Lyndon B. Johnson

How tall was Lyndon B. Johnson?

Lyndon B. Johnson, known as LBJ, is commonly listed at 6 ft 3.5 in (191.8 cm).

A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from

Lyndon B. Johnson’s 6 ft 3.5 in (191.8 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

Lyndon B. Johnson is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 0 in (30.6 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Lyndon B. Johnson: 6 ft 3.5 in (191.8 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Lyndon B. Johnson is taller than the average US man by 6.5 in (16.7 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Lyndon B. Johnson is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 0 in (30.6 cm).Lyndon B. Johnson is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 0 in (30.6 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Lyndon B. Johnson: 6 ft 3.5 in (191.8 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Lyndon B. Johnson is taller than the average US man by 6.5 in (16.7 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Lyndon B. Johnson is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 0 in (30.6 cm).

Lyndon B. Johnson beside others

Lyndon B. Johnson is one of the taller US presidents we have heights for: Abraham Lincoln (6 ft 4 in) stands 0.5 in (1.3 cm) taller and James Madison (5 ft 4 in) is 11.5 in (29.2 cm) shorter. All 45 ranked, tallest first.

  • Nicolás Maduro: 6 ft 3 in (191 cm), 0.3 in (0.8 cm) shorter than Lyndon B. Johnson.
  • John Kerry: 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), 0.5 in (1.2 cm) taller than Lyndon B. Johnson.
  • Donald Trump: 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm), 0.5 in (1.3 cm) shorter than Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Where this height comes from

6 ft 3.5 in (191.8 cm)

A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Source: Wikipedia

Photo: Arnold Newman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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APAHeightvs. (2026, November 3). How tall was LBJ? Lyndon B. Johnson: 6 ft 3.5 in (192 cm). https://heightvs.com/how-tall/lyndon-b-johnson
MLA“How Tall Was LBJ? Lyndon B. Johnson: 6 ft 3.5 in (192 cm).” Heightvs, 3 Nov. 2026, heightvs.com/how-tall/lyndon-b-johnson.
Chicago“How Tall Was LBJ? Lyndon B. Johnson: 6 ft 3.5 in (192 cm).” Heightvs. Last modified November 3, 2026. https://heightvs.com/how-tall/lyndon-b-johnson.
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Lyndon B. Johnson, 6 ft 3.5 in (192 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)