How tall is Boris Johnson?

Boris Johnson's listed height is 175 cm (5'9"). He is taller than about 41% of men in the United Kingdom.

Where 175 cm sits among men in the United Kingdom

Taller than about 41% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1964 (average 176.6 cm).

About Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson, whose full name is Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, is a British politician and writer born on 19 June 1964. He attended Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he was elected president of the Oxford Union in 1986.

In 1989 Johnson began writing for The Daily Telegraph, and from 1999 to 2005 he was editor of The Spectator. He served as Member of Parliament for Henley from 2001 to 2008, and was elected Mayor of London in 2008, serving until 2016. He returned to the Commons as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip from 2015 to 2023. After the 2016 EU membership referendum, in which he was a prominent figure in the Brexit campaign, he was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022.

At a listed 175 cm (5'9"), Johnson is married to Carrie Johnson.

Frequently asked

How tall is Boris Johnson in feet and inches? Boris Johnson is 5'9" tall, which is 175 cm, 68.9 inches or 1.75 m.

Is Boris Johnson tall for men in the United Kingdom? At 175 cm he is taller than about 41% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1964, whose average height is 176.6 cm.

Sources

• Boris Johnson on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Boris Johnson on Wikidata — nationality and dates.
• Boris Johnson 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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