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How tall is Wolfgang Petersen?

Q: How tall is Wolfgang Petersen?

Wolfgang Petersen is 178 cm tall, which is 5′10″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved August 27, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

German film director (1941–2022)

Recorded height
178 cm 5′10″ · 1.78 m · 70.1 inches

Wolfgang Petersen is 178 cm tall (5′10″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved August 27, 2026.
That is 3 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

Kate Mara (160 cm) · Peter Lorre (160 cm) · Ian Thorpe (195 cm) · Peter Bosz (178 cm) · Miralem Pjanić (178 cm) · Rebecca Hall (178 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.