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James Dean

How tall was James Dean?

James Dean is commonly listed at 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm).

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

James Dean’s 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm) is a little below average for a US man: about 38 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 8 in

Side by side with Megan Fox, Ben Affleck and Denzel Washington

The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.James Dean: 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm). The average US man is taller than James Dean by 1 in (2.4 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 the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.James Dean: 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm). The average US man is taller than James Dean by 1 in (2.4 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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James Dean beside others

James Dean is in the middle of the 1,404 actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 2 ft 1 in (63.3 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 3 ft 0 in (91.4 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

  • Paul Newman: 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm), 2 in (5.1 cm) taller than James Dean.
  • Patrick Dempsey: 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm), 2 in (5.1 cm) taller than James Dean.
  • Tim Allen: 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm), 2 in (5.1 cm) taller than James Dean.

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Where this height comes from

5 ft 8 in (172.7 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

Photo: In-house publicity still, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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James Dean, 5 ft 8 in (173 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)