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Is Amitabh Bachchan taller than Tom Cruise?

Yes. Amitabh Bachchan is taller than Tom Cruise by 7 in (18 cm).

Amitabh Bachchan: taller than 95 in 100 US men. Tom Cruise: shorter than about 75 in 100 US men.

Amitabh Bachchan is taller than Tom Cruise by 7 in (18 cm).Amitabh Bachchan: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm). Tom Cruise: 5 ft 7 in (170 cm).

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Amitabh Bachchan
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Where these heights come from

Amitabh Bachchan is commonly listed at 6 ft 2 in (188 cm). See all of Amitabh Bachchan’s listed heights.

Tom Cruise is commonly listed at 5 ft 7 in (170 cm). See all of Tom Cruise’s listed heights.

Photos: Amitabh Bachchan by Shrinivaskulkarni1388, derivative work by Junior Jumper, CC BY-SA 4.0; Tom Cruise by Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Amitabh Bachchan, 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), and Tom Cruise, 5 ft 7 in (170 cm), drawn to scale on one baseline