How tall is Stephen Hawking?

Stephen Hawking's listed height was 169 cm (5'7"). He was taller than about 22% of men in the United Kingdom.

Where 169 cm sits among men in the United Kingdom

Taller than about 22% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1942 (average 174.4 cm).

About Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking was an English theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist and author. He was born on 8 January 1942 in Oxford, into a family of physicians. He began his university education at University College, Oxford, in 1959 and received a first-class BA degree in physics. He then began graduate work at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he obtained his PhD in 1966.

Hawking was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge and held the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics from 1979 to 2009. His work included a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems and the prediction that black holes emit radiation, now called Hawking radiation. His book A Brief History of Time appeared on the Sunday Times bestseller list for a record-breaking 237 weeks.

Hawking stood a listed 169 cm (5'7"). He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He died on 14 March 2018, at the age of 76.

Frequently asked

How tall is Stephen Hawking in feet and inches? Stephen Hawking was 5'7" tall, which is 169 cm, 66.5 inches or 1.69 m.

Is Stephen Hawking tall for men in the United Kingdom? At 169 cm he was taller than about 22% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1942, whose average height is 174.4 cm.

Sources

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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