While being taller is often more likely to lead to professional success, this isn't always the case. Many entrepreneurs, politicians, writers and other notable people past and present were on the shorter side. In some cases, well-known short people have actually used their height to their advantage. For example, Mario Andretti raced Indy Cars, where bigger, heavier drivers can actually slow a vehicle down. Many comedians have also used their shorter height for material and thus turned it into a positive.
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Here's a list with just some the famous short people throughout history who still managed to be successful in politics, entertainment, sports and other fields:
NAME | HEIGHT | AREA |
---|---|---|
Jason Alexander | 5' 5" | Entertainment |
Woody Allen | 5' 6" | Entertainment |
Mario Andretti | 5' 7½" | Sports |
Sean Astin | 5' 6" | Entertainment |
Ludwig Van Beethoven | 5' 3¾" | Music |
David Ben-Gurion | 5' 0" | Politics |
Robert Blake | 5' 4" | Entertainment |
Humphrey Bogart | 5' 8" | Entertainment |
Napoleon Bonaparte | 5' 6" | Politics |
Bono | 5' 7" | Entertainment |
Matthew Broderick | 5' 8" | Entertainment |
Mel Brooks | 5' 4" | Entertainment |
Gary Burghoff | 5' 5" | Entertainment |
Richard Burton | 5' 8" | Entertainment |
James Cagney | 5' 7" | Entertainment |
Truman Capote | 5' 4" | Literature |
Andrew Carnegie | 5' 0" | Entrepreneur |
Gary Coleman | 4' 8" | Entertainment |
Phil Collins | 5' 6" | Entertainment |
Lou Costello | 5' 5" | Entertainment |
Tom Cruise | 5' 8" | Entertainment |
Billy Crystal | 5' 8" | Entertainment |
Salvador Dali | 5' 7" | Art |
Sammy Davis Jr. | 5' 3" | Entertainment |
Danny DeVito | 5' 0" | Entertainment |
Robert Downey Jr. | 5' 7" | Entertainment |
Richard Dreyfuss | 5' 5" | Entertainment |
Bob Dylan | 5' 6" | Entertainment |
Emilio Estevez | 5' 7" | Entertainment |
Peter Falk | 5' 6" | Entertainment |
William Faulkner | 5' 6" | Literature |
F. Scott Fitzgerald | 5' 7" | Literature |
Michael J. Fox | 5' 4" | Entertainment |
Buckminster Fuller | 5' 2" | Scientist |
Ghandi | 5' 3" | Politics |
Paul Giamatti | 5' 7" | Entertainment |
Maurice & Robin Gibb (Bee Gees) | 5' 8" | Entertainment |
Joel Grey | 5' 5" | Entertainment |
Gus Grissom | 5' 5" | Astronaut |
Scott Hamilton | 5' 4" | Sports |
Armand Hammer | 5' 5" | Entrepreneur |
Alfred Hitchcock | 5' 6" | Entertainment |
Dustin Hoffman | 5' 6" | Entertainment |
Anthony Hopkins | 5' 8" | Entertainment |
Bob Hoskins | 5' 5½" | Entertainment |
Harry Houdini | 5' 5" | Entertainment |
Curly Howard | 5' 5" | Entertainment |
Moe Howard | 5' 4" | Entertainment |
Elton John | 5' 4" | Entertainment |
Davy Jones | 5' 3" | Entertainment |
John Keats | 5' 1" | Literature |
Ben Kingsley | 5' 8" | Entertainment |
Nikita Khrushchev | 5' 3" | Politics |
Martin Luther King | 5' 7" | Politics |
Alan Ladd | 5' 4" | Entertainment |
Fiorello Henry LaGuardia | 5' 0" | Politics |
Nathan Lane | 5' 5" | Entertainment |
Martin Lawrence | 5' 8" | Entertainment |
T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) | 5' 6" | Politics |
Spike Lee | 5' 5" | Entertainment |
John Leguizamo | 5' 8" | Entertainment |
Guy Lombardo | 5' 4" | Entertainment |
Peter Lorre | 5' 5" | Entertainment |
James Madison | 5' 4" | Politics |
Cheech Marin | 5' 6" | Entertainment |
Chico Marx | 5' 5" | Entertainment |
Harpo Marx | 5' 5" | Entertainment |
Dudley Moore | 5' 2" | Entertainment |
Noriyuki (Pat) Morita | 5' 3" | Entertainment |
Mike Myers | 5' 7" | Entertainment |
George "Baby Face" Nelson | 5' 5" | Criminal |
Aristotle Onassis | 5' 5" | Entrepreneur |
Al Pacino | 5' 6" | Entertainment |
Ross Perot | 5' 7" | Entrepreneur |
Joe Pesci | 5' 5" | Entertainment |
Pablo Picasso | 5' 4" | Art |
Roman Polanski | 5' 4" | Entertainment |
Jason Priestly | 5' 6" | Entertainment |
Prince | 5' 3" | Entertainment |
Lou Reed | 5' 5" | Entertainment |
Edward G. Robinson | 5' 5" | Entertainment |
Auguste Rodin | 5' 4" | Art |
Mickey Rooney | 5' 3" | Entertainment |
Marquis de Sade | 5' 3" | Literature |
Leo Sayer | 5' 4" | Entertainment |
Martin Scorsese | 5' 3" | Entertainment |
Ryan Seacrest | 5' 7" | Entertainment |
Rod Serling | 5' 4" | Entertainment |
Martin Sheen | 5' 7" | Entertainment |
Willie Shoemaker | 4' 11" | Sports |
Paul Simon | 5' 2" | Entertainment |
David Spade | 5' 7" | Entertainment |
Steven Spielberg | 5' 7½" | Entertainment |
Joseph Stalin | 5' 6" | Politics |
Ringo Starr | 5' 8" | Entertainment |
Ben Stiller | 5' 8" | Entertainment |
Jerry Stiller | 5' 6" | Entertainment |
Igor Stravinsky | 5' 4" | Composer |
Kurt Thomas | 5' 5" | Sports |
J. R. R. Tolkien | 5' 5" | Literature |
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | 4' 11" | Art |
Ray Walston | 5' 8" | Entertainment |
Spud Webb | 5' 7" | Sports |
Paul Williams | 5' 2" | Entertainment |
Robin Williams | 5' 8" | Entertainment |
Henry Winkler | 5' 7" | Entertainment |
Elijah Wood | 5' 6" | Entertainment |