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How tall is George Orwell?

Q: How tall is George Orwell?

George Orwell is 188 cm tall, which is 6′2″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved August 27, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

British writer and journalist (1903–1950)

Recorded height
188 cm 6′2″ · 1.88 m · 74.0 inches

George Orwell is 188 cm tall (6′2″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved August 27, 2026.
That is 13 cm taller than the average U.S. man (175.3 cm, 5′9″; CDC/NCHS, NHANES 2015-2018 (Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, Number 46, 2021)).

Compared with people of similar fame

Lionel Messi (169 cm) · Bill Clinton (189 cm) · Angela Merkel (165 cm) · François Hollande (173 cm) · Volodymyr Zelenskyy (167 cm) · Cristiano Ronaldo (185 cm)

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Height as recorded on Wikidata (CC0), retrieved August 27, 2026. Recorded heights of real people are approximate. Silhouettes are stylized pictograms, not likenesses.