5 ft 3 in (160 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.
Paul Simon is commonly listed at 5 ft 3 in (160 cm).
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Paul Simon’s 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) is very short for a US man: fewer than 5 in 100 US men are shorter.
Paul Simon is one of the shorter singers we have heights for: Peter Steele (6 ft 8 in) stands 1 ft 5 in (43.2 cm) taller and Édith Piaf (4 ft 8 in) is 7 in (18 cm) shorter.
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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