How tall is Jack LaLanne?
Jack LaLanne's listed height was 167 cm (5'6"). He was taller than about 21% of men in the United States.
Where 167 cm sits among men in the United States
Taller than about 21% of men in the United States born in 1914 (average 173 cm).
About Jack LaLanne
Jack LaLanne was an American fitness and nutrition guru and motivational speaker, born Francois Henri LaLanne on 26 September 1914 in San Francisco. He described himself as a sugarholic and a junk food junkie until he was 15. After listening to a public lecture on nutrition by health food pioneer Paul Bragg, he turned his life around.
LaLanne hosted The Jack LaLanne Show, the first and longest-running nationally syndicated fitness television program, from 1951 to 1985. In 1936, at age 21, he opened the nation's first modern health club, in Oakland, California, which became a prototype for gyms bearing his name. He started working out with weights when they were an oddity and invented exercise machines including the pulley and leg extension devices and the Smith machine. He also popularized juicing and the jumping jack, and published numerous books on fitness.
LaLanne stood a listed 167 cm (5'6"). He was nicknamed the Godfather of Fitness and died on 23 January 2011.
Frequently asked
How tall is Jack LaLanne in feet and inches? Jack LaLanne was 5'6" tall, which is 167 cm, 65.7 inches or 1.67 m.
Is Jack LaLanne tall for men in the United States? At 167 cm he was taller than about 21% of men in the United States born in 1914, whose average height is 173 cm.
Sources
- Jack LaLanne on Wikipedia — biography and career.
- Jack LaLanne on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 167 cm.
- Jack LaLanne on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.
Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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