List of famous tall women
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This is a list of famous tall women, starting at 5 feet 8 inches (173 cm).
Contents
- 1 8 ft. 4 in. (254 cm)
- 2 8 ft. 1¾ in. (248 cm)
- 3 7 ft 7¼ in (232 cm)
- 4 7 ft 7in (231 cm)
- 5 7 ft 9 in or 7 ft 6 in (228 cm / 236 cm)
- 6 7ft 6in (228 cm)
- 7 7 ft 4½ in (225 cm)
- 8 7 ft 2 in (218 cm)
- 9 7ft (213 cm)
- 10 6 ft 9 in (206 cm)
- 11 6 ft 8 in (203 cm)
- 12 6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
- 13 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
- 14 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
- 15 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
- 16 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
- 17 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
- 18 6 ft 1½ in (187 cm)
- 19 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
- 20 6 ft (183 cm)
- 21 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
- 22 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
- 23 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
- 24 See also
- 25 External links
8 ft. 4 in. (254 cm)
- Trijntje Keever (1616 - 1633). Reached 200cm (6f7) at the age of 9. That year she met the king of Bohemia, Von der Paltz. She died of cancer. Her life size painting is still hanging in the cityhall of Edam, Netherlands
8 ft. 1¾ in. (248 cm)
- Zeng Jinlian (1964 - 1982)
7 ft 7¼ in (232 cm)
- Sandy Allen — World's tallest living woman as recognised by Guiness Book of World Records.
7 ft 7in (231 cm)
- Jane Bunford — World's tallest woman until Sandy Allen.
7 ft 9 in or 7 ft 6 in (228 cm / 236 cm)
Her height is often disputed and many sources quote her at 7 ft 9 inch tall. The Guiness Book of World Records has not yet confirmed her record if it actually holds.7ft 6in (228 cm)
- Anna Haining Bates — 19th-century Canadian giantess
7 ft 4½ in (225 cm)
- Maria Feliciana dos Santos From Brazil; Born of abnormally long parents. Shoe size: 39 (Brazil system]; Weight: 65 kg.
7 ft 2 in (218 cm)
- Margo Dydek — tallest basketball player in WNBA history
7ft (213 cm)
- Uljana Semjonova — basketball player
6 ft 9 in (206 cm)
- Caroline Welz — model, tallest woman in Germany
- Ekaterina Gamova — volleyball player
6 ft 8 in (203 cm)
- Anne Donovan — basketball player, coach
- Katie Feenstra — basketball player
- Lindsay Taylor — basketball player
- Maria Stepanova — basketball player
6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
- Kara Braxton — basketball player
- Kara Wolters — basketball player
6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
- Summer Erb — basketball player
6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
- Lauren Jackson — basketball player
- Lisa Leslie — basketball player
- Michelle Snow — basketball player
- Wang Jing Ting — basketball player
6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
- Megumi Kawamura — model
- Rebecca Lobo — basketball player
- Cheryl Miller — basketball player
- Blanka Vlašić — high jumper
6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
- Teressa Blackwell — fitness model
- Kayte Christensen — basketball player
- Cheryl Ford — basketball player
- Jennifer Gilliom — basketball player
- Judy Gold — comedian
- Ursula Plassnik — Austrian politician
- Gabrielle Reece — model and beach volleyball player
- Janet Reno — former United States Attorney General
- Kasha Terry — basketball player
- Kerri Walsh — beach volleyball player
- Mistie Williams — basketball player
6 ft 2½ in (189 cm)
- Lindsay Davenport — tennis player
6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
- Amy Acuff — high jumper
- Nicole Bass — bodybuilder
- Julia Child — cooking author and television personality
- Maria Sharapova — tennis player
- Tina Thompson — basketball player
6 ft 1½ in (187 cm)
- Otylia Jędrzejczak — swimmer
- Suzie Plakson — actress
6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
- Jennie Finch — softball player
- Ana Hickmann — supermodel
- Jodie Kidd — model
- Janet McTeer — actress
- Delisha Milton-Jones — basketball player
- Brigitte Nielsen — actress
- Oluchi Onweagba — model
- Julie Strain — model
- Sui Feifei — basketball player
- Logan Tom — volleyball player
- Nene Tomita — volleyball player
- Michelle Wie — golfer
- Venus Williams — tennis player
6 ft (183 cm)
- Maya Angelou — poet and author
- Saffron Burrows — actress
- Ana Ivanovic — tennis player
- Ann Coulter — political commentator
- Molly Culver — actress
- Geena Davis — actress
- Laurie Dhue — newscaster
- Terry Farrell — actress
- Jerry Hall — model and actress
- Domino Harvey — model and bounty hunter
- Mariel Hemingway — actress
- Allison Janney — actress
- Kristen Johnston — actress
- Jamaica Kincaid — author
- Elle Macpherson — model
- Maria Mena — pop singer
- Carrie Nation — temperance activist
- Eleanor Roosevelt — United States First Lady
- Brooke Shields — actress
- Kimora Lee Simmons — fashion designer and model
- Kimberly Stewart — model
- Diana Taurasi — basketball player
- Uma Thurman — actress
- Aisha Tyler — actress
- Maitland Ward — actress
- Roshumba Williams — actress
- Wendy Williams — radio personality
5 ft 11½ in (182 cm)
- Kathryn Bigelow — film director
- Macy Gray — musician
- Famke Janssen — actress
- Mette Marit —crown princess of Norway
- Adriana Sklenaříková — model
- Brenda Strong — actress
- Sigourney Weaver — actress
- Wilhelmina — model and owner of model agency
5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
- Susan Anton — actress
- Ana Beatriz Barros — model
- Jessica Bendinger — film director
- Elsa Benítez — model
- Michela Bercu — actress
- Gisele Bündchen — model
- Sophie Dahl — actress
- Morgane Dubled — model
- Shalom Harlow — model
- Eva Herzigová — model
- Grace Jones — model, singer, actress
- Allison Freaster — basketball player
- Stacy Keibler — professional wrestling diva
- Melania Knauss — model
- Tiiu Kuik — model
- Karolína Kurková — model
- Kristanna Loken — actress
- Ann Markley — model & contestant on reality televison program America's Next Top Model
- Nikki McCray — basketball player
- Julie Newmar — actress
- Lena Olin — actress
- Tatjana Patitz — actress and model
- Ticha Penicheiro — basketball player
- Donna Perry — actress
- Daniela Peštová — model
- Missi Pyle — actress
- Vanessa Redgrave — actress
- Rebecca Romijn — model
- Claudia Schiffer — supermodel
- Hana Soukupová — model
- Mallory Snyder — model
- Tilda Swinton — actress
- Niki Taylor — model
- Dara Torres — swimmer
- Caroline Trentini — model
- Eugenia Volodina — model
- Alek Wek — model
- Daria Werbowy — model
- Caroline Winberg — model
5 ft 10½ in (179 cm)
- Summer Altice — model
- Michelle Alves — model
- Adrianne Curry — model & contestant on reality televison program America's Next Top Model
- Nicole Kidman — actress
- Lucy Lawless — actress
- Princess Máxima — Netherlands royalty
- Queen Noor — Jordanian royalty
- Victoria Silvstedt — model
5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
- Donna Air — actress
- Michelle Akers — football (soccer) player
- Laila Ali — boxer
- Joan Allen — actress
- Marian Anderson — operatic singer
- Bea Arthur — actress
- Jules Asner — actress
- Catherine Bell — actress
- Elizabeth Berkley — actress
- Sandra Bernhard — entertainer
- Naomi Campbell — model
- Esther Cañadas — actress and model
- Kim Cattrall — actress
- Lily Cole — model
- Sarah Connor — German singer - wife of the American pop singer Marc Terenzi
- Jennifer Coolidge — actress
- Cynthia Cooper — basketball player
- Marcia Cross — actress
- Laura Dern — actress
- Anna DeForge — basketball player
- Diana, Princess of Wales — British royalty
- Janice Dickinson — model and reality television show host
- Lily Donaldson — model
- Minnie Driver — actress
- Tonya Edwards — basketball player
- Jenna Elfman — actress
- Shannon Elizabeth — actress
- Angie Everhart — model and actress
- Michelle Forbes — actress
- Daisy Fuentes — actress
- Delta Goodrem — singer
- Bridget Hall — model
- Daryl Hannah — actress
- Catherine Hardwicke — director
- Tricia Helfer — model and actress
- Natasha Henstridge — actress
- Brooke Hogan — singer
- Anjelica Huston — actress
- Carmen Kass — model
- Liya Kebede — model
- Elizabeth Jagger — model and actress
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee — athlete
- Christine Lahti — actress
- Sherry Lansing — entertainment executive
- Queen Latifah — rapper, actress
- Joanie Laurer (aka Chyna) — professional wrestler
- Adriana Lima — model
- Angela Lindvall — model
- Kelly Lynch — actress
- Wendie Malick — actress
- Valeria Mazza — model
- Kenya Moore — actress
- Mandy Moore — singer
- Petra Němcová — model
- Sandra Day O'Connor — retired United States Supreme Court justice
- Alexandra Paul — actress
- Mary Pierce — tennis player
- Natasha Poly — model
- Laura Prepon — actress
- Lynn Redgrave — actress
- Flora Robson — actress
- Layla Roberts — model and actress
- Lisa Russell — musician
- Katey Sagal — actress
- Nicole Sheridan — adult film actress
- Carly Simon — musician
- Leelee Sobieski — actress
- Mira Sorvino — actress
- Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth — reality TV contestant
- Jessica Stam — model
- Trinity Stiles — actress
- Joss Stone — singer
- Fernanda Tavares — model
- Charlize Theron — actress
- Jenny Thompson — swimmer
- Gina Torres — actress
- Misty May-Treanor — beach volleyball player
- Christy Turlington — model
- Kathleen Turner — actress
- Shannon Tweed — adult film actress
- Liv Tyler — actress
- Anne Vyalitsyna — model
- Erin Wasson — model
- Gemma Ward — model
- Serena Williams — tennis player
- Deanna Wright — actress
- Xuxa — entertainer
- Sean Young — actress
- Natasha Zlobina — actress
5 ft 9½ in (177 cm)
- Ciara — singer
- Cindy Crawford — model
- Susan Eldridge — model
- Linda Evangelista — model
- Louise Fletcher — actress
- Heidi Klum — model
- Lisa Kudrow — actress
- Courtney Love — musician
- Princess Mathilde — Belgium royalty
- Mary McAleese — President of Ireland
- Fernanda Motta — model
- Diane Neal — actress
- Gwyneth Paltrow — actress
5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
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- Alessandra Ambrosio — model
- Mischa Barton — actress
- Amanda Beard — swimmer
- Jennifer Beals — actress
- Candice Bergen — actress
- Veronica Blume — model
- Lisa Cant — model
- Mariah Carey — singer
- Mary Carey — adult film actress and politician
- Lynda Carter — actress
- Chelsea Clinton — daughter of former United States President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Wendy Crewson —actress
- Joan Cusack — actress
- Cameron Diaz — actress
- Cintia Dicker — model
- Rhea Durham — model
- Karen Elson — model
- Shanna Ferrigno — actress
- Isabeli Fontana — model
- Jorja Fox — actress
- Kay Francis — actress
- Jennifer Garner — actress
- Lauren Graham — actress
- Maggie Gyllenhaal — actress
- Sophie B. Hawkins — singer
- Katherine Heigl — actress
- Katie Holmes — actress
- Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson — actress
- Jane Kaczmarek — actress
- Jaime King — actress
- Catherine Keener — actress
- Queen Sofia of Spain — Spanish royalty
- Elizabeth Mitchell — actress
- Carolyn Murphy — model
- Gena Lee Nolin — actress
- Snejana Onopka — model
- Rosamund Pike — actress
- Bar Refaeli — model
- Julia Roberts — actress
- Marian Seldes — actress
- Alexis Smith — actress
- Anna Nicole Smith — model
- Jurnee Smollett — actress
- Martha Stewart — publisher, television host
- Tasha Tilberg — model
- Estella Warren — actress and model
- Bridgette Wilson — actress
- Torrie Wilson — model and professional wrestler
5 ft 8½ in (174 cm)
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- Lauren Bacall — actress
- Annette Bening — actress
- Hilarie Burton — actress
- Cher — singer and actress
- Hillary Clinton —former U.S first Lady and United States Senator
- Inge de Bruijn — swimmer
- Jodi Gordon — model and actress
- Jessie Jones — celebrity
- Jacqueline Kennedy — former United States First Lady
- Stephanie McMahon-Levesque — daughter of WWE chairman Vince McMahon, wife of WWE wrestler Triple H
- Rosie Munter — singer and model
5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
- Vanessa Angel — actress
- Kate Beckinsale — actress
- Amanda Bynes — actress
- Denise Crosby — actress
- Rosario Dawson — actress
- Ellen DeGeneres — actress and comedian
- Shelley Duvall — actress
- Jane Fonda — actress
- Sarah Hagan — actress
- Anne Hathaway — actress
- Paris Hilton — socialite
- Whitney Houston — singer and actress
- Bryce Dallas Howard — actress
- Elizabeth Hurley — actress
- Angelina Jolie — actress (Sometimes listed as 5' 7" (170 cm))
- Milla Jovovich — actress and model
- Diane Keaton — actress
- Anna Kournikova — tennis player
- Cindy Margolis — actress (Sometimes listed as 5' 7" (170 cm))
- Debra Messing — actress
- Chandra North — model
- Letizia Ortiz — Spanish royalty
- Rihanna — R&AB - pop singer
- Emmy Rossum — actress
- Jeri Ryan — actress
- Meg Ryan — actress
- Amber Valletta — actress and model
- Lisa Marie Varon — WWE wrestler "Victoria"
- Catherine Zeta-Jones — actress
See also
- List of World's Tallest Women
- List of famous tall men
- List of famous short men
- List of famous short women
External links
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