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How tall is Sammy Davis Jr.?

Q: How tall is Sammy Davis Jr.?

Sammy Davis Jr. is 165 cm tall, which is 5′5″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

American entertainer (1925–1990)

Recorded height
165 cm 5′5″ · 1.65 m · 65.0 inches

Sammy Davis Jr. is 165 cm tall (5′5″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 10 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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