"When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there."
~ George Harrison
Great musician and singer-songwriter, George Harrison is remembered as the lead guitarist of the Beatles -- also as being one of the greatest guitarists of all time.
It has been more than 50 years since the disbandment of The Beatles but people are still interested in the band, its members -- and the things that concern them -- even the members' height.
The three members of The Beatles were almost of the same height (Lil Ringo Starr being a bit different). But if you look at them carefully, it can be argued that George Harrison was a bit shorter than John Lennon and Paul McCartney -- but how much?
Mr. Harrison's passport listed his height at 5'10" -- which seeing how honest and precise he was -- must have been close to the mark.
The number is around what we have guessed for his height as well -- after carefully looking at him and comparing his height to that of his band-members
The real height of George Harrison was
5'10" or 178 cm
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| John Lennon (5'10¼"), George Harrison (5'10"), Paul McCartney (5'10½" in his prime), and Ringo Starr (5'7" in his prime) [Geroge Harrison is looking a little shorter due to bad posture] |
Geroge Harrison's passport.
For reference, here is the average human height around the world.
| Country | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 5'4" | 4'11" |
| India | 5'5½" | 5'½" |
| Mexico | 5'6½" | 5'1½" |
| China | 5'6½" | 5'1½" |
| Japan | 5'7½" | 5'2½" |
| Brazil | 5'8" | 5'3" |
| Russia | 5'9" | 5'3¾" |
| France | 5'9" | 5'3¾" |
| United States | 5'9¼" | 5'4" |
| United Kingdom | 5'9½" | 5'4¼" |
| Canada | 5'10" | 5'4½" |
| Australia | 5'10" | 5'4½" |
| Germany | 5'10½" | 5'5" |
| Netherlands | 5'11½" | 5'6" |
| Dinka people of South Sudan | 6" | 5'7" |
Data was collected more or less from Wikipedia and some other sources. Expect a slight discrepancy from real life. A more detailed chart can be found here.
"It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it, and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one."
~ George Harrison