6 ft 6 in (198 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.
Sergei Rachmaninoff is commonly listed at 6 ft 6 in (198 cm).
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Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.
Sergei Rachmaninoff is the tallest of the 6 composers we have heights for: Michel Legrand (6 ft 1.5 in) is next, 4.5 in (11 cm) shorter.
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.
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