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How tall is Martin Van Buren?

Q: How tall is Martin Van Buren?

Martin Van Buren is 168 cm tall, which is 5′6″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

president of the United States from 1837 to 1841

Recorded height
168 cm 5′6″ · 1.68 m · 66.1 inches

Martin Van Buren is 168 cm tall (5′6″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 7 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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