Timur is 172 cm tall, which is 5′8″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved August 27, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

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How tall is Timur?

the founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1405)

Recorded height
172 cm 5′8″ · 1.72 m · 67.7 inches

Timur is 172 cm tall (5′8″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved August 27, 2026.
That is 3 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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Boris Yeltsin (187 cm) · Alexander Graham Bell (183 cm) · Mahathir Mohamad (170 cm) · Jackie Chan (174 cm) · Calvin Coolidge (178 cm) · Céline Dion (170 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.