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Peter the Great

How tall was Peter the Great?

Peter the Great is commonly listed at 6 ft 8 in (203.2 cm).

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

Peter the Great’s 6 ft 8 in (203.2 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 6 ft 8 in

Peter the Great is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 4.5 in (42 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Peter the Great: 6 ft 8 in (203.2 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Peter the Great is taller than the average US man by 11 in (28.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Peter the Great is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 4.5 in (42 cm).Peter the Great is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 4.5 in (42 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Peter the Great: 6 ft 8 in (203.2 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Peter the Great is taller than the average US man by 11 in (28.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Peter the Great is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 4.5 in (42 cm).

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Peter the Great beside others

Peter the Great is one of the taller monarchs we have heights for: Maximinus Thrax (7 ft 10.5 in) stands 1 ft 2.5 in (36.8 cm) taller and Queen Victoria (5 ft 0 in) is 1 ft 8 in (50.8 cm) shorter.

  • Charles de Gaulle: 6 ft 5 in (196 cm), 3 in (7.2 cm) shorter than Peter the Great.
  • Abraham Lincoln: 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), 4 in (10.2 cm) shorter than Peter the Great.
  • Lyndon B. Johnson: 6 ft 3.5 in (191.8 cm), 4.5 in (11.4 cm) shorter than Peter the Great.

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Where this height comes from

6 ft 8 in (203.2 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: Attributed to Jean-Marc Nattier, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Peter the Great, 6 ft 8 in (203 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)