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

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

Date Father Age Mother Age Country Notes and citation(s) Age difference in years between parents
January 1951 James E. Smith 101 years Anna, his wife 38 United States Smith's age was disputed; he claimed to have been born in 1849, but other records suggested he may have been 15 years younger.[5][6] 63
October 5, 2012 Ramjit Raghav 96 years Shakuntala Devi, his wife 52 India Raghav became the world's oldest father at the age of 94 when his first child was born in 2010.[7] He broke his own record in 2012 when, at the age of 96, he had another son.[8] 44
February 14, 2019 (Name unknown) 93 years (Name unknown), his wife 42 Italy [9] 51
July 1992 Les Colley 92 years Patty, his wife 38 Australia [10][11] 54
February 2017 Mahmoud Adam 92 years (Name unknown), his wife 42 Palestine [12] 50
July 26, 2006 Julio Iglesias Sr. 90 years Ronna Keith, his wife 42 Spain Posthumous birth[13] 48
July 1, 2020 Bernie Ecclestone 89 years Fabiana Flosi, his third wife 44 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.[14] 45
May 28, 2010 Armais Nazarov 89 years Yevgenia, his wife 34 Russia [15] 55
2017 (Name unknown) 88 years (Name unknown) 36 Austria [16] 52
1933 Mose Triplett 86 years Elida Hall, his second wife United States Brother of Irene Triplett, the last surviving recipient of an American Civil War pension[17] c. 50
153 BCE Masinissa 86 years Not mentioned Numidia As recorded by Livy, Pliny, Polybius and Plutarch. The son is Methimannus. Unknown/uncertain
January 31, 2002 Ernest Lehman 86 years Laurie Sherman, his second wife 35 United States [18] 51
July 23, 2016 Kostas Voutsas 85 years Aliki Katsavou, his fourth wife 45 Greece [19] 40
August 1, 2013 Edwin Edwards 85 years Trina Grimes Scott, his third wife 34 United States [20] 51
December 23, 1999 Saul Bellow 84 years Janis Freedman, his wife 41 United States [21] 43
October 30, 2023 Jack White 83 years Rafaella, his wife 38 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.[22] 45
2017 Itzhak Fintzi 83 years Lisa Boeva, his wife 38 Bulgaria Matilda is the second child of actor Itzhak Fintzi, first with director Lisa Boeva.[23] 46
June 22, 2018 Horst Paulmann 83 years Katherine Bischof, his secretary 43 Chile [24] 40
June 15, 2023 Al Pacino 83 years Noor Alfallah, his girlfriend 29 United States [25] 53
August 10, 1982 John Hayes 82 years Denise Ramsden 30 United Kingdom 52
September 17, 2019 Sitarama Rajarao 82 years Erramatti Mangamma, his wife 73 India His wife Erramatti herself holds the record of oldest mother to ever give birth to a child.[26] 9
April 28, 2016 Pehr G. Gyllenhammar 81 years Lee Welton Croll, his wife 42 Sweden [27] 39
July 5, 1996 Anthony Quinn 81 years Katherine Benvin, his secretary 32 United States [28] 49
April 2000 James Doohan 80 years Wende Braunberger, his third wife 42 United States [29][30] 38
1996 Michael Young 80 years Dorit Uhlemann, his wife 37 United Kingdom [31][32] 43
August 20, 1904 Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet 80 years Marguerite Miles, his second wife 36 United Kingdom [33] 44
May 9, 2023 Robert De Niro 79 years Tiffany Chen, his girlfriend 45 United States [34] 34
April 19? 2016 Mohinder Singh Gill 79 years Daljinder Kaur Gill, his wife 72 India [35] 7
2019 Emmanuil Vitorgan 79 years Irina Mlodik, his wife 57 Russia [36] 22
June 15, 1998 Tony Randall 78 years Heather Harlan, his wife 28 United States [37] The couple also had a child in April 1997, when he was 77.[38] 50
2010 Albert Corscaden 78 years Jade, his wife 37 Ireland [39] 41
2004 Mark Taimanov 78 years Nadezhda Bakhtina, his wife Russia Had twins. Chess grandmaster and concert pianist.[40] Unknown
August 21, 1893 Ernest Boulanger 77 years Raissa Mychetsky (Mychetskaya), his wife 36 France Composer and conductor. His daughter Lili, who also became a composer, was born on that date. He turned 72 when Lili's sister, Nadia, who also became a conductor, was also born. 41
May 22, 1970 Andres Segovia 77 years Emilia Magdalena Corral Sancho, his wife Spain Carlos Andres Segovia was born on this date (sources differ on mother Emilia's age)
June 12, 1999 Stanley Ho 77 years Angela Leong, his girlfriend 38 Macau [41][42] 39
1998 Luiz Da Costa Silva 77 years Maria, Ozelita, Francisca Brazil [43] Unknown
June 27, 2008 Charan Singh Panwar 77 years Omkari Panwar, his wife 70 India Had twins.[44] 7
November 23, 2009 Ning Jianyou 77 years Xiao Wen, his wife 40 China [45] 37
April 19, 2020 Noah Adenuga 77 years Margaret Adenuga, his wife 68 Nigeria Had twins after four IVF attempts.[46] 9
Mubarak Al-Sabah 76 years Kuwait
2010 Barry Stephenson 76 years Yaqueline, his wife 36 United Kingdom [47] 40
December 2009 Dennis Ealam 76 years Cora Ealam, his wife 42 United Kingdom [48] 34
2010 Vidas Antonovas 76 years Rima Antonoviene, his wife 36 Lithuania [49] 40
1928 Lyon Tyler 75 years Sue Ruffin, his wife 46 United States Lyon's second son Harrison Ruffin Tyler was born in 1928. Lyon was the son of US President John Tyler.[50] 29

See also

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