How tall was Paul Newman?

Paul Newman is commonly listed at 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm).

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Paul Newman’s 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 63 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height falls Everyone about 5 ft 10 in

Paul Newman beside others

Paul Newman is in the middle of the 1,404 actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 1 ft 11 in (58.2 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 3 ft 2 in (96.5 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

Also listed at 5 ft 10 in: Patrick Dempsey and Tim Allen.

James Dean: 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm), 2 in (5.1 cm) shorter than Paul Newman.

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Where this height comes from

5 ft 10 in (177.8 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 author (Bettmann Archive), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Paul Newman, 5 ft 10 in (178 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)