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How tall is Mahatma Gandhi?

Q: How tall is Mahatma Gandhi?

Mahatma Gandhi is 164 cm tall, which is 5′5″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

Indian independence activist (1869–1948)

Recorded height
164 cm 5′5″ · 1.64 m · 64.6 inches

Mahatma Gandhi is 164 cm tall (5′5″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 11 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)).

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Height as recorded on Wikidata (CC0), retrieved September 21, 2026. Recorded heights of real people are approximate. Silhouettes are stylized pictograms, not likenesses.