How tall is Boris Yeltsin?
Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)
Recorded height
187 cm 6′2″ · 1.87 m · 73.6 inches
187 cm 6′2″ · 1.87 m · 73.6 inches
- Boris Yeltsin is 187 cm tall (6′2″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved .
- That is 12 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
Mark Zuckerberg (170 cm) · John Quincy Adams (171 cm) · Bruce Lee (172 cm) · Andrew Jackson (185 cm) · Shinzō Abe (175 cm) · Herbert Hoover (182 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.