The Evidence That Napoleon Was Short

margaret rodenberg is the author of finding napoleon, which is a novel featuringNapoleon. She's also the secretary of the napoleonic historical society. And i just for the record, am five seven. So ok, here is the evidence that napoleon was short. His recorded height was five foot two. He was tiny compared to all the people around him, and his nickname was the little corporal. The average american man to day is just a little taller, at five foot nine.