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John Wayne

How tall was John Wayne?

John Wayne is commonly listed at 6 ft 4 in (193 cm).

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John Wayne’s 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 6 ft 4 in

John Wayne is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 0.5 in (31.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.John Wayne: 6 ft 4 in (193 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). John Wayne is taller than the average US man by 7 in (17.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). John Wayne is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 0.5 in (31.8 cm).John Wayne is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 0.5 in (31.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.John Wayne: 6 ft 4 in (193 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). John Wayne is taller than the average US man by 7 in (17.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). John Wayne is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 0.5 in (31.8 cm).

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John Wayne beside others

John Wayne is one of the taller actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 1 ft 5 in (43 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 3 ft 8 in (111.7 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

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6 ft 4 in (193 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: Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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John Wayne, 6 ft 4 in (193 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)