Hugo Chávez Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Is Hugo Chávez taller than Recep Tayyip Erdoğan?

No. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is taller than Hugo Chávez by 4.5 in (12 cm).

Hugo Chávez: shorter than about 61 in 100 US men. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: taller than about 90 in 100 US men.

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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.

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

Photos: Hugo Chávez by Roberto Stuckert Filho, CC BY-SA 2.0; Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY Official website, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Hugo Chávez

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

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vs Gerald Ford: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is taller than Gerald Ford by 1 in (2.1 cm).
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vs Woodrow Wilson: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is taller than Woodrow Wilson by 2 in (4.7 cm).
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vs Charles III: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is taller than Charles III by 3 in (7.2 cm).

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