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Paul Robeson

How tall was Paul Robeson?

Paul Robeson 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

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

Where your height fallsEveryone about 6 ft 3 in

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

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Paul Robeson beside others

Paul Robeson is one of the taller singers we have heights for: Peter Steele (6 ft 8 in) stands 5 in (12.7 cm) taller and Édith Piaf (4 ft 8 in) is 1 ft 7 in (48.5 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 6 ft 3 in: Sam Hunt and Jack Harlow.

  • Blueface: 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), 1 in (2.5 cm) taller than Paul Robeson.

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Where this height comes from

6 ft 3 in (190.5 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: Gordon Parks, Office of War Information, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Paul Robeson, 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)