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Harriet Tubman

How tall was Harriet Tubman?

Harriet Tubman is commonly listed at 5 ft 0 in (152 cm).

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

Harriet Tubman’s 5 ft 0 in (152 cm) is short for a US woman: about 10 in 100 US women are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 0 in

The average US man is taller than Harriet Tubman by 9 in (23.1 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Harriet Tubman: 5 ft 0 in (152 cm). The average US man is taller than Harriet Tubman by 9 in (23.1 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 Harriet Tubman by 9 in (23.1 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Harriet Tubman: 5 ft 0 in (152 cm). The average US man is taller than Harriet Tubman by 9 in (23.1 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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Harriet Tubman beside others

Harriet Tubman is the shortest of the 7 activists we have heights for: Rosa Parks (5 ft 2 in) is next, 2 in (5 cm) taller.

  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 5 ft 6.5 in (169 cm), 6.5 in (17 cm) taller than Harriet Tubman.
  • Malcolm X: 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm), 1 ft 3 in (38.5 cm) taller than Harriet Tubman.
  • Jesse Jackson: 6 ft 3 in (191 cm), 1 ft 3.5 in (39 cm) taller than Harriet Tubman.

Where this height comes from

5 ft 0 in (152 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: Horatio Seymour Squyer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Harriet Tubman, 5 ft 0 in (152 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)