5 ft 8.5 in (174 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.
Lewis Hamilton is commonly listed at 5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm).
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Lewis Hamilton’s 5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm) is about average for a US man: about 44 in 100 US men are shorter.
Lewis Hamilton is one of the shorter racing automobile drivers we have heights for: Carroll Shelby (6 ft 3 in) stands 6.5 in (17 cm) taller and Danica Patrick (5 ft 2 in) is 6.5 in (16.5 cm) shorter.
Also listed at 5 ft 8.5 in: Kevin Magnussen and Michael Schumacher.
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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