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List of oldest fathers

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This is a list of persons reported to have become father of a child at or after 75 years of age. These claims have not necessarily been verified.

Medical considerations[edit]

According to a 1969 study, there is a decrease in sperm concentration as men age. The study reported that 90% of seminiferous tubules in men in their 20s and 30s contained spermatids, whereas men in their 40s and 50s had spermatids in 50% of their seminiferous tubules. In the study, only 10% of seminiferous tubules from men aged > 80 years contained spermatids.[1][2] In a random international sample of 11,548 men confirmed to be biological fathers by DNA paternity testing, the oldest father was found to be 66 years old at the birth of his child; the ratio of DNA-confirmed versus DNA-rejected paternity tests around that age is in agreement with the notion of general male infertility greater than age 65–66.[3][4]

List of claims[edit]

Date Name Age Country Notes and citation(s)
January 1951 James E. Smith 101 years United States Smith's age was disputed. He claimed to have been born in 1849[5] or even March 16, 1848,[6] but other records suggested he may have been 15 years younger.[7][5] They supposedly also had twins in 1948, when he was 99.[5]
October 5, 2012 Ramjit Raghav 96 years India Raghav became the world's oldest father at the age of 94 when his first child was born in 2010.[8] He broke his own record in 2012 when, at the age of 96, he had another son.[9]
July 1992 Les Colley 92 years Australia [10][11]
February 2017 Mahmoud Adam 92 years Palestine [12]
1978 or 1979 Zvonimir Rogoz 91 or 92 years Croatia [13]
July 26, 2006 Julio Iglesias Sr. 90 years Spain Posthumous birth[14]
July 1, 2020 Bernie Ecclestone 89 years United Kingdom Ecclestone is the former head of Formula One motor racing; he previously had daughters in 1955, 1984, and 1988. His youngest child, Ace, is his first son.[15]
May 28, 2010 Armais Nazarov 89 years Russia [16]
March 10, 2024 Tzvi Kushelevsky 88 years Israel [17][18]
1933 Mose Triplett 86 years United States Brother of Irene Triplett, the last surviving recipient of an American Civil War pension[19]
January 31, 2002 Ernest Lehman 86 years United States [20]
July 23, 2016 Kostas Voutsas 85 years Greece [21]
August 1, 2013 Edwin Edwards 85 years United States [22]
December 23, 1999 Saul Bellow 84 years United States [23]
October 30, 2023 Jack White 83 years Germany Jack White is the artist name of Horst Nussbaum. He is a German music producer with worldwide hits such as Gloria and Self Control by Laura Branigan.[24]
2017 Itzhak Fintzi 83 years Bulgaria Matilda is the second child of actor Itzhak Fintzi, first with director Lisa Boeva.[25]
June 22, 2018 Horst Paulmann 83 years Chile [26]
June 15, 2023 Al Pacino 83 years United States [27]
September 17, 2019 Sitarama Rajarao 82 years India His wife Erramatti herself holds the record of oldest mother to ever give birth to a child.[28]
April 28, 2016 Pehr G. Gyllenhammar 81 years Sweden [29]
July 5, 1996 Anthony Quinn 81 years United States [30]
April 2000 James Doohan 80 years United States [31][32]
December 16, 1885 Ferdinand de Lesseps 80 years France [33]
c. 1996 Michael Young 80 years United Kingdom [34][35]
May 11, 2024 Horst-Dieter Esch 80 years Mexico [36]
August 20, 1904 Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet 80 years United Kingdom [37]
May 9, 2023 Robert De Niro 79 years United States [38]
April 19? 2016 Mohinder Singh Gill 79 years India [39]
2019 Emmanuil Vitorgan 79 years Russia [40]
June 15, 1998 Tony Randall 78 years United States The couple also had a child in April 1997, when he was 77.[41][42]
2010 Albert Corscaden 78 years Ireland [43]
2004 Mark Taimanov 78 years Russia Had twins.[44]
June 12, 1999 Stanley Ho 77 years Macau [45][46]
1998 Luiz Da Costa Silva 77 years Brazil [47]
June 27, 2008 Charan Singh Panwar 77 years India Had twins.[48]
November 23, 2009 Ning Jianyou 77 years China [49]
April 19, 2020 Noah Adenuga 77 years Nigeria Had twins after four IVF attempts.[50]
2010 Barry Stephenson 76 years United Kingdom [51]
December 2009 Dennis Ealam 76 years United Kingdom [52]
2010 Vidas Antonovas 76 years Lithuania [53]
1928 Lyon Tyler 75 years United States Lyon's second son Harrison Ruffin Tyler was born in 1928. Lyon was the son of US President John Tyler.[54]
October 1988 Jimmie C. Jones 88 years United States Jimmie became the father of his fifth child, Roger, in the month of October, 1988. Jimmie was 88 years old when his last child was born. [55]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Harris, Isiah D.; Fronczak, Carolyn; Roth, Lauren; Meacham, Randall B. (2011). "Fertility and the Aging Male". Reviews in Urology. 13 (4): e184–e190. PMC 3253726. PMID 22232567. Unknown parameter |name-list-style= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ Sasano, Nobuaki; Ichijo, Sadatoshi (1969). "Vascular Patterns of the Human Testis with Special Reference to Its Senile Changes". Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 99 (3): 269–280. doi:10.1620/tjem.99.269. PMID 5363446 – via J-STAGE. Unknown parameter |name-list-style= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ Forster P, Hohoff C, Dunkelmann B, Schürenkamp M, Pfeiffer H, Neuhuber F, Brinkmann B (2015). "Elevated germline mutation rate in teenage fathers". Proc R Soc B. 282 (1803): 1–6. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.2898. PMC 4345458. PMID 25694621.
  4. ↑ Forster P, Hohoff C, Dunkelmann B, Schürenkamp M, Pfeiffer H, Neuhuber F, Brinkmann B (2016). "Correction to Elevated germline mutation rate in teenage fathers". Proc R Soc B. 283 (1807): 20161723. doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.1723. PMC 5013809. PMID 27559069.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "James E. Smith Dies, Claimed To Be 110". Southern Illinoisan. April 8, 1959. p. 3.
  6. ↑ "The Record Journal of Douglas County March 23, 1951 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection". www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  7. ↑ "Poppa Does All Right For An Old Man". Southern Illinoisan. March 16, 1951. p. 1.
  8. ↑ "World's oldest dad, 96, fathers second baby in two years". Metro. October 18, 2012.
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  11. ↑ "Man, 92, Is Father Again As Planned". Jet. August 26, 1991. p. 25.
  12. ↑ "92-year-old Palestinian becomes father for 13th time". The Times of Israel. February 5, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Na pitanje kako je dobio dijete u 92., legendarni Zvonimir Rogoz rekao je: 'Nismo pazili!'". June 2, 2023.
  14. ↑ Alleyne, Richard (December 20, 2005). "Iglesias's father, 90, dies expecting another child". The Daily Telegraph.
  15. ↑ Guy, Jack (2 July 2020). "Bernie Ecclestone becomes a father at 89". CNN. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  16. ↑ "89 Year-Old Man become Father in Russia". Cihan News Agency. November 8, 2010.
  17. ↑ "בן ראשון נולד לרב הקשיש בן ה-88" [A first son was born to the 88-year-old elderly Rabbi]. Israel Hayom (in Hebrew). 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-10.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
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  20. ↑ Krampner, Jon (September 27, 2022). Ernest Lehman: The Sweet Smell of Success. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-813195957. Search this book on
  21. ↑ "Πατέρας στα 85 του ο Βουτσάς" [Voutsas is a father at 85 years old]. iapopsi.gr (in greek).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  22. ↑ "Edwin Edwards a dad again at 85; wife Trina is 34". Washington Post. 2021-12-02. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  23. ↑ "Saul Bellow's a father again ... and he's 84". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. June 13, 2000.
  24. ↑ "Schlagerkönig Jack White mit 83 Jahren erneut Vater". October 30, 2023.
  25. ↑ Parini, Elsa (April 8, 2017). "Ицко Финци стана баща на 83 години" [Itsko Finci became a father at the age of 83]. Lifeonline.bg (in български). Retrieved June 3, 2023. Ицко Финци има и син – известния актьор Самуел Финци, роден от брака с първата му съпруга – пианистката Гина Табакова.
  26. ↑ "Nace Hans Dieter, el cuarto heredero de los Paulmann" [Hans Dieter, the fourth Paulmann heir, is born]. Diario Financiero (in español). June 22, 2018.
  27. ↑ "Al Pacino, 83, is expecting a baby with girlfriend Noor Alfallah". CBS News. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  28. ↑ Tan, Rebecca; Dutta, Tania (7 September 2019). "A 74-Year-Old Woman Has Given Birth to Twins. Here's How That's Possible". ScienceAlert. Unknown parameter |name-list-style= ignored (help)
  29. ↑ Hållbus, Susanna (April 28, 2016). "PG Gyllenhammar, Aged 81, Becomes Father For Fifth Time". Aftonbladet.
  30. ↑ Arena, Salvatore (August 3, 1997). "Lust For Life Anthony Quinn'S Desire For Divorce Could Cost The Actor Dearly". New York Daily News.
  31. ↑ "Scotty to beam up a baby". BBC News. 2000-02-04. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  32. ↑ "Sarah's dad age 80". Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2013. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  33. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/giselle-de-lesseps-24-4rhhtd
  34. ↑ Lambert, Angela (January 20, 1996). "Profile: Lord Young of Dartington; Father of the Third Age". The Independent.
  35. ↑ Drury, Colin (4 September 2021). "Hospital review launched after Lord Young's daughter dies hours after complaining of headache". The Independent.
  36. ↑ Ortmann, Jörg (May 17, 2024). "Profile: Model-Macher mit 80 noch mal Vater geworden". Bild.
  37. ↑ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. 1 (107 ed.). Wlimington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. p. 945. Search this book on
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  40. ↑ Chernova, Alina (2019-08-28). ""Снова пополнение": У 79-летнего Виторгана родилась третья дочь" [“Replenishment again”: 79-year-old Vitorgan had a third daughter]. Komsomolskaya Pravda (in русский). Retrieved 2019-08-28.
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  43. ↑ "Albert Corscaden: Ireland's Oldest Dad". Midweek. 2010. TV3.
  44. ↑ "Mark Taimanov obituary". The Guardian. November 29, 2016.
  45. ↑ "賭王何鴻燊最美女兒何超欣 曾被爸爸大讚：靚到不得了！" [Gambling king Stanley Ho's most beautiful daughter, He Chaoxin, was once praised by her father: she is so pretty!]. HK01 (in 中文). 26 May 2020.
  46. ↑ "何鴻燊兒子們都是人生勝利組？" [Stanley Ho's sons are all successful in life?]. HK01 (in 中文). July 2020.
  47. ↑ "Idoso de 90 anos tem 50 filhos no Rio Grande do Norte; 33 são com mulher, cunhada e sogra" [90-year-old man has 50 children in Rio Grande do Norte; 33 are with wife, sister-in-law and mother-in-law]. UOL Notícias (in português). 2011-09-18.
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  49. ↑ "Oldest father in China at 77?". China Daily. December 7, 2009.
  50. ↑ Adebayo, Bukola (April 22, 2020). "Nigerian woman, 68, gives birth to twins after four IVF attempts". CNN.
  51. ↑ Mulchrone, Patrick (April 19, 2010). "Magician Barry Stephenson becomes UK's oldest dad at 76". Daily Mirror.
  52. ↑ "Who is Britain's oldest dad?". BBC News. April 1, 2010.
  53. ↑ "Ar šiaulietis Antonovas – tikrai vyriausias tėvas Europoje?" [Is Antonov from Šiauliai really the oldest father in Europe?]. TV3 Lithuania (in lietuvių). January 23, 2013.
  54. ↑ Reid, Chip (March 6, 2018). "How two of President John Tyler's grandsons are still alive, 174 years later". CBS News. Retrieved June 10, 2020. Lyon also had a very young second wife, and was 75 years old when Harrison Tyler was born in 1928.
  55. ↑ Tighe, Theresa (June 26, 1991). "Never Too Late". St. Louis Post Dispatch. p. 1E.


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