How tall was Davy Crockett?

Davy Crockett is commonly listed at 5 ft 10 in (178 cm).

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Davy Crockett’s 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 64 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height falls Everyone about 5 ft 10 in

Davy Crockett beside others

Davy Crockett is one of the taller explorers we have heights for: Charles Lindbergh (6 ft 3 in) stands 5 in (13 cm) taller and Kit Carson (5 ft 5.5 in) is 4.5 in (11.6 cm) shorter.

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5 ft 10 in (178 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: James Hamilton Shegogue, 1806 - 1872, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Davy Crockett, 5 ft 10 in (178 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)