How tall is Barack Obama?

Barack Obama's listed height is 187 cm (6'2"). He is taller than about 91% of men in the United States.

Where 187 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 91% of men in the United States born in 1961 (average 177.3 cm).

Obama next to his spouse

Michelle Obama is 7 cm shorter than Barack Obama (180 cm), his spouse.

About Barack Obama

Barack Obama, whose full name is Barack Hussein Obama II, is an American retired politician. He was born on 4 August 1961 in Honolulu and graduated from Columbia University in 1983. He later worked as a community organizer in Chicago, and in 1988 he enrolled at Harvard Law School, where he was the first Black president of the Harvard Law Review.

Obama became a civil rights attorney and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004 and represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 2005 to 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, he won the 2008 presidential election with Joe Biden as his running mate, defeating John McCain. He served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 and was the first African American to hold the office. He was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.

Obama has a listed height of 187 cm (6'2"). He is married to Michelle Obama. In 2000 he ran for Illinois's 1st congressional district but came second to the incumbent, Bobby Rush.

Frequently asked

How tall is Barack Obama in feet and inches? Barack Obama is 6'2" tall, which is 187 cm, 73.6 inches or 1.87 m.

How tall is Barack Obama compared to Michelle Obama? Michelle Obama is 7 cm shorter than Barack Obama: 180 cm (5'11") vs 187 cm (6'2").

Is Barack Obama tall for men in the United States? At 187 cm he is taller than about 91% of men in the United States born in 1961, whose average height is 177.3 cm.

Sources

• Barack Obama on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Barack Obama on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 187 cm.
• Barack Obama on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Celebrity heights are based on widely reported public figures and can vary slightly between sources.