How tall was David Lynch?

David Lynch is commonly listed at 5 ft 11 in (180 cm).

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

David Lynch’s 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 74 in 100 US men are shorter.

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David Lynch beside others

David Lynch is one of the taller film directors we have heights for: Rob Reiner (6 ft 2 in) stands 3 in (8 cm) taller and Lena Dunham (5 ft 3 in) is 8 in (20 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 5 ft 11 in: Bertrand Tavernier.

Bertrand Blier: 5 ft 10.5 in (179 cm), 0.4 in (1 cm) shorter than David Lynch.
Claude Lelouch: 5 ft 10.5 in (179 cm), 0.4 in (1 cm) shorter than David Lynch.

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5 ft 11 in (180 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: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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David Lynch, 5 ft 11 in (180 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)