6 ft 1 in (185.4 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
How tall was John F. Kennedy?
John F. Kennedy, known as JFK, is commonly listed at 6 ft 1 in (185.4 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
John F. Kennedy’s 6 ft 1 in (185.4 cm) is tall for a US man: about 91 in 100 US men are shorter.
Where your height fallsEveryone about 6 ft 1 in
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John F. Kennedy beside others
John F. Kennedy is one of the taller US presidents we have heights for: Abraham Lincoln (6 ft 4 in) stands 3 in (7.6 cm) taller and James Madison (5 ft 4 in) is 9 in (22.9 cm) shorter. All 45 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 6 ft 1 in: Ronald Reagan, Andrew Jackson and Al Gore.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: Cecil W. Stoughton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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