Angus Young tops list of greatest ‘short dudes’

Maxim names AC/DC guitarist, NBA's Spud Webb, Yoda to list of top 25

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updated 11:20 a.m. ET Nov. 18, 2005

NEW YORK - AC/DC guitarist Angus Young tops Maxim’s list of the “25 greatest short dudes of all time,” standing tall at 5 feet 2 inches.

NBA guard Spud Webb, at 5 feet 7 inches, is No. 2, followed by Napoleon Bonaparte (5 feet 4 inches), Olympic weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu (4 feet 11 inches) and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (5 feet 2 inches).

The magazine, in its December issue, claims to be helping women “begin a long overdue fight against their genetically determined shallowness when choosing a partner.”

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Yoda, at No. 6, is the shortest on the list. His height is calculated at 2 feet 2 inches.

Other great short dudes: Martin Scorsese, Jon Stewart, Prince, Kurt Cobain and two of the Hobbits from “The Lord of the Rings” films — Elijah Wood and Sean Astin.

The tallest “short dude”? Pro football player Doug Flutie, at 5 feet 10 inches, who is ranked at No. 24.