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How tall is Barbara Bush?

Q: How tall is Barbara Bush?

Barbara Bush is 172.8 cm tall, which is 5′8″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1925–2018)

Recorded height
172.8 cm 5′8″ · 1.73 m · 68.0 inches

Barbara Bush is 172.8 cm tall (5′8″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 12 cm taller than the average U.S. woman (161.3 cm, 5′4″; CDC/NCHS, NHANES 2015-2018 (Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, Number 46, 2021)).

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