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How tall was Jóhann K. Pétursson?

Jóhann K. Pétursson is commonly listed at 7 ft 8 in (234 cm).

The tallest man on record in Iceland. He worked as a circus performer and actor.

Jóhann K. Pétursson’s 7 ft 8 in (234 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Jóhann K. Pétursson is taller than the average US woman by 2 ft 4.5 in (72.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Jóhann K. Pétursson: 7 ft 8 in (234 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Jóhann K. Pétursson is taller than the average US man by 1 ft 11 in (58.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Jóhann K. Pétursson is taller than the average US woman by 2 ft 4.5 in (72.8 cm).Jóhann K. Pétursson is taller than the average US woman by 2 ft 4.5 in (72.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Jóhann K. Pétursson: 7 ft 8 in (234 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Jóhann K. Pétursson is taller than the average US man by 1 ft 11 in (58.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Jóhann K. Pétursson is taller than the average US woman by 2 ft 4.5 in (72.8 cm).

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Jóhann K. Pétursson beside others

Jóhann K. Pétursson is one of the taller actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 1 in (2 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 5 ft 0 in (152.7 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

  • Peter Mayhew: 7 ft 3 in (221 cm), 5 in (13 cm) shorter than Jóhann K. Pétursson.
  • Kevin Peter Hall: 7 ft 2 in (218.4 cm), 6 in (15.6 cm) shorter than Jóhann K. Pétursson.
  • Richard Kiel: 7 ft 1.5 in (217.2 cm), 6.5 in (16.8 cm) shorter than Jóhann K. Pétursson.

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7 ft 8 in (234 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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Jóhann K. Pétursson, 7 ft 8 in (234 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)