Former FBI Director James Comey is 6’8" according to Google.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/16 "2022-03-30T02:06:16Z")
> [@Moriarty](#):
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> With the exception of Markie Post, the cast of Night Court was full of tall people.
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> - Richard Moll-6 foot 8 inches.
> - Harry Anderson- 6foot 4 inches.
> - John Larroquette- 6 foot 4 inches.
> - Charles Robinson- 6 foot 2 inches.
> - Marsha Warfield- 5 foot 11 inches.
> - Markie Post -5 Foot 6 inches.-
Still the record for tallest sitcom cast.
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### Author:  [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/17 "2022-03-30T12:52:25Z")
Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia, is 6’ 6"
Filip Vujanović, former president of Montenegro, is 6’ 7"
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### Author:  [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/18 "2022-03-30T14:05:53Z")
ted cassidy was 6’9". lurch was the best.
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### Author:  [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/19 "2022-03-30T14:32:58Z")
> [@jsc1953](#):
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> the category of tall actresses, Uma Thurman, Sigourney Weaver, Geena Davis and Nicole Kidman are all 6 footers, or nearly.
Also Karen Gillan, of _Doctor Who_ and _Guardians of the Galaxy_ fame - she’s 5’11.
Staying in the category of British performers, comedian Greg Davies is famously tall - 6’8. On _Taskmaster_, he towers over his co-host, whom he calls “Little Alex Horne”; who is himself 6’2.
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### Author:  [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-people/961938/20 "2022-03-30T14:39:13Z")
Staying this side of the pond, Richard Osman is 6’ 7" apparently
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