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How tall is Douglas Adams?

Q: How tall is Douglas Adams?

Douglas Adams is 196 cm tall, which is 6′5″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved August 27, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

British science fiction writer and humorist (1952–2001)

Recorded height
196 cm 6′5″ · 1.96 m · 77.2 inches

Douglas Adams is 196 cm tall (6′5″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved August 27, 2026.
That is 21 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

Francisco Franco (163 cm) · George Lucas (168 cm) · Will Smith (188 cm) · Al Gore (189 cm) · Kylian Mbappé (178 cm) · Katy Perry (171 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.