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 is Neil deGrasse Tyson?
Neil deGrasse Tyson is commonly listed at 6 ft 2 in (188 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson beside others
Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the taller scientists we have heights for: Nikola Tesla (6 ft 2 in) stands at almost exactly the same height and Stephen Hawking (5 ft 6.5 in) is 7.5 in (19 cm) shorter.
- Alexander Graham Bell: 6 ft 0 in (183 cm), 2 in (5 cm) shorter than Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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Photo: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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