How tall was Henry Kissinger?

Henry Kissinger is commonly listed at 5 ft 9 in (175 cm).

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Henry Kissinger’s 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) is about average for a US man: about 49 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Henry Kissinger beside others

Henry Kissinger is in the middle of the 108 politicians we have heights for: John Fetterman (6 ft 8 in) stands 11 in (28.2 cm) taller and Benito Juárez (4 ft 6 in) is 1 ft 3 in (38 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 5 ft 9 in: Joko Widodo, Heiko Maas and Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

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5 ft 9 in (175 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: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Henry Kissinger, 5 ft 9 in (175 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)