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. Most of these have not necessarily been verified.
Tables
· List of claims
James E. Smith
James E. Smith
Date
January 1951
Name
James E. Smith
Age
101 years
Country
United States
Notes and citation(s)
Smith's age was disputed. He claimed to have been born in 1849 or even March 16, 1848, but other records suggested he may have been 15 years younger. He supposedly also had twins in 1948, when he was 99.
Ramjit Raghav
Ramjit Raghav
Date
October 5, 2012
Name
Ramjit Raghav
Age
96 years
Country
India
Notes and citation(s)
Raghav became the world's oldest father at the age of 94 when his first child was born in 2010. He broke his own record in 2012 when, at the age of 96, he had another son.
Les Colley
Les Colley
Date
July 1992
Name
Les Colley
Age
92 years
Country
Australia
Mahmoud Adam
Mahmoud Adam
Date
February 2017
Name
Mahmoud Adam
Age
92 years
Country
Palestine
Zvonimir Rogoz
Zvonimir Rogoz
Date
1978 or 1979
Name
Zvonimir Rogoz
Age
91 or 92 years
Country
Croatia
Julio Iglesias Sr.
Julio Iglesias Sr.
Date
July 26, 2006
Name
Julio Iglesias Sr.
Age
91 years
Country
Spain
Notes and citation(s)
Posthumous birth Ruth Iglesias, his fourth child, and only daughter, was born on July 26, 2006, 7 months after her father died, and the day after what would have been his 91st birthday.
Bernie Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone
Date
July 1, 2020
Name
Bernie Ecclestone
Age
89 years
Country
United Kingdom
Notes and citation(s)
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.
Armais Nazarov
Armais Nazarov
Date
May 28, 2010
Name
Armais Nazarov
Age
89 years
Country
Russia
Jimmie C. Jones
Jimmie C. Jones
Date
October 1988
Name
Jimmie C. Jones
Age
88 years
Country
United States
Notes and citation(s)
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.
Tzvi Kushelevsky
Tzvi Kushelevsky
Date
March 10, 2024
Name
Tzvi Kushelevsky
Age
88 years
Country
Israel
Husein-beg Čengić-Zulfikarpašić
Husein-beg Čengić-Zulfikarpašić
Date
December 23, 1921
Name
Husein-beg Čengić-Zulfikarpašić
Age
87 years
Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Notes and citation(s)
Father of vice president of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Adil Zulfikarpašić, mayor of Foča for 25 years after the Austrian-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878, landowner and an intellectual, son of Ali-beg Čengić and a grandson of Zulfikar Pasha Čengić. Husein died in 1936 aged 102 or 104 years when Adil was 15.
William Price
William Price
Date
27 May 1886
Name
William Price
Age
86 years
Country
United Kingdom
Notes and citation(s)
Also fathered children when he was aged 83 and 84
Mose Triplett
Mose Triplett
Date
1933
Name
Mose Triplett
Age
86 years
Country
United States
Notes and citation(s)
Father of Irene Triplett, the last surviving recipient of an American Civil War pension
Ernest Lehman
Ernest Lehman
Date
January 31, 2002
Name
Ernest Lehman
Age
86 years
Country
United States
Kostas Voutsas
Kostas Voutsas
Date
July 23, 2016
Name
Kostas Voutsas
Age
85 years
Country
Greece
Edwin Edwards
Edwin Edwards
Date
August 1, 2013
Name
Edwin Edwards
Age
85 years
Country
United States
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow
Date
December 23, 1999
Name
Saul Bellow
Age
84 years
Country
United States
Major McDonald
Major McDonald
Date
1999 or 2000
Name
Major McDonald
Age
84 years
Country
United States
Jack White
Jack White
Date
October 30, 2023
Name
Jack White
Age
83 years
Country
Germany
Notes and citation(s)
Jack White was the artist name of Horst Nussbaum. He was a German music producer with worldwide hits such as Gloria and Self Control by Laura Branigan.
Itzhak Fintzi
Itzhak Fintzi
Date
2017
Name
Itzhak Fintzi
Age
83 years
Country
Bulgaria
Notes and citation(s)
Matilda is the second child of actor Itzhak Fintzi, first with director Lisa Boeva.
Horst Paulmann
Horst Paulmann
Date
June 22, 2018
Name
Horst Paulmann
Age
83 years
Country
Chile
Al Pacino
Al Pacino
Date
June 15, 2023
Name
Al Pacino
Age
83 years
Country
United States
Notes and citation(s)
American actor and filmmaker.
Sitarama Rajarao
Sitarama Rajarao
Date
September 17, 2019
Name
Sitarama Rajarao
Age
82 years
Country
India
Notes and citation(s)
His wife Erramatti herself holds the record of oldest mother to ever give birth to a child.
Alberto Cormillot
Alberto Cormillot
Date
September 16, 2021
Name
Alberto Cormillot
Age
82 years
Country
Argentina
Pehr G. Gyllenhammar
Pehr G. Gyllenhammar
Date
April 28, 2016
Name
Pehr G. Gyllenhammar
Age
81 years
Country
Sweden
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Date
July 5, 1996
Name
Anthony Quinn
Age
81 years
Country
United States
James Doohan
James Doohan
Date
April 2000
Name
James Doohan
Age
80 years
Country
United States
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Date
December 16, 1885
Name
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Age
80 years
Country
France
Michael Young
Michael Young
Date
c. 1996
Name
Michael Young
Age
80 years
Country
United Kingdom
Horst-Dieter Esch
Horst-Dieter Esch
Date
May 11, 2024
Name
Horst-Dieter Esch
Age
80 years
Country
Mexico
Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet
Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet
Date
August 20, 1904
Name
Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet
Age
80 years
Country
United Kingdom
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
Date
May 9, 2023
Name
Robert De Niro
Age
79 years
Country
United States
Mohinder Singh Gill
Mohinder Singh Gill
Date
April 19? 2016
Name
Mohinder Singh Gill
Age
79 years
Country
India
Emmanuil Vitorgan
Emmanuil Vitorgan
Date
2019
Name
Emmanuil Vitorgan
Age
79 years
Country
Russia
Tony Randall
Tony Randall
Date
June 15, 1998
Name
Tony Randall
Age
78 years
Country
United States
Notes and citation(s)
The couple also had a child in April 1997, when he was 77.
Albert Corscaden
Albert Corscaden
Date
2010
Name
Albert Corscaden
Age
78 years
Country
Ireland
Mark Taimanov
Mark Taimanov
Date
2004
Name
Mark Taimanov
Age
78 years
Country
Russia
Notes and citation(s)
Had twins.
Eduardo Costantini
Eduardo Costantini
Date
2025
Name
Eduardo Costantini
Age
78 years
Country
Argentina
Stanley Ho
Stanley Ho
Date
June 12, 1999
Name
Stanley Ho
Age
77 years
Country
Macau
Luiz Da Costa Silva
Luiz Da Costa Silva
Date
1998
Name
Luiz Da Costa Silva
Age
77 years
Country
Brazil
Charan Singh Panwar
Charan Singh Panwar
Date
June 27, 2008
Name
Charan Singh Panwar
Age
77 years
Country
India
Notes and citation(s)
Had twins.
Ning Jianyou
Ning Jianyou
Date
November 23, 2009
Name
Ning Jianyou
Age
77 years
Country
China
Noah Adenuga
Noah Adenuga
Date
April 19, 2020
Name
Noah Adenuga
Age
77 years
Country
Nigeria
Notes and citation(s)
Had twins after four IVF attempts.
Barry Stephenson
Barry Stephenson
Date
2010
Name
Barry Stephenson
Age
76 years
Country
United Kingdom
Dennis Ealam
Dennis Ealam
Date
December 2009
Name
Dennis Ealam
Age
76 years
Country
United Kingdom
Vidas Antonovas
Vidas Antonovas
Date
2010
Name
Vidas Antonovas
Age
76 years
Country
Lithuania
Lyon Tyler
Lyon Tyler
Date
1928 and January 1931
Name
Lyon Tyler
Age
75–77 years
Country
United States
Notes and citation(s)
Lyon's second son Harrison Ruffin Tyler was born in 1928. Lyon was the son of US President John Tyler. His last son, Henry Tyler, was born in January 1931 when he was 77, but the boy died at more than a week old.
Randall Fish
Randall Fish
Date
1870
Name
Randall Fish
Age
75 years
Country
United States
Notes and citation(s)
Father of Albert Fish
| 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 or even March 16, 1848, but other records suggested he may have been 15 years younger. He supposedly also had twins in 1948, when he was 99. |
| 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. He broke his own record in 2012 when, at the age of 96, he had another son. |
| July 1992 | Les Colley | 92 years | Australia | |
| February 2017 | Mahmoud Adam | 92 years | Palestine | |
| 1978 or 1979 | Zvonimir Rogoz | 91 or 92 years | Croatia | |
| July 26, 2006 | Julio Iglesias Sr. | 91 years | Spain | Posthumous birth Ruth Iglesias, his fourth child, and only daughter, was born on July 26, 2006, 7 months after her father died, and the day after what would have been his 91st birthday. |
| 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. |
| May 28, 2010 | Armais Nazarov | 89 years | Russia | |
| 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. |
| March 10, 2024 | Tzvi Kushelevsky | 88 years | Israel | |
| December 23, 1921 | Husein-beg Čengić-Zulfikarpašić | 87 years | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Father of vice president of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Adil Zulfikarpašić, mayor of Foča for 25 years after the Austrian-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878, landowner and an intellectual, son of Ali-beg Čengić and a grandson of Zulfikar Pasha Čengić. Husein died in 1936 aged 102 or 104 years when Adil was 15. |
| 27 May 1886 | William Price | 86 years | United Kingdom | Also fathered children when he was aged 83 and 84 |
| 1933 | Mose Triplett | 86 years | United States | Father of Irene Triplett, the last surviving recipient of an American Civil War pension |
| January 31, 2002 | Ernest Lehman | 86 years | United States | |
| July 23, 2016 | Kostas Voutsas | 85 years | Greece | |
| August 1, 2013 | Edwin Edwards | 85 years | United States | |
| December 23, 1999 | Saul Bellow | 84 years | United States | |
| 1999 or 2000 | Major McDonald | 84 years | United States | |
| October 30, 2023 | Jack White | 83 years | Germany | Jack White was the artist name of Horst Nussbaum. He was a German music producer with worldwide hits such as Gloria and Self Control by Laura Branigan. |
| 2017 | Itzhak Fintzi | 83 years | Bulgaria | Matilda is the second child of actor Itzhak Fintzi, first with director Lisa Boeva. |
| June 22, 2018 | Horst Paulmann | 83 years | Chile | |
| June 15, 2023 | Al Pacino | 83 years | United States | American actor and filmmaker. |
| 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. |
| September 16, 2021 | Alberto Cormillot | 82 years | Argentina | |
| April 28, 2016 | Pehr G. Gyllenhammar | 81 years | Sweden | |
| July 5, 1996 | Anthony Quinn | 81 years | United States | |
| April 2000 | James Doohan | 80 years | United States | |
| December 16, 1885 | Ferdinand de Lesseps | 80 years | France | |
| c. 1996 | Michael Young | 80 years | United Kingdom | |
| May 11, 2024 | Horst-Dieter Esch | 80 years | Mexico | |
| August 20, 1904 | Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet | 80 years | United Kingdom | |
| May 9, 2023 | Robert De Niro | 79 years | United States | |
| April 19? 2016 | Mohinder Singh Gill | 79 years | India | |
| 2019 | Emmanuil Vitorgan | 79 years | Russia | |
| June 15, 1998 | Tony Randall | 78 years | United States | The couple also had a child in April 1997, when he was 77. |
| 2010 | Albert Corscaden | 78 years | Ireland | |
| 2004 | Mark Taimanov | 78 years | Russia | Had twins. |
| 2025 | Eduardo Costantini | 78 years | Argentina | |
| June 12, 1999 | Stanley Ho | 77 years | Macau | |
| 1998 | Luiz Da Costa Silva | 77 years | Brazil | |
| June 27, 2008 | Charan Singh Panwar | 77 years | India | Had twins. |
| November 23, 2009 | Ning Jianyou | 77 years | China | |
| April 19, 2020 | Noah Adenuga | 77 years | Nigeria | Had twins after four IVF attempts. |
| 2010 | Barry Stephenson | 76 years | United Kingdom | |
| December 2009 | Dennis Ealam | 76 years | United Kingdom | |
| 2010 | Vidas Antonovas | 76 years | Lithuania | |
| 1928 and January 1931 | Lyon Tyler | 75–77 years | United States | Lyon's second son Harrison Ruffin Tyler was born in 1928. Lyon was the son of US President John Tyler. His last son, Henry Tyler, was born in January 1931 when he was 77, but the boy died at more than a week old. |
| 1870 | Randall Fish | 75 years | United States | Father of Albert Fish |
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