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How tall is James Brown?

Q: How tall is James Brown?

James Brown is 168 cm tall, which is 5′6″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved August 27, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

American musician (1933–2006)

Recorded height
168 cm 5′6″ · 1.68 m · 66.1 inches

James Brown is 168 cm tall (5′6″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved August 27, 2026.
That is 7 cm shorter 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

Francis Ford Coppola (182 cm) · Layal Abboud (162 cm) · El Perrito de la C (176 cm) · Kirk Douglas (175 cm) · Fred Astaire (177 cm) · Michelle Pfeiffer (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.