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Aretha Franklin

How tall was Aretha Franklin?

Aretha Franklin is commonly listed at 5 ft 5 in (165 cm).

A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from

Aretha Franklin’s 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) is a little above average for a US woman: about 69 in 100 US women are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 5 in

The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Aretha Franklin: 5 ft 5 in (165 cm). The average US man is taller than Aretha Franklin by 4 in (10.1 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm).The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Aretha Franklin: 5 ft 5 in (165 cm). The average US man is taller than Aretha Franklin by 4 in (10.1 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm).

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Aretha Franklin beside others

Aretha Franklin is one of the shorter singers we have heights for: Peter Steele (6 ft 8 in) stands 1 ft 3 in (38.2 cm) taller and Édith Piaf (4 ft 8 in) is 9 in (23 cm) shorter.

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Where this height comes from

5 ft 5 in (165 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Photo: Atlantic Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Aretha Franklin, 5 ft 5 in (165 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)