5 ft 9 in (175.3 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.
How tall was Michael Jackson?
Michael Jackson is commonly listed at 5 ft 9 in (175.3 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Michael Jackson’s 5 ft 9 in (175.3 cm) is about average for a US man: about 50 in 100 US men are shorter.
Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 9 in
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Michael Jackson beside others
Michael Jackson is in the middle of the 55 musicians we have heights for: Krist Novoselic (6 ft 7 in) stands 10 in (25.7 cm) taller and Dolly Parton (5 ft 0 in) is 9 in (22.9 cm) shorter.
Also listed at 5 ft 9 in: Justin Bieber, Tate McRae and Zayn Malik.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: Matthew Rolston; Distributed by Epic Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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