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Is John Quincy Adams taller than Mahathir Mohamad?

Yes. John Quincy Adams is taller than Mahathir Mohamad by 0.5 in (1.5 cm).

John Quincy Adams: shorter than about 68 in 100 US men. Mahathir Mohamad: shorter than about 75 in 100 US men.

John Quincy Adams is taller than Mahathir Mohamad by 0.5 in (1.5 cm).John Quincy Adams: 5 ft 7.5 in (171.5 cm). Mahathir Mohamad: 5 ft 7 in (170 cm).

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John Quincy Adams
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Where these heights come from

John Quincy Adams is commonly listed at 5 ft 7.5 in (171.5 cm). See all of John Quincy Adams’s listed heights.

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

Photos: John Quincy Adams by jklamo, cleaned and enhanced by Julielangford, Public domain; Mahathir Mohamad by kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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John Quincy Adams, 5 ft 7.5 in (171 cm), and Mahathir Mohamad, 5 ft 7 in (170 cm), drawn to scale on one baseline