Bill de Blasio

How tall is Bill de Blasio?

Bill de Blasio is commonly listed at 6 ft 5 in (195.6 cm).

The New York Times put him at 6 ft 5⅞ in (197.8 cm) in 2014, the tallest mayor in New York City’s history.

Bill de Blasio’s 6 ft 5 in (195.6 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

Bill de Blasio is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 1.5 in (34.4 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Bill de Blasio: 6 ft 5 in (195.6 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Bill de Blasio is taller than the average US man by 8 in (20.5 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Bill de Blasio is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 1.5 in (34.4 cm).Bill de Blasio is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 1.5 in (34.4 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Bill de Blasio: 6 ft 5 in (195.6 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Bill de Blasio is taller than the average US man by 8 in (20.5 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Bill de Blasio is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 1.5 in (34.4 cm).

Bill de Blasio beside others

Bill de Blasio is one of the taller politicians we have heights for: John Fetterman (6 ft 8 in) stands 3 in (7.6 cm) taller and Benito Juárez (4 ft 6 in) is 1 ft 11 in (58.6 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 6 ft 5 in: Charles de Gaulle.

  • Friedrich Merz: 6 ft 6 in (198 cm), 1 in (2.4 cm) taller than Bill de Blasio.
  • Abraham Lincoln: 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), 1 in (2.5 cm) shorter than Bill de Blasio.

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Where this height comes from

6 ft 5 in (195.6 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: Kevin Case from Bronx, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Bill de Blasio, 6 ft 5 in (196 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)