How tall is Martin Luther King Jr.?
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
Recorded height
176.5 cm 5′9″ · 1.76 m · 69.5 inches
176.5 cm 5′9″ · 1.76 m · 69.5 inches
- Martin Luther King Jr. is 176.5 cm tall (5′9″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved .
- That is 1 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)).
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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.