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How tall is Jesse Owens?

Q: How tall is Jesse Owens?

Jesse Owens is 178 cm tall, which is 5′10″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved August 27, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

American track and field athlete (1913–1980)

Recorded height
178 cm 5′10″ · 1.78 m · 70.1 inches

Jesse Owens is 178 cm tall (5′10″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved August 27, 2026.
That is 3 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

Alia Bhatt (155 cm) · Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (168 cm) · Steven Gerrard (185 cm) · José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (184 cm) · Gina Lollobrigida (162 cm) · Xavi Hernández (170 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.