How tall is Billy Joel?

Billy Joel is commonly listed at 5 ft 5.5 in (166 cm).

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Billy Joel’s 5 ft 5.5 in (166 cm) is short for a US man: about 12 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Billy Joel beside others

Billy Joel is one of the shorter musicians we have heights for: Krist Novoselic (6 ft 7 in) stands 1 ft 2 in (35 cm) taller and Dolly Parton (5 ft 0 in) is 5.5 in (13.6 cm) shorter.

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5 ft 5.5 in (166 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.

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Billy Joel, 5 ft 5.5 in (166 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)