How tall is Nikola Tesla?

Nikola Tesla's listed height was 188 cm (6'2").

About Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American engineer, futurist and inventor, born on 10 July 1856 in Smiljan. Born and raised in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he studied engineering and physics in the 1870s without receiving a degree. In the early 1880s he gained experience in telephony and at Continental Edison in the new electric power industry.

In 1884 Tesla migrated to the United States, where he became a naturalized citizen, and worked briefly at the Edison Machine Works in New York City before striking out on his own. He set up laboratories and companies in New York. His AC induction motor and related polyphase AC patents were licensed by Westinghouse Electric in 1888 and became the cornerstone of the polyphase system. He also built a wirelessly controlled boat, one of the first wirelessly controlled vehicles, and in the 1890s pursued ideas for wireless lighting and worldwide wireless electric power distribution.

Tesla stood at a listed 188 cm (6'2"). He died on 7 January 1943. He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.

Frequently asked

How tall is Nikola Tesla in feet and inches? Nikola Tesla was 6'2" tall, which is 188 cm, 74 inches or 1.88 m.

Sources

• Nikola Tesla on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Nikola Tesla on Wikidata — nationality and dates.
• Nikola Tesla 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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