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Is James Madison taller than Recep Tayyip Erdoğan?

No. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is taller than James Madison by 9 in (22.4 cm).

James Madison: shorter than about 94 in 100 US men. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: taller than about 90 in 100 US men.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is taller than James Madison by 9 in (22.4 cm).James Madison: 5 ft 4 in (162.6 cm). Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: 6 ft 1 in (185 cm).

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Where these heights come from

James Madison is commonly listed at 5 ft 4 in (162.6 cm). See all of James Madison’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: James Madison by John Vanderlyn, 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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James Madison, 5 ft 4 in (163 cm), and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 6 ft 1 in (185 cm), drawn to scale on one baseline