How tall is Neil Armstrong?
Neil Armstrong's listed height was 180 cm (5'11"). He was taller than about 74% of men in the United States.
Where 180 cm sits among men in the United States
Taller than about 74% of men in the United States born in 1930 (average 175.2 cm).
About Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer, as well as a naval aviator, test pilot and university professor. He was born on 5 August 1930 and raised near Wapakoneta, Ohio. He entered Purdue University to study aeronautical engineering, with the United States Navy paying his tuition under the Holloway Plan, and became a midshipman in 1949 and a naval aviator the following year.
Armstrong saw action in the Korean War, flying the Grumman F9F Panther from the aircraft carrier USS Essex. He then became a test pilot at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards Air Force Base in California and flew the North American X-15 seven times. He joined the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1962. In March 1966 he was command pilot of Gemini 8, becoming NASA's first civilian astronaut to fly in space, and with pilot David Scott he performed the first docking of two spacecraft.
Armstrong stood at a listed 180 cm (5'11"). He died on 25 August 2012. As commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, he became the first person to walk on the Moon.
Frequently asked
How tall is Neil Armstrong in feet and inches? Neil Armstrong was 5'11" tall, which is 180 cm, 70.9 inches or 1.80 m.
Is Neil Armstrong tall for men in the United States? At 180 cm he was taller than about 74% of men in the United States born in 1930, whose average height is 175.2 cm.
Sources
- Neil Armstrong on Wikipedia — biography and career.
- Neil Armstrong on Wikidata — nationality and dates.
- Neil Armstrong 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.
More celebrity heights
- Eleanor Roosevelt — 180 cm · 5'11"
- Grover Cleveland — 180 cm · 5'11"
- Woodrow Wilson — 180 cm · 5'11"
- Charles Darwin — 182 cm · 6'0"
- Herbert Hoover — 182 cm · 6'0"
- James Monroe — 182 cm · 6'0"
Celebrity heights are based on widely reported public figures and can vary slightly between sources.