How tall is Bill Gates?
American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)
Recorded height
177 cm 5′10″ · 1.77 m · 69.7 inches
177 cm 5′10″ · 1.77 m · 69.7 inches
- Bill Gates is 177 cm tall (5′10″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved .
- That is 2 cm taller than the average U.S. man (175.3 cm, 5′9″; CDC/NCHS, NHANES 2015-2018 (Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, Number 46, 2021)).
Compared with people of similar fame
Charlie Chaplin (163 cm) · Elizabeth II (163 cm) · Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (174 cm) · John F. Kennedy (185 cm) · Martin Luther King Jr. (176.5 cm) · Franklin Delano Roosevelt (188 cm)
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Height as recorded on Wikidata (CC0), retrieved August 27, 2026. Recorded heights of real people are approximate. Silhouettes are stylized pictograms, not likenesses.