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How tall is James Naismith?

Q: How tall is James Naismith?

James Naismith is 179 cm tall, which is 5′10″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved August 27, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

Canadian-American coach; inventor of basketball

Recorded height
179 cm 5′10″ · 1.79 m · 70.5 inches

James Naismith is 179 cm tall (5′10″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved August 27, 2026.
That is 4 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

Milan Baroš (184 cm) · Florent Malouda (184 cm) · Nico Hülkenberg (184 cm) · Lee Van Cleef (188 cm) · Roman Pavlyuchenko (188 cm) · Ivan Lendl (188 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.