How tall is John F. Kennedy?
John F. Kennedy's listed height was 183 cm (6'0"). He was taller than about 90% of men in the United States.
Where 183 cm sits among men in the United States
Taller than about 90% of men in the United States born in 1917 (average 173.4 cm).
About John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 to 1963. Born on 29 May 1917 into the prominent Kennedy family in Brookline, Massachusetts, he graduated from Harvard University in 1940 and joined the U.S. Naval Reserve the following year. He was the youngest person elected president, at 43 years, and the first Catholic president.
During World War II Kennedy commanded PT boats in the Pacific theater and earned the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his rescue of fellow sailors after the sinking of PT-109. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented a working-class Boston district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 and served as junior senator from Massachusetts from 1953 to 1960. His book Profiles in Courage won a Pulitzer Prize. In the 1960 presidential election he narrowly defeated Republican Richard Nixon, the incumbent vice president.
Kennedy stood at a listed 183 cm (6'0"). He died on 22 November 1963. He served at the height of the Cold War, and most of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba.
Frequently asked
How tall is John F. Kennedy in feet and inches? John F. Kennedy was 6'0" tall, which is 183 cm, 72 inches or 1.83 m.
Is John F. Kennedy tall for men in the United States? At 183 cm he was taller than about 90% of men in the United States born in 1917, whose average height is 173.4 cm.
Sources
- John F. Kennedy on Wikipedia — biography and career.
- John F. Kennedy on Wikidata — nationality and dates.
- John F. Kennedy 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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