5 ft 9 in (175.3 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
John David Washington is commonly listed at 5 ft 9 in (175.3 cm).
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John David Washington’s 5 ft 9 in (175.3 cm) is about average for a US man: about 50 in 100 US men are shorter.
John David Washington is in the middle of the 1,404 actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 2 ft 0 in (60.7 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 3 ft 1 in (94 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.
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: Adam Chitayat, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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