How tall is Hillary Clinton?

Hillary Clinton's listed height is 165 cm (5'5"). She is taller than about 59% of women in the United States.

Where 165 cm sits among women in the United States

Taller than about 59% of women in the United States born in 1947 (average 163.3 cm).

Clinton next to her spouse

Bill Clinton is 23 cm taller than Hillary Clinton (188 cm), her spouse.

About Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton is an American politician, lawyer and diplomat, born Hillary Diane Rodham on 26 October 1947 in Chicago. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1969 and from Yale Law School in 1973. After serving as a congressional legal counsel, she moved to Arkansas and married Bill Clinton in 1975.

In 1977 Clinton co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, and two years later she became the first woman partner at Little Rock's Rose Law Firm. She was first lady of Arkansas for most of the years from 1979 to 1992 and first lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, when she advocated for healthcare reform. She was a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009 and the 67th United States secretary of state under Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013.

At a listed 165 cm (5'5"), Clinton is married to Bill Clinton. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the party's nominee in the 2016 presidential election, the first woman to win a presidential nomination from a major U.S. political party.

Frequently asked

How tall is Hillary Clinton in feet and inches? Hillary Clinton is 5'5" tall, which is 165 cm, 65 inches or 1.65 m.

How tall is Hillary Clinton compared to Bill Clinton? Bill Clinton is 23 cm taller than Hillary Clinton: 188 cm (6'2") vs 165 cm (5'5").

Is Hillary Clinton tall for women in the United States? At 165 cm she is taller than about 59% of women in the United States born in 1947, whose average height is 163.3 cm.

Sources

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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