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How tall is Marilyn Monroe?

Q: How tall is Marilyn Monroe?

Marilyn Monroe is 166 cm tall, which is 5′5″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved August 27, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

American actress and model (1926–1962)

Recorded height
166 cm 5′5″ · 1.66 m · 65.4 inches

Marilyn Monroe is 166 cm tall (5′5″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved August 27, 2026.
That is 5 cm taller than the average U.S. woman (161.3 cm, 5′4″; CDC/NCHS, NHANES 2015-2018 (Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, Number 46, 2021)).

Compared with people of similar fame

Elizabeth II (163 cm) · Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (174 cm) · John F. Kennedy (185 cm) · Martin Luther King Jr. (176.5 cm) · Franklin Delano Roosevelt (188 cm) · Bill Gates (177 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.