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Wild Bill Hickok

How tall was Wild Bill Hickok?

Wild Bill Hickok is commonly listed at 6 ft 0 in (183 cm).

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Wild Bill Hickok’s 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) is tall for a US man: about 85 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Wild Bill Hickok is taller than the average US woman by 8.5 in (21.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Wild Bill Hickok: 6 ft 0 in (183 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Wild Bill Hickok is taller than the average US man by 3 in (7.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Wild Bill Hickok is taller than the average US woman by 8.5 in (21.8 cm).Wild Bill Hickok is taller than the average US woman by 8.5 in (21.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Wild Bill Hickok: 6 ft 0 in (183 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Wild Bill Hickok is taller than the average US man by 3 in (7.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Wild Bill Hickok is taller than the average US woman by 8.5 in (21.8 cm).

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Wild Bill Hickok beside others

Wild Bill Hickok is one of the shorter lawmen we have heights for: Buford Pusser (6 ft 6 in) stands 6 in (15.1 cm) taller and Wyatt Earp (6 ft 0 in) is at almost exactly the same height.

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6 ft 0 in (183 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: unattributed, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Wild Bill Hickok, 6 ft 0 in (183 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)