How tall is Lionel Messi?
Argentine association football player (born 1987)
Recorded height
169 cm 5′7″ · 1.69 m · 66.5 inches
169 cm 5′7″ · 1.69 m · 66.5 inches
- Lionel Messi is 169 cm tall (5′7″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved .
- That is 6 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
Bill Gates (177 cm) · Marilyn Monroe (166 cm) · Mao Zedong (180 cm) · Shakira (157 cm) · Che Guevara (176 cm) · Thomas Jefferson (189 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.