How tall was Édith Piaf?

Édith Piaf is commonly listed at 4 ft 8 in (142 cm).

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Édith Piaf’s 4 ft 8 in (142 cm) is very short for a US woman: fewer than 5 in 100 US women are shorter.

Other reports range from 4 ft 8 in (142 cm) to 4 ft 10 in (147 cm); the drawing and the comparisons on this page use 4 ft 8 in (142 cm). Each one is listed below with where it comes from.

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Édith Piaf beside others

Édith Piaf is the shortest of the 220 singers we have heights for: Brenda Lee (4 ft 9 in) is next, 1 in (3 cm) taller.

Adrienne Bailon-Houghton: 4 ft 11 in (150 cm), 3 in (8 cm) taller than Édith Piaf.
Sabrina Carpenter: 5 ft 0 in (152 cm), 4 in (10 cm) taller than Édith Piaf.
Dolly Parton: 5 ft 0 in (152.4 cm), 4 in (10.4 cm) taller than Édith Piaf.

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4 ft 8 in (142 cm)

A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Source: Wikipedia

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4 ft 10 in (147 cm)

Another commonly listed height, repeated across profiles with no date or method published.

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APA	Heightvs. (2026, November 3). How tall was Édith Piaf? 4 ft 8 in (142 cm) vs you. https://heightvs.com/how-tall/edith-piaf
MLA	“How Tall Was Édith Piaf? 4 ft 8 in (142 cm) vs You.” Heightvs, 3 Nov. 2026, heightvs.com/how-tall/edith-piaf.
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Édith Piaf, 4 ft 8 in (142 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)