Because we usually see famous people and historical figures only in photos and videos, I always find it fascinating when I come across their heights. Usually, my height perception is way off! Here are some famous people for every height from 4'11" to 6'5". Tell me in the comments if any of these surprise you!
1. Attila the Hun was rumored to be 4'11", which is the same height as Judy Garland, Veronica Lake, and Estelle Getty.
2. Cleopatra was 5'0", the same height as Queen Victoria, Mother Teresa, and Marie Curie.
3. Carrie Fisher, Genghis Khan, Jean Harlowe, and Edith Head were all 5'1".
4. Joan of Arc, Elizabeth Taylor, Yuri Gagarin, and Mickey Rooney were all 5'2".
5. Frida Kahlo, Voltaire, Truman Capote, and Bette Davis were all 5'3".
6. Wolfgang Mozart, Eartha Kitt, Mahatma Gandhi, and Harry Houdini were all 5'4".
7. Marilyn Monroe, Aristotle, Charlie Chaplin, and Billie Holiday were all 5'5".
8. Louis Armstrong, Isaac Newton, Cesar Chavez, and Winston Churchill were all 5'6".
9. Vincent van Gogh, Napoleon Bonaparte, Audrey Hepburn, and Martin Luther King Jr. were all 5'7".
10. Amelia Earhart, Katherine Hepburn, Sigmund Freud, and Bob Marley were all 5'8".
11. Albert Einstein, Ingrid Bergman, Che Guevara, and Leonardo da Vinci were all 5'9".
12. Freddie Mercury, Jesse Owens, Al Capone, and Thomas Edison were all 5'10".
13. Steve Irwin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Stan Lee, and Neil Armstrong were all 5'11".
14. Maya Angelou, Elvis Presley, Mr. Rogers, and Nat King Cole were all 6'0".
15. Nelson Mandela, Ronald Reagan, Alan Rickman, and Hans Christian Andersen were all 6'1".
16. George Washington, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Jefferson, and Bob Ross were all 6'2".
17. Muhammad Ali, Jim Henson, Oscar Wilde, and Charles Lindbergh were all 6'3".
18. Abraham Lincoln, Malcolm X, and Howard Hughes were all 6'4". Louis XVI was rumored to be around the same height too.
19. Lastly, Blackbeard, Charles de Gaulle, and King Richard were all 6'5".
