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How tall is David Niven?

Q: How tall is David Niven?

David Niven is 181 cm tall, which is 5′11″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

British actor and novelist (1910–1983)

Recorded height
181 cm 5′11″ · 1.81 m · 71.3 inches

David Niven is 181 cm tall (5′11″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 6 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)).

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