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Barbara Bush

How tall was Barbara Bush?

Barbara Bush is commonly listed at 5 ft 8 in (172.8 cm).

A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from

Barbara Bush’s 5 ft 8 in (172.8 cm) is very tall for a US woman: more than 95 in 100 US women are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 8 in

The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Barbara Bush: 5 ft 8 in (172.8 cm). The average US man is taller than Barbara Bush by 1 in (2.3 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm).The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Barbara Bush: 5 ft 8 in (172.8 cm). The average US man is taller than Barbara Bush by 1 in (2.3 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm).

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Barbara Bush beside others

Also listed at 5 ft 8 in: William Henry Harrison, James K. Polk and Zachary Taylor.

Where this height comes from

5 ft 8 in (172.8 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: David Valdez, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Barbara Bush, 5 ft 8 in (173 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)