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Mahatma Gandhi

How tall was Mahatma Gandhi?

Mahatma Gandhi is commonly listed at 5 ft 4.5 in (164 cm).

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Mahatma Gandhi’s 5 ft 4.5 in (164 cm) is short for a US man: about 8 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 5 in

The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Mahatma Gandhi: 5 ft 4.5 in (164 cm). The average US man is taller than Mahatma Gandhi by 4.5 in (11.1 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm).The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Mahatma Gandhi: 5 ft 4.5 in (164 cm). The average US man is taller than Mahatma Gandhi by 4.5 in (11.1 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm).

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Mahatma Gandhi beside others

Mahatma Gandhi is one of the shorter activists we have heights for: Jesse Jackson (6 ft 3 in) stands 10.5 in (27 cm) taller and Harriet Tubman (5 ft 0 in) is 4.5 in (12 cm) shorter.

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5 ft 4.5 in (164 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: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Mahatma Gandhi, 5 ft 4.5 in (164 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)