6 ft 1.5 in (186.7 cm)
Barack Obama is listed by The Obama White House at 6 ft 1.5 in (186.7 cm). White House examination.
Source: The Obama White House
How tall is Barack Obama?
Barack Obama is listed by The Obama White House at 6 ft 1.5 in (186.7 cm).
Barack Obama’s 6 ft 1.5 in (186.7 cm) is tall for a US man: about 94 in 100 US men are shorter.
Where your height fallsEveryone about 6 ft 2 in
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Barack Obama beside others
Barack Obama is one of the taller US presidents we have heights for: Abraham Lincoln (6 ft 4 in) stands 2.5 in (6.3 cm) taller and James Madison (5 ft 4 in) is 9.5 in (24.1 cm) shorter. All 45 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 6 ft 1.5 in: George Washington.
- JD Vance: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), 0.5 in (1.3 cm) taller than Barack Obama.
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), 0.5 in (1.3 cm) taller than Barack Obama.
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Where this height comes from
The examination report gives 73.5 inches. That converts to 186.7 cm; the chart keeps that precision instead of rounding to a whole centimeter.
Photo: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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