Tom Cruise vs Usain Bolt: who is taller?

Usain Bolt (195 cm · 6' 5") is taller than Tom Cruise (170 cm · 5' 7") by 25 cm (9.8 in) — 1.15× the height.

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Who are Tom Cruise and Usain Bolt?

Tom Cruise is an American actor (Top Gun, Mission: Impossible). Usain Bolt is a Jamaican sprinter, 100 m and 200 m world record holder.

Tom Cruise vs Usain Bolt: height side by side

Tom CruiseUsain Bolt
Height (cm)170 cm195 cm
Height (feet)5' 7"6' 5"
Height (metres)1.7 m1.95 m
Taller than44% of men worldwidemore than 99.9% of men worldwide
Against the average1 cm below the average man24 cm above the average man
In the United Statestaller than 16% of mentaller than 99.4% of men

How big is the height difference?

The gap between them is 25 cm (9.8 inches), about the short side of an A4 sheet. Tom Cruise is 87.2% of Usain Bolt's height. Standing side by side, the top of Tom Cruise's head would reach the chin of Usain Bolt.

It is a striking difference: one of them has to look up to meet the other's eyes.

How would you look next to them?

Your heightNext to Tom CruiseNext to Usain Bolt
152 cm (5' 0")you are 18 cm shorteryou are 43 cm shorter
160 cm (5' 3")you are 10 cm shorteryou are 35 cm shorter
168 cm (5' 6")you are 2 cm shorteryou are 27 cm shorter
175 cm (5' 9")you are 5 cm talleryou are 20 cm shorter
183 cm (6' 0")you are 13 cm talleryou are 12 cm shorter
191 cm (6' 3")you are 21 cm talleryou are 4 cm shorter

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