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How tall is Theresa May?

Q: How tall is Theresa May?

Theresa May is 172.7 cm tall, which is 5′8″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019

Recorded height
172.7 cm 5′8″ · 1.73 m · 68.0 inches

Theresa May is 172.7 cm tall (5′8″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 11 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)).

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