How tall was Bob Marley?

Bob Marley is commonly listed at 5 ft 7 in (170 cm).

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Bob Marley’s 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) is a little below average for a US man: about 25 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Bob Marley beside others

Bob Marley is in the middle of the 220 singers we have heights for: Peter Steele (6 ft 8 in) stands 1 ft 1 in (33.2 cm) taller and Édith Piaf (4 ft 8 in) is 11 in (28 cm) shorter.

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5 ft 7 in (170 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: Dennis Morris; Distributed by Island Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Bob Marley, 5 ft 7 in (170 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)