6 ft 2 in (188 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 Julia Child?
Julia Child is commonly listed at 6 ft 2 in (188 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Julia Child’s 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) is very tall for a US woman: more than 95 in 100 US women are shorter.
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Julia Child beside others
Julia Child is the shortest of the 2 chefs we have heights for: Anthony Bourdain (6 ft 4 in) is next, 2 in (5 cm) taller.
Where this height comes from
Photo: Lynn Gilbert, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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| APA | Heightvs. (2026, November 3). Julia Child height: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), drawn beside you. https://heightvs.com/how-tall/julia-child |
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