How tall is George Washington?
Founding Father and first U.S. president (1732–1799)
Recorded height
188 cm 6′2″ · 1.88 m · 74.0 inches
188 cm 6′2″ · 1.88 m · 74.0 inches
- George Washington is 188 cm tall (6′2″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved .
- That is 13 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
Napoleon (168 cm) · Mahatma Gandhi (164 cm) · George W. Bush (182 cm) · Joseph Stalin (163 cm) · Joe Biden (183 cm) · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (163 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.