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Wasn't George Washington 6' 3"?

-Somebody is vandalizing this page. They are writing in things like "Famous Substitute Teacher" or "Famous Gay Activist". I'm going to start deleting it, and I'm telling the person who's doing this to please stop, or they will be banned from writing on this article.-4/18/06


This list is highly inconsistant with the other 3 height lists. For some reason, somebody erased the 6'1" and 6'2" heights from the list, which is inconsistant because the avarage Male height is 5'9 1/2, meaning 5'6 (which is the highest possible height on the short men chart) is equivallent to 6'1, meaning both are 3 1/2 inches away from avarage. The avarage Male american women height is 5'4 1/2, meaning 5'8 (The Lowest possible tall women height listed) is 3 1/2 inches above avarage, meaning 5'8 for a women is 6'1 for a man. Also meaning 5'1 is 3 1/2 inches below avarage, which is the highest possible height for a women. Some person changed the lowest height to 6'3, which is 5 1/2 inches above avarage, and highly inconsistant with the others. So please leave it at 6'1.- 2/3/06

You might want to see Talk:List of famous tall women. What should be considered tall or short is relevant, and it currently seems that 3 to 4 inches above or below average is what is being uses. - Matthew238 02:51, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] 3 and a half inches than the average in WHICH country?

If we're to judge by those standards, shouldn't people who might not be considered "tall" in their own country be removed from the list? 6-foot-1 inch is not tall even in America.

RE: 3 1/2 inches from American height, but I think most countries if avaraged in would be about 5'9 or 5'10, that is except asian and a few other cultures. As far as 6’1 in America, that’s pretty tall!

6'1" is not that tall! I know many people who are 6' or 6'1".

Is 6ft 2 and a half inches really necessary. Maybe begin an 6ft 3in, or else at 6ft 2in (which is really not unusually tall.

your just talking about wealthy country's most of the worlds population come from countrys that are poor so heights like 6'1 would seem to be tall to them

[edit] Details

I'll write this here, but it also applies to


Maybe we could have some details next to the names - who they are, what they do (eg. Christopher Lee — actor) etc. The only info given now is there height, but it would be good to know who these people are. - Matthew238 07:54, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

I think we ought to cut the recent additions of basketball players. A huge majority of NBA players them is over 6 ft 2 in. Maybe we could keep only the really tall ones (Yao, Bol...) or the really really famous ones (Jordan, Dr.J...). - Mrbluesky 19:02, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

The average NBA player height from the 2005-2006 player survey is 6'7.18" (201.12 cm). Accordingly, this article would need to show most of the NBA. That doesn't sound very practical or useful. Rcharman 02:37, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] And for famous tall men whose size is not exactly known ?

Is it possible to add a section "Exact size unknown" for people we don't know the exact size, like Rollo the Gangler ? -Ash_Crow 22:23, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

  • Well the heights of many celebrities are often unknown, or at least questioned, like Andre the Giant or Hulk Hogan - even Arnold Schwarzenegger or Tom Cruise - and many historical figures were noted for there tallness (or shortness), without exact measurement being recorded. - Matthew238 07:45, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reasonable Shortest Height Cutoff: 6'6" (198 cm)

This height analyzer, based on US statistics from 1994 from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, gives the percentage of US men taller than a given height. For the heights 6'1"-6'6", the percentages are:

  • 6'1" : 6.3%
  • 6'2" : 3.1%
  • 6'3" : 1.3%
  • 6'4" : 0.5%
  • 6'5" : 0.2%
  • 6'6" : <0.1%

While average heights vary among sources, with fewer than one person in a thousand achieving the height of 6'6" (198 cm), it's a much more reasonable cutoff than 6'1" (about 1 in 16). Rcharman 02:37, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

I too think 6'1" is too short of a cutoff. I'd suggest 6'3" at the least.--Fallout boy 12:05, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

It is not about percentages, it is about inches and when somebody is above 3-4 inches than average you notice it and say "he is taller than most of us" and consider him tall. In America men are 5'9" as average, so 4 inches above that (6'1") IT IS tall.

5'9" is only the average when you include Asians and HIspanics who usually average aroud 5'6" or 5'7". In reality it's more like 5'10.2" for Whites and for A-As, and most of the people i know are at least 5'11" (except my grandpa, he's an incredibly short 5'6"!). Smart194 19:51, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

The problem, unsigned commenter, is that if we include all notable figures above 6'1", the list becomes pointlessly long, and therefore is a viable candidate for deletion. While such information might make a possible category (like 1987 births, for example), as a list, it's unwieldy and unmanageable. Rcharman 10:21, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

In my opinion "tall" should start at 6'3" or 6'4". 6'2" is only about 2 s.d. from the average, and not particularly significant. -- The Anome 12:38, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

I think 6 ft 6 in is a good starting point. I think it deffo shouldn't start below 6 ft 3 in.(Halbared 09:06, 22 June 2006 (UTC))

I deleted an offensive message --18:13, 9 July 2006 (UTC)Watchman of Wiki

Please, listen to me. I know a lot about height as I'm an auxiologist and anthropologist. Average height in male population is 6 ft 6 in, and 6 ft in female. My resources are 100% factible, so shut up!! Dark thief of 7 feet 18:47, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Unless you have reliable sources that allow us to verify that statement I'm afraid no-one is going to use your claims of expertise as the basis for this article. It is, in fact, clearly nonsense that the average human male height is 6 ft 6 in. Please do not vandalise this and related articles. Thanks, Gwernol 18:55, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Average Height Chart

Include all heights outside of this chart in the lists of famous tall/short people.

Women Men
5'2 5'7
5'3 5'8
5'4 5'9
5'5 5'10
5'6 5'11
5'7 6'0
5'8 6'1
5'9 6'2

Hence:

  • tall men = 6'3 and up
  • tall women = 5'10 and up
  • short men = 5'6 and under
  • short women = 5'1 and under

I think that's the consensus.

Unionbay 20:41, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

- But then the short list would have to change. The average Male Height is 5'9 1/2, which means 5'6 is 3 1/2 inches below average. 6'3 is 5 1/2 inches above average. 5'10 is also about 5-6 inches above average for a women. 5'1 is about 3-4 inches shorter then average. The only way it would work would be:

Tall Men- 6'3 Tall Women- 5'10 Short Men- 5'4 Short Women- 4'11

OR the way it is now:

Tall Men- 6'1 Tall Women- 5'8 Short Men- 5'6 Short Women- 5'1


[edit] NBA

For example most of NBA and other basketball leagues players should be in this list. It should be deleted.

As Mrbluesky proposed, the list of NBA players should probably be limited to the very tallest and the extremely famous. We could make a note on top. 惑乱 分からん 08:35, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Is it true that Ralph Sampson is the tallest "African-American baseketball player"? Manute Bol is taller, and his page describes him as "Sudanese/American."

[edit] Deleting content as proposed

I'm going to start to deleting content per the discussions above. I'm going to start with eliminating everyone below 6 foot 3, then I'll start deleting people who aren't particularly famous, starting with obscure basketball players. I'm not comfortable deleting, say, cricket or football players but I can definitely weed out the non-notable b-ballers.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 01:23, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree. Have made a lil cleanup.(Halbared 08:37, 2 July 2006 (UTC))
Does this mean that the List of famous short men can start at 5'5"? (both 5'5" and 6'3" are 5 inches from the mean) - 68.33.120.32 01:26, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm down with that. 5'6" doesn't seem that excpetional.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 03:47, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Who's notable and who's not?

This list includes far too many people who can hardly be called "famous." As I stated earlier, I can help by removing all the obscure and mediocre basketball players that recurringly clutter this list.

However, I seem to be getting into a mini-edit war with various, mostly anonymous editors. I believe I've deleted Amir Johnson 3 times in the past week and Luke Walton at least twice. How are these guys more famous than the average NBA player? Convnice me; I'm a reasonable man. I've already reconsidered my decision to delete Darryl Dawkins given all those backboards he shattered. --The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 07:21, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

You are a notable player since the day you stepped into the NBA. But you cannot get into that list on that sole criterion, or the list will be meaningless. You are bound to suggest a very strict test: for instance, you have to be either in NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team or or a MVP or Finals MVP to be included. This comment was co-writen with Hubie Brown. Mrbluesky 20:46, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

How about basketball players famed outside NBA? Basketball players played when or where NBA is not so popular??
Before the conflict with the Chinese officials in 2002, Wang Zhizhi had a large fan base since he had 7 CBA championships (Yao Ming had only one after he left for NBA). After he went to NBA as the first Chinese player, he soon became a household name in China. Why is he not notable? --Skyfiler 17:33, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No complaint, but

Where is Justin Guarini? User:gmeric13@aol.com

Justin Guarini is 6.2½ ft/ 189 cm according to IMDB. Slightly below the criterion (which is in discussion of heightening, anyway...) 惑乱 分からん 14:27, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Who is notable

There are many people who seem to have stubs created purely for the purpose of ading them to this list (e.g. Kevin Durand). The list is becoming lengthy and unwieldy mostly due to non notable (are they famous???) people. Personally I think 6 ft 6 in is the best height to start, or even 6 ft 5 in. But if we leave it at 6 ft 3 in then we have to make sure that not just eevryone is added, what criteria should we have for notability? Just because someone hapenms to be a sports star does not make them notable, basketball stars are god examples. There are genuines basketball famous people, who surpass their sport, Magic Johnson, Shaq, Kareem etc, height isn't the ontm factor here, it is also fame. Some of the stubs in Wiki are not notable and in my opinion should be deleted anyway.(Halbared 13:22, 11 August 2006 (UTC))

I don't know who half the people are in the list through various reasons. But the same people will be notable to users older than me, or in different countries; e.g, I don't know any of the baseball players, but they could be huge (no pun intended) in America. As for the cut off height, I think it should stay as 6'3, as if you moved it to any higher than 6'4, you'd lose half the list. 6'3 and 6'4 are the busiest sections. 124.5.101.121 13:58, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Good point aboot who is notable to whom. That's why we need to agree on criteria now. The list is slowly building up into something unwieldy and plain unsightly. As you go above 8 feet it seems clear that people can be put in simply for height. But basketball is a sport famous for tall players, obviously, and simply being a basketball player (or sports person) shouldn't be an auto qualifier for the list, because they all go in or none do, obviously the 'famous' ones do, the ones that are genuinely famous in that people who don't know the minutiae of basketball would know, good examples are 'Magic' and Shaq and Kareem. Likewise for other sports. As the list goes down to the 6 ft 4 in chaps and the like, it becomes excessively huge and I think the criteria should be tightened even more.(Halbared 14:15, 11 August 2006 (UTC))
This is me from above, I've just registered for an account. As it's clear you won't stop reverting things you don't like, here's my evaluation on the offending people;
  • Martin Bayfield - Played for his national team and is exceptionally tall, so I think he should stay.
  • Wade Dooley - I don't know about him, and there's nothing on his article about him being tall so he can be deleted.
  • Abraham Benrubi - Again, I know nothing about him but his article hardly paints him as notable.
  • Kevin Durand - Same for him.
  • Ken Kirzinger - Pretty tall, and IMDB has a massive entry for him, so I think he too should stay.
  • Ferguson Jenkins, Peyton Manning, and Max Mirnyi - I know nothing about these people but their entries all boast some good sounding statistics and records so I wouldn't be opposed to these staying.
  • Scott Quinnell - I vote he be deleted.
  • Francesco Toldo - He has caps for Italy and played in Euro 2004 so he could probably stay.
  • Batista - Not sure, most wrestlers are big so I think there needs to be a reason to put them in.

As for the Hulk Hogan and Tim Robbins changes, I can provide quotes for both of those, so please don't revert them again. BertieBasset 15:33, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Ok, you ahve put forward good points for Bayfield and Toldo. The Robins thing is as u left it and the Hogan thing is sorted. I would query the Jenkins/Manning/Mirnyi trio, are they really notable? And I agree on most wrestlers, they really don't need a mention apart from the true giants.(Halbared 14:37, 13 August 2006 (UTC))

How aboot a set amount of ppl for those less that 6 ft 6 in? A smaller set amount for 6 ft 6 in to 7 ft and a smaller set amount for those above? At the moment, names are being added that are debatable, and the list is growing unwieldly again.(Halbared 07:23, 21 August 2006 (UTC))

I'd put 6 ft 4 as the cut-off. It's a bit arbitrary, but several songs indicate that "6 ft 4" is tall. Also you could still include Christopher Lee and Conan O'Brien that way. Although I think a higher bar should exist for basketball players.--T. Anthony 11:14, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
I'd agree with that, how aboot a vote?(Halbared 11:44, 22 August 2006 (UTC))
I'm re-adding Wade Dooley. He's 6 foot 8 inches tall and he played more times for England than Martin Bayfield who is still included. Sasaki 15:04, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
I added a source for him. Please, all new contributions need a source.Halbared 22:29, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] vote on minimum height

  • 6 ft 4 in It would allow for more names above 6 ft 4 in.(Halbared 11:44, 22 August 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Basketball players

You guys have done a great job weeding out the non-notable people from this list. I added a few extremely notable (and very tall) basketball players that might have been understandably deleted out of ignorance of the sport. I tried to be very selective.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 19:27, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Cool. I only know the very elite like Magic, Kareem, Jordan et al.(Halbared 21:23, 22 August 2006 (UTC))

[edit] David Prowse

Prowse on his own site say's he is 6 ft 7 in. is there a better sHow ource? http://www.darthvader-starwars.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10&Itemid=28

IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT YOU HAVE ERASED EVEN THE 6FT 3 HEIGHTS FROM THE LIST IS 6 FT 3 AND A HALF NOT TALL? THE WOMENS NOW STARTS AT 5 FT 10 INCH - 5 INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE HEIGHT. THE MENS EQUIVALENT 5 INCHES OVER AVERAGE IS 6 FT 2 !!!!! NOT 6 FT 4. THERE SHOULD BE NO EXCUSE ABOUT MORE PEOPLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. A 6 FT 3 GUY IS WELL ABOVE AVERAGE. I AM 6 FT 1 AND AM A LOT TALLER THAN MOST PEOPLE. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 07:42, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Average height for whom tho, not for the tallest race or tallest nationality.(Halbared 08:14, 2 September 2006 (UTC))
It's all relative. I'm 5'11 and I meet a great deal of people that I'm taller than every day, but I went to Holland and was dwarfed by pretty much everybody. 6'3 is pretty tall compared to the average stats but when that was included, the list was huge, cumbersome wth all sorts of people and jobs included. People who are 6'3 aren't going to be famous for being tall, whereas with a 6'4 man, I could almost guarantee that it would be mentioned wherever you find a piece about them. Besides, on your profile you say you're 6'6" so somebody's telling porkies... HamishMacBeth 14:28, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

This topic generates more childish arguments than any other entry I've seen on Wikipedia. And it needs to stop. Giving each member of the list a source would sort a lot of the argument. From what I've seen; celebheights.com seems to be pretty accurate and reliable, however, not everybody is listed on it. Using them as a base, we could source many people of the list but it's a lot of hassle, and it's whether contributors, including myself, can be bothered. HamishMacBeth 14:17, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

The sources argument was put forward by an admin, since it solved a problem on a similar page. Whether you think something is childish or not is irrelevant, and your comments do not help the matter, I myself think the source thing it is a good way to move forward.(Halbared 14:41, 2 September 2006 (UTC))
Fair enough. Unless anybody competently disagrees, that sounds like a good way to solve it. I'll try and write up a disclaimer similar to the notable one; I think it should suggest that IMDB and Wikipedia are not acceptable sources. One other problem, as shown with David Prowse, is should we go with peak height or current height? HamishMacBeth 15:33, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Cool. I myself would go with current height (a stats link might help, like with the Hulk and Andre situation?), I tried to find sources on D Prowse...and all I could find was 6 ft 7 in. And this was from the source on his bio page that deals with the problems he suffered in the 90's. If anyone can find a good source to correct this, that would be helpful.(Halbared 15:39, 2 September 2006 (UTC))
As nobody objected, I've added the disclaimer that now reliable sources must be quoted. I also started working on sources, from the bottom, before I got bored...
Couple questions - Have found two conflicting sources on Peter Steele's height, celebheights.com states 6'6.25" and personal interviews state 6'7" - which should be considered valid and how does one cite the source (my last edit was removed for being uncited, so I would like to know the preferred method of citing in this article)? --fauxcouture<T> 01:05, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
I'd go with the interview because a quote is always better than an educated guess. As for how, you just paste the link in and put square brackets [] around it. HamishMacBeth 18:31, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Deleted

  • Roger Waters - sourced as 6'2
  • Ian Walker - sourced as 6'2
  • Daniel Tosh - nn
  • David Thewlis - sourced as 6'3
  • Henry Simmons -nn?


HamishMacBeth 17:28, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Cool, good work. I'll try and do some myself.(Halbared 20:40, 5 September 2006 (UTC))

Soz Bertie, I guess we were editing at the ame time!;o)(Halbared 12:49, 6 September 2006 (UTC))

[edit] John Aasen

Although he claimed his height to be 8'9", and that's what this article says, an external link to a photo of him says he was more likely 7'. I went to that link, and he sure as Hell does not look 8'9"! Therefore, I think he should be listed under 7'. User:Gmeric13@aol.com

[edit] 6 ft 3 in

the list should start with 6 ft 3 in

[edit] Latest update

Deleted

  • Andrew Sheridan - nn
  • Michael Rapaport - sourced as 6'3
  • Silkk Tha Shocker - nn
  • Greg Rudeski - not good enough to be notable?
  • Randy Quaid - nn
  • Jarad Padalecki - who?!
  • Craig T. Nelson -nn

HamishMacBeth 12:56, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I pretty much agree there.Halbared 14:34, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

<<< Also Vicente FOx ,the mexican president is only 6´6 with his 4 in. boots on¡¡¡¡¡ he´s actually half inch less than 6´2.

[edit] Tall Club

In order to join tall clubs (I remember hearing about this in high school because the teachers always announced scholarships and such, and the tall club was giving out one), the minumum height for girls/women is 5' 10" and the minimum height for boys/men is 6' 2". Maybe we should go with those heights or ones close to them. Stephe1987 06:30, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 6 ft 5 in

why is 6' 5" 196 cm and not 195 cm? So many guys, who stand 6' 5" in height, can't be 196 cm.

[edit] Conrad Goode

Please, create this article. Conrad Goode is a great actor. He is just a newby.

[edit] Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

I've added him to the list of famous tall men as 6' 4". Please don't remove him.

[edit] Victor Williams

I added Victor Williams as 6 ft 6 in to the list of famous tall men. 6' 6" is his real height, I also have better sources about his height. In King of Queens Victor Williams also looks exactly 1 inch taller than Lou Ferrigno. So please, don't remove him. Thanks.

Please see WP:CITE (and WP:RS) on how to add a citation for this person. --Yamla 17:10, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Latest update

Did a bit more;

  • Dieter Zetsche - can't find a source
  • Nick Valensi - can't find a source
  • Lawrie Sanchez - can't find a source
  • Marat Safin - nn?
  • Kevin Pieterson - nn? He's not the best player in the team by a long shot.
  • Kevin Nealon -nn?
  • Brian McKnight - sourced as 6'3

Not done any of the American sports players because I have no idea if they're notable or not. HamishMacBeth 14:17, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A suggestion

This list has some similarities to a featured list I created, List of notable brain tumor patients, so perhaps some of the editing decisions that worked for that list can resolve the dispute here.

  1. What's notable enough for inclusion? Any person who passes WP:BIO.
  2. What verification is appropriate? All entries should be attributed to a reliable source. Editors may want to keep worklists for names that probably deserve a place but haven't been verified yet.

Please discuss changes with other editors on the talk page and sign your posts. Regards, Durova 18:47, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Without wanting to sound rude, this is pretty much what was implemented after the proposed deletion failed, and a number of people, me included, have been trying to enforce since, with not much success. I've been finding sources from the bottom of the list, and for those whom I can't find a source, adding [citation needed] ; if I deleted any, I posted their names here, but nobody seemed bothered so I stopped. With reference to WP:BIO, which I agree we should be following to a point, but that suggest adding anybody who has competed in any professional sport/league etc, which could mean any wrestler, any basketball player, and any American football player, which would be ridiculous. As the talk page is rarely read, and the 'rules' are clearly visible when you edit the page, I'm not sure what else can be done. Cheers, HamishMacBeth 12:50, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Well, the featured list divides people by profession. The standards for this list might change by profession. Clint Eastwood is unusually tall for an actor, but wouldn't be at all special in basketball. You might weight the sports list toward athletes who were tall for their position, such as Magic Johnson who was only kind of tall for a basketball player, but extraordinarily tall for a point guard (they're usually more like 6' instead of 6'9"). I suggest absolute rankings for people over 7' tall and a more flexible professional breakdown for men who are 6'4" to 6'11", adding comments as appropriate. Durova 18:28, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Units

Any objections if I put the metric units most of the world uses first? No data will be lost. --Guinnog 18:18, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm afraid I object, most of the world doesn't use metric. HamishMacBeth 14:13, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Most of the world does use metric - in fact almost all of the world does. But it doesn't really hurt if U.S. Imperial units come first, and in this instance, the categories are arbitrarily defined on the basis of inches, having metric first wouldn't make much sense. - Matthew238 01:01, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Most of the world definitely does use metric. I take your point Matthew, but I still feel this article would be better done in international units. I won't change it until we can get some sort of consensus here. --Guinnog 11:20, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
Every nation on the Earth bar the US and one other nation (which doesn't have official units) has the Metric (French) system as the official measurements of their nation as opposed to the Imperial (British system). Perhaps it would make more sense for the English wiki to have metric first? I'll wait for the vote first though before I fully make my mind up.Halbared 10:33, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
The non-metric units completely confuse me. Please use normal, internationally accepted, metric units. – gpvos (talk) 12:19, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

(deindent) I don't think we need a vote. Unless some good argument is made for keeping it as it is in the next 24 hours, I think we can change to international units. --Guinnog 21:46, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

So why hasn't it been done yet? It's official WP policy to use standard units, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Units of measurement: If for some reason the choice of units is arbitrary, choose SI units as the main unit, with other units in parentheses. For subjects dealing with the United States, it might be more appropriate to use U.S. measurements first, i.e. mile, foot, U.S. gallon. I fail to see why a list of tallest men should be USA-centric.--87.162.65.25 21:00, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Latest update

Removed these:

HamishMacBeth 14:13, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Moved a couple and removed these:

HamishMacBeth 17:20, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Rm:

  • Mario Ančić - nn, aren't all tennis players pretty tall?
    • I don't think so. The other problem is by that logic almost all NBA members should be removed.--T. Anthony 08:53, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Craig Anton - nn?
    • He's kind of B-list, but I think he is fairly recognizeable. Whether his height is notable I don't know.--T. Anthony 08:53, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Sebastian Bach - said he's 6'3
  • Raymond Burr - found nothing to suggest he was anywhere near 6'5
  • Kurt Fuller - nn
  • Stephen Harmison - nn?

HamishMacBeth 18:31, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Admins

Is there an administrator who is concerned for the List of famous tall men? Sergeant Gerzi 19:26, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)

The List of famous tall men should start with 6' 3" because there are also enough tall celebrities like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson who are under 6' 4" in height. Sergeant Gerzi 15:49, 1 November 2006 (UTC)


What about Nathan Jones the wrestler at 6' 10"?

[edit] Semi-protected

This page has been semi-protected due to anonymous vandalism. DurovaCharge! 16:19, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Where is Shawn Bradley?

Xi Shun has been moved to Bao Xishun, please change the name/wikilink.

[edit] Nicky Wire

Nicky Wire of the Manic Street Preachers is at least 6ft 4, and quite a bit taller than Fidel Castro listed here as 6ft 4 (photos of the Manics meeting Castro in Cuba prove it). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Anothercolour (talk • contribs) 21:27, 14 December 2006 (UTC).

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