# 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:** 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, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/21 "2005-01-30T15:24:46Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > 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" Interesting… it’s actually a subject of some debate [Sure, Schwarzenegger stands tall – but just how tall is he?](http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/recall/story/7640209p-8580625c.html) ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/22 "2005-01-30T15:39:28Z")
Nuts. No Natalie Portman? ☹ Just be cool to see her standing next to me… even if only in a virtual height-measuring flash. 😃 ---
**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, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/23 "2005-01-30T15:45:06Z")
> [@Keapon Laffin](#): > > Nuts. No Natalie Portman? ☹ > > Just be cool to see her standing next to me… even if only in a virtual height-measuring flash. 😃 Eh, another rooster in the hen house? :dubious: I was looking for her too for the same reason. ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/24 "2005-01-30T15:55:51Z")
> [@hewe](#): > > I was looking for her too for the same reason. Back off, buddy. AWWUUUGAAAA WWAAAACHAAAAAAAA!!! **Keapon Laffin** flaps his hands wildly and runs in circles in the seldom-seen nerd dance. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/25 "2005-01-30T15:57:10Z")
I am the same height as Sophia Loren. 🆒 ---
**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, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/26 "2005-01-30T16:06:44Z")
> [@Keapon Laffin](#): > > Back off, buddy. > > AWWUUUGAAAA WWAAAACHAAAAAAAA!!! > **Keapon Laffin** flaps his hands wildly and runs in circles in the seldom-seen nerd dance. > 😛 _ **hewe** pounds his chest once defiantly and dies on impact_ She’s 5’3", I hear. I once had a fan site of her bookmarked. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/27 "2005-01-30T17:16:18Z")
You really do have to wonder about the accuracy of these. According to one of the sites the singer Bryan Adams is 5’ 8", and actor David Spade is 5 ’ 7". Uh huh. I’d want to see a picture of each of them standing next to a height measure before I’d believed either. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/28 "2005-01-30T17:22:57Z")
> [@ErinPuff](#): > > …well, I’m taller than Gary Coleman, at least. > > (I’m 5’1") And my Senator, Barbara Mikulski. I don’t trust that site. They got my height wrong. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ninja\_Pizza\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f04885/32.png) [@Ninja\_Pizza\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ninja_Pizza_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/29 "2005-01-30T18:38:11Z")
I am as tall as Abe Lincoln (6’4"). \ I remember reading somewhere that 6’4" is “three sigmas beyond the mean” or somesuch, which I find to be par for the course. \ ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/30 "2005-01-30T19:02:55Z")
> [@x-ray vision](#): > > I met Arnold about five years ago and he was noticably taller than me. I’m 5’11". I "met " him when I worked in the Capitol and he was definitely shorter than me. I am 5’10. This was about two years ago. He was visiting the Speaker. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Rachael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9dc877/32.png) [@Little\_Rachael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Rachael)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/31 "2005-01-30T19:29:18Z")
Luckily, I don’t have to worry about whether or not I can “trust” the height websites. I’m barely 4 feet and 11 inches tall, and experience has shown me that I should just automatically trust that a majority of people over the age of 12 are taller than me. And no matter how tall, or short, Arnold may really be - he’s still ever so much taller than me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/32 "2005-01-30T20:25:17Z")
Well according to the Albino link I’m taller than Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and Wayne Gretzky :o ---
**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/33 "2005-01-31T03:29:35Z")
I’m the exact same height as Margaret Mitchell, and almost as tall as Veronica Lake! Mrs. Furthur 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/34 "2005-01-31T03:44:29Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > 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". I’m betting she’s not even 5’2". All I have to go on, of course, is on-screen comparisons, but take a look at her in Dogma, in the scene when they’re all standing outside the church. Salma is wearing high heeled platform boots, and even with those on, she’s still a full head shorter than Linda Fiorentino, who is said to be 5’7". ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/35 "2005-02-01T07:37:21Z")
I usually don’t think about other people’s height, or my own. Our feet all reach the ground. I’m a mere 6ft. 4in. It’s no big deal ---
**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:** [February 1, 2005, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/36 "2005-02-01T07:44:34Z")
AskNott, I find it almost impossible to believe that a person who’s 6’4" never thinks about height. You must be reminded dozens of times every day that you are taller than 99.9% of the people in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/37 "2005-02-01T17:07:18Z")
There’s something rather emasculating in finding out that you’re slightly shorter than Bea Arthur. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/38 "2005-02-01T19:19:54Z")
Well, I’m taller than Edith Piaf and Gary Coleman. And I’m nearly as tall as Winona Ryder. I had to stop looking at my height compared to the men, as it was starting to unsettle me a bit. I don’t like feeling small. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/39 "2005-02-01T19:28:07Z")
Well, it’s accurate as to Robert Redford, who is exactly my height. I think, though, Barbra Streisand is shorter than 5’5" – she only came up to my shoulder. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387/40 "2005-02-01T20:03:32Z")
Back in my bodybuilding days, I had a training partner who had met Arnold several times at contests and seminars in the mid-late 1970s. He estimated Arnold’s height at around 5’11". > [@Askia](#): > > 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" [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-taller-than-you-whos-shorter-than-you-find-out-here/287387.md?page=3)