Hugo Chávez John Adams

Is Hugo Chávez taller than John Adams?

Yes. Hugo Chávez is taller than John Adams by 1 in (2.8 cm).

Hugo Chávez: shorter than about 61 in 100 US men. John Adams: shorter than about 74 in 100 US men.

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Hugo Chávez

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Where these heights come from

Hugo Chávez is commonly listed at 5 ft 8 in (173 cm). See all of Hugo Chávez’s listed heights.

John Adams is commonly listed at 5 ft 7 in (170.2 cm). See all of John Adams’s listed heights.

Photos: Hugo Chávez by Roberto Stuckert Filho, CC BY-SA 2.0; John Adams by Gilbert Stuart, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

More comparisons

Hugo Chávez

Hugo Chávez vs Theodore Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt is taller than Hugo Chávez by 2 in (4.8 cm).
Hugo Chávez vs Dwight D. Eisenhower: Dwight D. Eisenhower is taller than Hugo Chávez by 2.5 in (6.1 cm).
Hugo Chávez vs Woodrow Wilson: Woodrow Wilson is taller than Hugo Chávez by 3 in (7.3 cm).

John Adams

John Adams vs Kamala Harris: John Adams is taller than Kamala Harris by 3 in (7.2 cm).
John Adams vs Theodore Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt is taller than John Adams by 3 in (7.6 cm).
John Adams vs Dwight D. Eisenhower: Dwight D. Eisenhower is taller than John Adams by 3.5 in (8.9 cm).

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Hugo Chávez, 5 ft 8 in (173 cm), and John Adams, 5 ft 7 in (170 cm), drawn to scale on one baseline