6 ft 2 in (188 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.
How tall was Nikola Tesla?
Nikola Tesla is commonly listed at 6 ft 2 in (188 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Nikola Tesla’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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Nikola Tesla beside others
Nikola Tesla is the tallest of the 7 scientists we have heights for: Neil deGrasse Tyson (6 ft 2 in) is next, at almost exactly the same height.
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