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Is Gerald Ford taller than Recep Tayyip Erdoğan?

No. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is taller than Gerald Ford by 1 in (2.1 cm).

Gerald Ford: taller than about 85 in 100 US men. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: taller than about 90 in 100 US men.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is taller than Gerald Ford by 1 in (2.1 cm).Gerald Ford: 6 ft 0 in (182.9 cm). Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: 6 ft 1 in (185 cm).

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Where these heights come from

Gerald Ford is commonly listed at 6 ft 0 in (182.9 cm). See all of Gerald Ford’s listed heights.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is commonly listed at 6 ft 1 in (185 cm). See all of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s listed heights.

Photos: Gerald Ford by David Hume Kennerly, Public domain; Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY Official website, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Gerald Ford, 6 ft 0 in (183 cm), and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 6 ft 1 in (185 cm), drawn to scale on one baseline