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How tall is Yuri Gagarin?

Q: How tall is Yuri Gagarin?

Yuri Gagarin is 158 cm tall, which is 5′2″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)

Recorded height
158 cm 5′2″ · 1.58 m · 62.2 inches

Yuri Gagarin is 158 cm tall (5′2″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 17 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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Height as recorded on Wikidata (CC0), retrieved September 21, 2026. Recorded heights of real people are approximate. Silhouettes are stylized pictograms, not likenesses.