List of oldest fathers

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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

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]

List of claims
Date Father Age Mother Age Country Description
March 1951 James E. Smith 101 years Anna, his wife 38 United States Smith was the oldest-known father at age 101 when his twin daughters were born in 1949.[3][4]
October 5, 2012 Ramjit Raghav 96 years Shakuntala Devi, his wife 61 India Raghav became the world's oldest father at age 94 when his first child was born in 2010.[5] he broke his own record in 2012 when at the age of 96 had another son.
1930s (Name unknown) 94 years (Name unknown) United States [3]
February 14, 2019 (Name unknown) 93 years (born 1925) (Name unknown), his wife 42 Italy [6]
July 1992 Les Colley 92 years, 10 months Patty, his wife 38 Australia [7][8]
February 2017 Mahmoud Adam 92 years (Name unknown), his wife 42 Palestine [9]
July 26, 2006 Julio Iglesias Sr. 90 years Ronna Keith, his wife 42 Spain [10]
Expected
summer 2020		 Bernie Ecclestone 89 years Fabiana Flosi, his third wife United Kingdom [11]
May 28, 2010 Armais Nazarov 89 years Yevgenia, his wife 34 Russia [12]
2017 (Name unknown) 88 years (Name unknown) 36 Austria [13]
December 23, 1999 Saul Bellow 84 years Janis Freedman, his wife 41 United States [14]
June 22, 2018 Horst Paulmann 83 years Katherine Bischof, his secretary 43 Chile [15]
September 17, 2019 Sitarama Rajarao 82 years Sankkayala Uma Shankar, his wife 74 India [16]
April 28, 2016 Pehr G. Gyllenhammar 81 years Lee Welton Croll, his wife 42 Sweden [17]
July 5, 1996 Anthony Quinn 81 years Katherine Benvin, his secretary 32 United States [18]
1996 Michael Young 80 years Dorit Uhlemann, his wife 37 United Kingdom [19]
1904 Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet 80 years Marguerite Miles, his second wife 26 United Kingdom [20]
2019 Horst Nußbaum 78 years Rafaella, his wife 34 Germany [21]
June 15, 1998 Tony Randall 78 years Heather Harlan, his wife 28 United States [22] The couple also had a child in April 1997, when he was 77.[23]
2010 Albert Corscaden 78 years Jade, his wife 37 Ireland [24]
2004 Mark Taimanov 78 years Nadezhda Bakhtina, his wife Soviet Union Had twins. Chess grandmaster and concert pianist.[25]
August 21, 1893 Ernest Boulanger 77 years Raissa Mychetsky (Mychetskaya), his wife 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.
1998 Luiz Da Costa Silva 77 years Maria, Ozelita, Francisca Brazil [26]
November 23, 2009 Ning Jianyou 77 years Xiao Wen, his wife 40 China [27]
2010 Barry Stephenson 76 years, 4 months Yaqueline, his wife 36 United Kingdom [28]
December 2009 Dennis Ealam 76 years, 2 months Cora, his wife 42 United Kingdom [29]
2010 Vidas Antonovas 76 years Rima Antonoviene, his wife 36 Lithuania [30]
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.[31]

See also

References
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  2. Nobuaki Sasano, Sadatoshi Ichijo (1969). "Vascular Patterns of the Human Testis with Special Reference to Its Senile Changes". Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. pp. 269–280 – via J-STAGE.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. "Man, Age 101, Claims to be Oldest Father". Indianapolis Recorder. March 25, 1950.
  4. "World's Oldest Father". Jet. April 3, 1952. p. 29.
  5. "World's oldest dad, 96, fathers second baby in two years". Metro. October 18, 2012.
  6. "Diventa padre a 93 anni, sorpresa all'ospedale di Cerignola: il bambino sta bene". Il Fatto Quotidiano. February 15, 2019.
  7. "Oldest legal father". Guinness World Records.
  8. "Man, 92, Is Father Again As Planned". Jet. August 26, 1991. p. 25.
  9. "92-year-old Palestinian becomes father for 13th time". The Times of Israel. February 5, 2017.
  10. Alleyne, Richard (December 20, 2005). "Iglesias's father, 90, dies expecting another child". Daily Telegraph.
  11. Sabrina Barr (3 April 2020). "BERNIE ECCLESTONE TO BECOME A FATHER FOR FOURTH TIME AT 89". The Independent. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  12. "89 Year-Old Man become Father in Russia". Cihan News Agency. November 8, 2010.
  13. "Geburtenbilanz: Ältester Vater mit 88, jüngster mit 14 Jahren". Salzburger Nachrichten. May 17, 2018.
  14. "Saul Bellow's a father again ... and he's 84". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. June 13, 2000.
  15. "Nace Hans Dieter, el cuarto heredero de los Paulmann". Diario Financiero. June 22, 2018.
  16. Post, Rebecca Tan & Tania Dutta, The Washington. "A 74-Year-Old Woman Has Given Birth to Twins. Here's How That's Possible". ScienceAlert.
  17. Hållbus, Susanna (April 28, 2016). "PG GYLLENHAMMAR, AGED 81, BECOMES FATHER FOR FIFTH TIME". Aftonbladet.
  18. Arena, Salvatore (August 3, 1997). "LUST FOR LIFE ANTHONY QUINN'S DESIRE FOR DIVORCE COULD COST THE ACTOR DEARLY". New York Daily News.
  19. Lambert, Angela (January 20, 1996). "PROFILE: Lord Young of Dartington; Father of the Third Age". The Independent.
  20. "Nancy Dugdale (née Tennant), Lady Crathorne". National Portrait Gallery.
  21. "Jack White ist nochmal Vater geworden". n-tv. March 26, 2019.
  22. Simonson, Robert (June 18, 1998). "Sunshine Boy Tony Randall, 78, Has Second Child". Playbill.
  23. "Tony Randall". CBS News.
  24. "Albert Corscaden: Ireland's Oldest Dad". Midweek. 2010. TV3.
  25. "Mark Taimanov obituary". The Guardian. November 29, 2016.
  26. "Idoso de 90 anos tem 50 filhos no Rio Grande do Norte; 33 são com mulher, cunhada e sogra". noticias.uol.com.br.
  27. "Oldest father in China at 77?". China Daily. December 7, 2009.
  28. Mulchrone, Patrick (April 19, 2010). "Magician Barry Stephenson becomes UK's oldest dad at 76". Daily Mirror.
  29. "Who is Britain's oldest dad?". BBC News. April 1, 2010.
  30. "Ar šiaulietis Antonovas – tikrai vyriausias tėvas Europoje?" [Is Antonov a siaulie - really the eldest father in Europe?]. TV3 Lithuania. January 23, 2013.
  31. Chip Reid (6 March 2018). "How two of President John Tyler's grandsons are still alive, 174 years later". CBS News. Retrieved 10 June 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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