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Wolfgang Petersen

How tall was Wolfgang Petersen?

Wolfgang Petersen is commonly listed at 5 ft 10 in (178 cm).

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Wolfgang Petersen’s 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 64 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 10 in

Wolfgang Petersen is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Wolfgang Petersen: 5 ft 10 in (178 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Wolfgang Petersen is taller than the average US man by 1 in (2.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Wolfgang Petersen is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.8 cm).Wolfgang Petersen is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Wolfgang Petersen: 5 ft 10 in (178 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Wolfgang Petersen is taller than the average US man by 1 in (2.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Wolfgang Petersen is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.8 cm).

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Wolfgang Petersen beside others

Wolfgang Petersen is in the middle of the 27 film directors we have heights for: Rob Reiner (6 ft 2 in) stands 4 in (10 cm) taller and Lena Dunham (5 ft 3 in) is 7 in (18 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 5 ft 10 in: Peter Bogdanovich.

  • Bertrand Blier: 5 ft 10.5 in (179 cm), 0.4 in (1 cm) taller than Wolfgang Petersen.
  • Claude Lelouch: 5 ft 10.5 in (179 cm), 0.4 in (1 cm) taller than Wolfgang Petersen.

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Where this height comes from

5 ft 10 in (178 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: S Pakhrin from DC, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Wolfgang Petersen, 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)