How tall is Peter Gabriel?

Peter Gabriel's listed height is 179 cm (5'10"). He is taller than about 70% of men in the United Kingdom.

Where 179 cm sits among men in the United Kingdom

Taller than about 70% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1950 (average 175.3 cm).

Gabriel next to his bandmates and co-stars

Phil Collins is 11 cm shorter than Peter Gabriel (168 cm), bandmate in Genesis.

Carole Bouquet is 7 cm shorter than Peter Gabriel (172 cm), New York Stories co-star.

Martin Scorsese is 19 cm shorter than Peter Gabriel (160 cm), New York Stories co-star.

About Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel is an English singer-songwriter, musician and human rights activist, born Peter Brian Gabriel on 13 February 1950 in Chobham. While attending Charterhouse School in Surrey, he co-founded Genesis in 1967, and he was the band's lead vocalist and principal lyricist for its first eight years.

Albums from his time with Genesis, including Nursery Cryme (1971), Foxtrot (1972) and Selling England by the Pound (1973), are considered progressive rock classics. He left the band in 1975 after a world tour for the concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. His solo career began with four self-titled studio albums, which produced the singles Solsbury Hill, Games Without Frontiers, Shock the Monkey and Biko, a protest song against apartheid in South Africa. In 1986 he released the worldbeat-influenced album So, his best-selling release. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis and as a solo artist.

At a listed 179 cm (5'10"), Gabriel is 11 cm taller than Phil Collins, who is listed at 168 cm (5'6") and who was his bandmate in Genesis. Gabriel is married to Meabh Flynn.

Frequently asked

How tall is Peter Gabriel in feet and inches? Peter Gabriel is 5'10" tall, which is 179 cm, 70.5 inches or 1.79 m.

How tall is Peter Gabriel compared to Phil Collins? Phil Collins is 11 cm shorter than Peter Gabriel: 168 cm (5'6") vs 179 cm (5'10").

How tall is Peter Gabriel compared to Carole Bouquet? Carole Bouquet is 7 cm shorter than Peter Gabriel: 172 cm (5'8") vs 179 cm (5'10").

How tall is Peter Gabriel compared to Martin Scorsese? Martin Scorsese is 19 cm shorter than Peter Gabriel: 160 cm (5'3") vs 179 cm (5'10").

Is Peter Gabriel tall for men in the United Kingdom? At 179 cm he is taller than about 70% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1950, whose average height is 175.3 cm.

Sources

• Peter Gabriel on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Peter Gabriel on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 179 cm.
• Peter Gabriel 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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Celebrity heights are based on widely reported public figures and can vary slightly between sources.