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Malcolm X

How tall was Malcolm X?

Malcolm X is commonly listed at 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm).

A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from

Malcolm X’s 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Malcolm X is taller than the average US woman by 11.5 in (29.3 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Malcolm X: 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Malcolm X is taller than the average US man by 6 in (15.4 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Malcolm X is taller than the average US woman by 11.5 in (29.3 cm).Malcolm X is taller than the average US woman by 11.5 in (29.3 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Malcolm X: 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Malcolm X is taller than the average US man by 6 in (15.4 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Malcolm X is taller than the average US woman by 11.5 in (29.3 cm).

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Malcolm X beside others

Malcolm X is one of the taller activists we have heights for: Jesse Jackson (6 ft 3 in) stands 0.2 in (0.5 cm) taller and Harriet Tubman (5 ft 0 in) is 1 ft 3 in (38.5 cm) shorter.

Where this height comes from

6 ft 3 in (190.5 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

Photo: Marion S. Trikosko, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Malcolm X, 6 ft 3 in (191 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)