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Is Mahathir Mohamad taller than Ulysses S. Grant?

No. Ulysses S. Grant is taller than Mahathir Mohamad by 1 in (2.7 cm).

Mahathir Mohamad: shorter than about 75 in 100 US men. Ulysses S. Grant: shorter than about 62 in 100 US men.

Ulysses S. Grant is taller than Mahathir Mohamad by 1 in (2.7 cm).Mahathir Mohamad: 5 ft 7 in (170 cm). Ulysses S. Grant: 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm).

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Mahathir Mohamad
Ulysses S. Grant

These rounded published listings give an approximate gap. They do not account for shoes or posture in a photograph.

Where these heights come from

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

Ulysses S. Grant is commonly listed at 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm). See all of Ulysses S. Grant’s listed heights.

Photos: Mahathir Mohamad by kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0; Ulysses S. Grant by Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Mahathir Mohamad, 5 ft 7 in (170 cm), and Ulysses S. Grant, 5 ft 8 in (173 cm), drawn to scale on one baseline