How tall was Buddy Holly?

Buddy Holly is commonly listed at 6 ft 0 in (183 cm).

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Buddy Holly’s 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) is tall for a US man: about 85 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Buddy Holly beside others

Buddy Holly is one of the taller singers we have heights for: Peter Steele (6 ft 8 in) stands 8 in (20.2 cm) taller and Édith Piaf (4 ft 8 in) is 1 ft 4 in (41 cm) shorter.

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6 ft 0 in (183 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: Brunswick Records, derivative work by GD uwen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Buddy Holly, 6 ft 0 in (183 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)