# Who's taller than you? Who's shorter than you. Find out here! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2005, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387 "2005-01-30T05:26:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/1 "2005-01-30T05:26:10Z")
Interesting site. [Tall or not?](http://www.ringophone.com/TallOrNot.swf) Good lord, Elton John is tiny! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/2 "2005-01-30T05:50:55Z")
Bess Myerson is listed at 5’12". Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/3 "2005-01-30T05:57:28Z")
Wait wait wait. Cher is 5’4"? I’m a bit skeptical. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/4 "2005-01-30T06:00:18Z")
Michael Crichton is 6’10"? ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/5 "2005-01-30T06:06:28Z")
I prefer this [smaller version](http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/tall.php). I’m the same height as Wayne Gretzky. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/6 "2005-01-30T06:10:56Z")
He may need to double check his database The list below appears to be more inclusive and lists Cher as 5 8" [Celebrity Height](http://www.absolutecelebrities.com/celebheight.html) Michael Crichton is 6’10"? [Yes he is!](http://www.doctorshobbies.com/DocPresentations/CrichtonMichael.htm) ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/7 "2005-01-30T06:15:10Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Bess Myerson is listed at 5’12". Hmm. As I always say, you can’t be pretty AND smart… I am as tall as Daniel Day Lewis…and in my dreams we actually look a lot alike. ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/8 "2005-01-30T06:36:39Z")
I have seen Arnold Schwartzneggar in person. There is no way in hell he is 6’2". ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/9 "2005-01-30T06:57:36Z")
> [@heraldgwena](#): > > I have seen Arnold Schwartzneggar in person. There is no way in hell he is 6’2". Age might have made him shrink an inch or so since his body building days, but he was fully 6’ 2" in the pose offs, and they make a point of get your physical stats right in those contests. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/10 "2005-01-30T07:13:34Z")
I’m not too sure about Elton John being only 5’ 3," either. Any other time I’ve seen mention of his height it was around 5’ 8." ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/11 "2005-01-30T08:13:49Z")
I’m a little suspicious about both sites. I’ve read mentions of Albert Brooks being surprisingly tall; I recall a movie in which he was playing a sports agent and they had to use special camera angles so he wouldn’t appear taller than an actor who was playing a basketball player client. I’ve also heard numerous references describing Salma Hayek as being short. But according to these sites, they’re both 5’7" - a medium-short height for a man and a medium-tall height for a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/12 "2005-01-30T08:33:58Z")
I looked around and discovered it’s hard to find somebody’s height online. Anyway, I found three sources besides the linked ones that claimed to have Albert Brooks’ height. They gave it as 5’7", 5’9", and 5’10". Nobody other than me has apparently heard he’s all that tall. I found several mentions that Salma Hayek is 5’7". But I found about twice as many cites that she is 5’2". What’s surprising is that these two heights are the only two I saw. With that kind of range, I’d have expected some sites to split the difference and call her 5’4" or 5’5". ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/13 "2005-01-30T11:04:05Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Michael Crichton is 6’10"? > [Yes he is!](http://www.doctorshobbies.com/DocPresentations/CrichtonMichael.htm) That site says he’s 6’7", not 6’10" ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/14 "2005-01-30T11:53:17Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > That site says he’s 6’7", not 6’10" [IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000341/bio) says he’s 6’10". Then again, IMDb may have been that site’s source. He was 6’7" in 10th grade, so it’s safe to assume he grew a couple more inches in the later years of his teens. I had no idea he was that tall. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/15 "2005-01-30T13:49:32Z")
Yogi Berra and Yasmeen Bleeth are the same height – 5’5". Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/16 "2005-01-30T13:59:40Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Age might have made him shrink an inch or so since his body building days, but he was fully 6’ 2" in the pose offs, and they make a point of get your physical stats right in those contests. I refuse to disbelieve the evidence of my own eyes, though. I last saw the Guvernator in 1996 when I was a security guard at the Olympic Village when he was in Atlanta at the Olympic premiere of Eraser. Both he and co-star Vanessa Williams walked right by my post at the VIP entrance. Vanessa is barely 5"8’ in heels and Arnold was maaaybe 5’10" ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/17 "2005-01-30T14:52:44Z")
…well, I’m taller than Gary Coleman, at least. (I’m 5’1") ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/18 "2005-01-30T14:58:46Z")
I’m shorter than Burl Ives. I’m not sure that I can live with that knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/19 "2005-01-30T15:14:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Askia** > Vanessa is barely 5"8’ in heels and Arnold was maaaybe 5’10" I met Arnold about five years ago and he was noticably taller than me. I’m 5’11". ---
**Author:** ![hewe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@hewe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hewe)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/20 "2005-01-30T15:24:35Z")
Yes! I’m taller than Fabio! Hitler, Lenin and Churchill were quite small, I see. I guess historical significance adds a few inches in pictures. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387.md?page=2)