How tall is Michelle Obama?

Michelle Obama is commonly listed at 5 ft 11 in (180.3 cm).

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Michelle Obama’s 5 ft 11 in (180.3 cm) is very tall for a US woman: more than 95 in 100 US women are shorter.

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Michelle Obama beside others

Michelle Obama is in the middle of the 5 lawyers we have heights for: James Comey (6 ft 8 in) stands 9 in (22.9 cm) taller and Ruth Bader Ginsburg (5 ft 1 in) is 10 in (25.3 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 5 ft 11 in: Sophie Dahl.

Tony Robbins: 6 ft 7 in (200.7 cm), 8 in (20.3 cm) taller than Michelle Obama.

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5 ft 11 in (180.3 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.

Photo: Lawrence Jackson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Michelle Obama, 5 ft 11 in (180 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)