5 ft 8 in (172.7 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.
Bill Maher is commonly listed at 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm).
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Bill Maher’s 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm) is a little below average for a US man: about 38 in 100 US men are shorter.
Bill Maher is in the middle of the 52 comedians we have heights for: Greg Davies (6 ft 8 in) stands 12 in (30.5 cm) taller and Sandi Toksvig (5 ft 0 in) is 8 in (20.7 cm) shorter.
Also listed at 5 ft 8 in: Zac Efron, Salman Khan and Deepika Padukone.
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.
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