How tall was Alexander Hamilton?

Alexander Hamilton is commonly listed at 5 ft 7 in (170 cm).

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Alexander Hamilton’s 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) is a little below average for a US man: about 25 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height falls Everyone about 5 ft 7 in

Alexander Hamilton beside others

Alexander Hamilton is one of the shorter politicians we have heights for: John Fetterman (6 ft 8 in) stands 1 ft 1 in (33.2 cm) taller and Benito Juárez (4 ft 6 in) is 1 ft 1 in (33 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 5 ft 7 in: Vladimir Putin, François Hollande and Olaf Scholz.

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5 ft 7 in (170 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Photo: John Trumbull, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Alexander Hamilton, 5 ft 7 in (170 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)