The Real Heights of Famous Historical Figures That Might Surprise You (11 photos)
We’ve been taught since our schooldays that Napoleon Bonaparte was exceptionally short. In reality, the French emperor stood at 169 cm, which was actually slightly above average for the 18th and 19th centuries. We looked up the heights of several other famous historical figures and paired them up by their stature.
The great composer Franz Liszt and the equally legendary storyteller Hans Christian Andersen were both 185 cm tall. 
Author Franz Kafka shares his height with the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis Presley—both stood at 182 cm. 
What do Henry Ford and Princess Diana have in common? First and foremost, a height of 178 cm. 
Explorer Christopher Columbus and the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, were both 170 cm tall. 
German composer Richard Wagner was the exact same height as actress and icon Marilyn Monroe: 166 cm. 
Famed poet Alexander Pushkin and mystery writer Agatha Christie both stood at 167 cm. 
Two other literary classics, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Ivan Bunin, were both gifted a height of 169 cm. 
Author Gabriel García Márquez and surrealist artist Salvador Dalí were both 172 cm tall. 
Novelist Vladimir Nabokov and poet Anna Akhmatova shared the exact same height—180 cm. 
Ernest Hemingway and Jack London were identical in height at 183 cm. 
Oscar Wilde and Jacques-Yves Cousteau towered over most of their contemporaries at 191 cm.
Fascinating, isn't it? Here are 12 more modern celebrities whose actual heights might not be what you expected.
