List of oldest fathers

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

## Medical considerations

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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

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Date  | Name  | Age  | Country  | Notes and citation(s)

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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]
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. [17]
March 10, 2024  | Tzvi Kushelevsky | 88 years  | Israel  | [18][19]
1933  | Mose Triplett  | 86 years  | United States  | Father of Irene Triplett, the last surviving recipient of an American Civil War pension[20]
January 31, 2002  | Ernest Lehman | 86 years  | United States  | [21]
July 23, 2016  | Kostas Voutsas | 85 years  | Greece  | [22]
August 1, 2013  | Edwin Edwards | 85 years  | United States  | [23]
December 23, 1999  | Saul Bellow | 84 years  | United States  | [24]
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.[25]
2017  | Itzhak Fintzi | 83 years  | Bulgaria  | Matilda is the second child of actor Itzhak Fintzi, first with director Lisa Boeva.[26]
June 22, 2018  | Horst Paulmann | 83 years  | Chile  | [27]
June 15, 2023  | Al Pacino | 83 years  | United States  | American actor and filmmaker.[28]
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.[29]
September 16, 2021  | Alberto Cormillot | 82 years  | Argentina  |
April 28, 2016  | Pehr G. Gyllenhammar | 81 years  | Sweden  | [30]
July 5, 1996  | Anthony Quinn | 81 years  | United States  | [31]
April 2000  | James Doohan | 80 years  | United States  | [32][33]
December 16, 1885  | Ferdinand de Lesseps | 80 years  | France  | [34]
c. 1996 | Michael Young | 80 years  | United Kingdom  | [35][36]
May 11, 2024  | Horst-Dieter Esch  | 80 years  | Mexico  | [37]
August 20, 1904  | Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet | 80 years  | United Kingdom  | [38]
May 9, 2023  | Robert De Niro | 79 years  | United States  | [39]
April 19? 2016  | Mohinder Singh Gill | 79 years  | India  | [40]
2019  | Emmanuil Vitorgan | 79 years  | Russia  | [41]
June 15, 1998  | Tony Randall | 78 years  | United States  | The couple also had a child in April 1997, when he was 77.[42][43]
2010  | Albert Corscaden | 78 years  | Ireland  | [44]
2004  | Mark Taimanov | 78 years  | Russia  | Had twins.[45]
June 12, 1999  | Stanley Ho | 77 years  | Macau  | [46][47]
1998  | Luiz Da Costa Silva | 77 years  | Brazil  | [48]
June 27, 2008  | Charan Singh Panwar | 77 years  | India  | Had twins.[49]
November 23, 2009  | Ning Jianyou | 77 years  | China  | [50]
April 19, 2020  | Noah Adenuga | 77 years  | Nigeria  | Had twins after four IVF attempts.[51]
2010  | Barry Stephenson | 76 years  | United Kingdom  | [52]
December 2009  | Dennis Ealam | 76 years  | United Kingdom  | [53]
2010  | Vidas Antonovas | 76 years  | Lithuania  | [54]
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.[55]

## See also

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* Pregnancy over age 50
* List of oldest mothers
* List of people with the most children
* List of multiple births
* Genealogies of Genesis including multiple accounts of super-aged fathers

## References

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5. ^ a b c "James E. Smith Dies, Claimed To Be 110". Southern Illinoisan. April 8, 1959. p. 3.
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8. ^ "World's oldest dad, 96, fathers second baby in two years". Metro. October 18, 2012.
9. ^ Kim, JuJu (October 18, 2012). "World's Oldest Dad, 96, Fathers Another Child". TIME.
10. ^ "Oldest legal father". Guinness World Records.
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.
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15. ^ Guy, Jack (July 2, 2020). "Bernie Ecclestone becomes a father at 89". CNN. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
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17. ^ Tighe, Theresa (June 26, 1991). "Never Too Late". St. Louis Post Dispatch. p. 1E.
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19. ^ "ראש הישיבה בן ה-88 חבק בן ראשון" [The 88-year-old head of the Yeshiva embraced his first son]. Bechadrei Chardeim (in Hebrew). March 10, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
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21. ^ Krampner, Jon (September 27, 2022). Ernest Lehman: The Sweet Smell of Success. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-813195957.
22. ^ "Πατέρας στα 85 του ο Βουτσάς" [Voutsas is a father at 85 years old]. iapopsi.gr (in Greek).
23. ^ "Edwin Edwards a dad again at 85; wife Trina is 34". Washington Post. December 2, 2021. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
24. ^ "Saul Bellow's a father again ... and he's 84". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. June 13, 2000.
25. ^ "Schlagerkönig Jack White mit 83 Jahren erneut Vater". October 30, 2023.
26. ^ 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 Bulgarian). Retrieved June 3, 2023. "Ицко Финци има и син – известния актьор Самуел Финци, роден от брака с първата му съпруга – пианистката Гина Табакова."
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32. ^ "Scotty to beam up a baby". BBC News. February 4, 2000. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
33. ^ "Sarah's dad age 80". Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
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35. ^ Lambert, Angela (January 20, 1996). "Profile: Lord Young of Dartington; Father of the Third Age". The Independent.
36. ^ Drury, Colin (September 4, 2021). "Hospital review launched after Lord Young's daughter dies hours after complaining of headache". The Independent.
37. ^ Ortmann, Jörg (May 17, 2024). "Profile: Model-Macher mit 80 noch mal Vater geworden". Bild.
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39. ^ "Robert De Niro, at 79, becomes a father for the 7th time". Associated Press. May 9, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
40. ^ Zargar, Arshad R. & Welch, Ashley (May 12, 2016). "Woman in her 70s may be oldest ever to give birth". CBS News. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
41. ^ Chernova, Alina (August 28, 2019). ""Снова пополнение": У 79-летнего Виторгана родилась третья дочь" [“Replenishment again”: 79-year-old Vitorgan had a third daughter]. Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). Retrieved August 28, 2019.
42. ^ Simonson, Robert (June 18, 1998). "Sunshine Boy Tony Randall, 78, Has Second Child". Playbill.
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44. ^ "Albert Corscaden: Ireland's Oldest Dad". Midweek. 2010. TV3.
45. ^ "Mark Taimanov obituary". The Guardian. November 29, 2016.
46. ^ "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 Chinese). May 26, 2020.
47. ^ "何鴻燊兒子們都是人生勝利組？" [Stanley Ho's sons are all successful in life?]. HK01 (in Chinese). July 2020.
48. ^ "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 Portuguese). September 18, 2011.
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50. ^ "Oldest father in China at 77?". China Daily. December 7, 2009.
51. ^ Adebayo, Bukola (April 22, 2020). "Nigerian woman, 68, gives birth to twins after four IVF attempts". CNN.
52. ^ Mulchrone, Patrick (April 19, 2010). "Magician Barry Stephenson becomes UK's oldest dad at 76". Daily Mirror.
53. ^ "Who is Britain's oldest dad?". BBC News. April 1, 2010.
54. ^ "Ar šiaulietis Antonovas – tikrai vyriausias tėvas Europoje?" [Is Antonov from Šiauliai really the oldest father in Europe?]. TV3 Lithuania (in Lithuanian). January 23, 2013.
55. ^ 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."

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