Hvem fik flest børn i verden?
Feodor Vassilyev
List of people with the most children
Antal børn
Far
Noter
1,000-2,000
Djengis Khan
Han siges at have avlet mindst 1.000 børn, muligvis så mange som 2.000 fra op til 3.000 koner. Genetiske analyser har vist, at han er en mandlig forfader til 0,5 % af verdens befolkning.
Se også: Afstamning fra Djengis Khan
867+
Ismail Ibn Sharif
Alaouitisk sultan af Marokko, han siges at have avlet børn med flere koner og konkubiner.
300-600
Bertold P. Wiesner
Denne fertilitetslæge brugte sin egen sæd til at befrugte kunder mellem 1943 og 1962. Han er far til Eva Ibbotson via et ægteskabeligt forhold med hendes mor, som er adskilt fra hans kliniske arbejde.
365-382
Augustus II den stærke
Augustus var kurfyrste af Sachsen, konge af Polen. Med sin hustru Christiane Eberhardine af Brandenburg-Bayreuth fik han en søn, Augustus III af Polen. Han fik talrige børn med sine elskerinder, men kun 11 blev anerkendt, hvoraf det ene er Maurice de Saxe fransk generalmarskal af Frankrig, George Sands oldefar.
210
Kong Sobhuza II
konge af Swaziland, levede 1899-1982, menes at have haft 70 koner.
177
Sultan Ibrahim Njoya
Han var konge af Bamum i Cameroun, levede 1860-1933 og menes at have haft "omkring 600" koner. Han skulle have fået 149 børn i december 1915.
170+
Mohammed Bello Abubakar
Mohammed Bello Abubakar fra Nigeria, født i 1948, giftede sig med 86 hustruer og fik 170 børn med dem, inden han i 2008 blev arresteret for polygami for at have mere end fire hustruer, men han blev løsladt senere i 2008.
162+
Ramses II
Egyptisk farao;
Hovedartikel: Liste over børn af Ramses II
160+
Ancentus Ogwella Akuku
Denne kenyanske polygamist, kendt som "Danger", levede 1916-2010; han giftede sig "mere end 100 gange" og havde avlet "mindst 160 børn", da han giftede sig med sin sidste kone i 2000. En ubegrundet artikel fra East African Standard hævder, at han havde 210 børn: 104 døtre og 106 sønner med omkring 130 koner.
158
Jack Kigongo
Kigongo boede i Kateera, Uganda, 1909-2012; han havde 20 hustruer og havde omkring 500 børnebørn, da han døde 103 år gammel.
153
Don Reynaldo
En costaricansk forretningsmagnat, som siges at have avlet 153 børn mellem 1950-2005.
150
Anonym sæddonor
En amerikansk sæddonor har vist sig at have avlet mindst 150 børn. Dette var inspirationen til den canadiske film Starbuck fra 2011 og dens amerikanske genindspilning Delivery Man fra 2013.
149
Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, den sidste Nizam af Hyderabad
Han skulle efter sigende have haft 149 børn.
145+
Winston Blackmore
Leder af den fundamentalistiske mormon-sekt Blackmore/Bountiful Community, som han blev far til børn gennem op til 25 koner.
144
Miên Thẩm
Thẩm, søn af Minh Mang, blev far til 144 børn, herunder 78 sønner og 66 døtre.
142
Kejser Minh Mạng
Han skulle have avlet 142 børn fra 400 koner.
128
Misheck Doktor Nyandoro
Nyandoro, en mand fra Zimbabwe, der bor i Chipinge, har i øjeblikket 15 koner og 128 børn.
106-115
Saud af Saudi-Arabien
Kong Saud, søn af Ibn Saud af Saudi-Arabien, levede 1902-1969. Ifølge en kilde havde han 52 sønner og omkring 54 døtre fra "et bredere udvalg af kvinder" end sin far (som havde 22 koner); en anden kilde tilskriver ham dog 115.
114
Ed Houben
Houben var Europas mest produktive sæddonor. Han går ind for brugen af naturlige metoder.
114
Miên Trinh
Trinh, en anden søn af Minh Mang, blev far til 77 sønner og 37 døtre.
108+
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar
Den anden shah af Qajar-dynastiet i Iran, Fath-Ali (1772-1834), havde 48 døtre og 60 sønner "som overlevede barndommen" som følge af de mere end 160 ægteskaber, hvormed han havde konsolideret sin kontrol over landet. Mange af hans efterkommere blev fremtrædende personer.
<100
Augustus John
Den walisiske maler er almindeligt omtalt som værende far til "op til 100 børn", for det meste uden for ægteskab, selv om nogle mener, at dette tal er stærkt overdrevet.
94
Ziona
Leder af den religiøse sekt Pu Chana páwl i staten Mizoram i Indien, har 94 børn med 39 hustruer samt 33 børnebørn og har ifølge Guinness Book of Records verdens største familie.
93
Muhammed Daad Murad
Mohammed Daad Murad Al Balushi var også kendt som Abu Faisal eller "Bid Daad", oprindeligt fra Baluchistan, men nu naturaliseret i Ajman, U.A.E.. I april 2013 var han 67 år og ventede sit 94. barn. I alt havde han 22 hustruer, hvoraf 17 stadig er i live, med hvem han fik 56 sønner og 37 døtre, hvoraf den ældste var en 38-årig søn og den yngste en tre måneder gammel datter.
49-89
Goel Ratzon
Ratzon er en jødisk kultleder og Messias-anmelder, født i 1951; i 2010 havde han angiveligt "21 koner", med hvem han havde avlet 49 børn (CNN-data) eller "mere end 30 koner" og 89 børn (Time Magazine-data). Disse statistikker kom frem i lyset, da han blev anklaget for slavebinding og voldtægt.
87
Feodor Vassilyev
Feodor Vassilyev, en bonde fra Shuya i Rusland, fik 69 børn med sin første kone og 18 med sin anden kone. Mindst 82 af hans børn overlevede barndommen.
86
Trần Viết Chu
En bonde fra Hải Lăng, Quảng Trị Trị (Vietnam), han fik 86 børn med 12 hustruer.
82
Mongkut (Rama IV)
Kong Mongkut, Thailands fjerde monark, havde 32 hustruer og konkubiner i sin levetid, som fødte mindst 82 børn, hvoraf et af dem var Chulalongkorn.
80+
Joe Donor
Joe Donor, der befinder sig på USA's østkyst, er administrator af den gratis sæddonorgruppe "Joesdonorgroup" på Facebook. Joe Donor er en donor med 30+ børn fra gratis sæddonationer, som blev omtalt i ABC's 20/20. Joe er også forfatter til adskillige bøger om donation. Joe havde 80+ succeser pr. 11. april 2014.
77
Chulalongkorn (Rama V)
Kong Chulalongkorn, Thailands femte monark, havde 92 gemalinder i sin levetid, som fødte 77 børn, hvoraf 33 var sønner og 44 var døtre.
75
Ibn Saud af Saudi-Arabien
Kong Abdulaziz, den første monark i Saudi-Arabien, levede 1876-1953; han havde 45 registrerede sønner og ca. 30 døtre fra 22 koner og konkubiner. I 2001 havde han 2.500-3.500 direkte efterkommere.
Se også: Efterkommere af Ibn Saud
75
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Hawkins, en rock and roll-sanger, havde 57 bekræftede børn, muligvis så mange som 75.
75
Cecil Byran Jacobson
Denne fertilitetslæge blev mistænkt for at være far til op til 75 børn ved at befrugte patienter med sin egen sæd. Under retssagen blev det bekræftet, at 15 børn var hans gennem DNA.
74
Ben Seisler
Seisler, der brugte tre år på at donere sæd til en sædbank i Virginia for at dække udgifterne til sit jurastudium, fik for nylig at vide, at hans donationer havde givet 74 børn.
73
Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (Rama II)
Kong Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, Thailands anden monark, fik 73 børn med 40 kvinder.
72
Kejser Huizong af Song
Kejser Huizong af Song, kejser af Song-dynastiet, fik 38 sønner og 34 døtre af 148 koner.
72
Mehtar Aman-ul-Mulk
Aman-ul-Mulk, hersker over Chitral, nu en del af Pakistan (1821-1892), er kendt som Lot Mitar eller den store Mehtar. Han fik 72 børn, som det fremgår af Tribes of the Hindu Kush af Biddulph.
65
Heber C. Kimball
Første rådgiver i Jesu Kristi Kirke af Sidste Dages Hellige, han blev far til børn gennem 17 af sine 43 hustruer.
65
Rulon Jeffs
Præsident for Den Fundamentalistiske Kirke af Jesus Kristus af Sidste Dages Hellige, han fik børn, herunder Warren Jeffs, med hele 75 koner.
64
John W Hess
Levede fra 1824 til 1903 og var præsident for Davis-pælen i Jesu Kristi Jesu Kristi Kirke af Sidste Dages Hellige i 1894. Fødte 64 børn med 7 koner, som det fremgår af hans selvbiografi. Hans nekrolog angav 65 børn.
64
Thiệu Trị
Kejser af Vietnam, han avlede børn gennem 24 hustruer.
61
Norodom af Cambodja
Konge af Cambodja, han avlede 61 sønner og døtre med 47 koner.
60
Warren Jeffs
Præsident for den fundamentalistiske kirke Jesu Kristi Jesu Kristi Hellige af Sidste Dages Hellige, han fik børn med op til 70 koner.
59
Kejser Xuanzong af Tang
Kejser Xuanzong af Tang, kejser af Tang-dynastiet, blev far til 30 sønner og 29 døtre med mange koner.
58
Gennadij Raivich
Neurovidenskabsmanden professor Gennadij Raivich, født i 1963, menes at have avlet 58 børn ved hjælp af sæddonation, der blev annonceret via uautoriserede websteder.
57
Brigham Young
Præsident for Jesu Kristi Kirke af Sidste Dages Hellige, han blev far til børn gennem 16 af sine 55 hustruer.
56
John Doyle Lee
Utah-pioner og tidlig leder af Jesu Kristi Kirke af Sidste Dages Hellige, han havde 18 koner og 56 børn.
55
Kangxi Kejser
En kinesisk kejser fra Qing-dynastiet, der levede 1654-1722, og som avlede 35 sønner og 20 døtre fra talrige koner og konkubiner.
55
Peregrine-sessioner
Et medlem af Jesu Kristi Kirke af Sidste Dages Hellige og en søn af Patty Bartlett Sessions, han fik 55 børn med otte koner.
54+
Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden
Denne yemenitiske emigrant til Saudi-Arabien giftede sig 22 gange og blev far til mindst 54 børn. Osama bin Laden menes at have været hans 17. søn.
54
Merril Jessop
Biskop og tidligere de facto leder af den fundamentalistiske kirke Jesu Kristi Jesu Kristi af Sidste Dages Hellige, han blev far til 54 børn med sine første seks koner.
52
Salem Juma'a
Salem Juma'a fra De Forenede Arabiske Emirater blev far til 52 børn gennem 12 hustruer. I november 2009 var han ca. 75 år gammel, og 10 af hans børn var døde. De øvrige 42 var 21 sønner og 21 døtre i alderen 13-38 år.
51
Nangklao (Rama III)
Kong Nangklao, Thailands tredje monark, fik 51 børn med 37 kvinder.
50
Qin Shi Huang
Første kejser af Qin-dynastiet og grundlægger af Kinas kejser. Fødte omkring 50 børn med mange konkubiner.
50
Luiz Costa Oliveira
En brasilianer fra staten Rio Grande do Norte, han har 50 børn fra tre kvinder (kone, svigerinde, svigermor).
50
Dr. Donald L. Cline, MD
En amerikansk fertilitetslæge fra Indiana University School Of Medicine, der har brugt sin egen sæd mere end 50 gange til at befrugte kunder siden 1970'erne. DNA har vist sig at forbinde 8 søskende indtil videre.
50
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
Diktator i Den Centralafrikanske Republik, han levede 1921-1996, ad havde 17 koner.
48
Joseph F. Smith
Sjette præsident for Jesu Kristi Kirke af Sidste Dages Hellige (LDS-kirken), han fik 48 børn med seks hustruer (hans første hustru, Levira Smith, fødte dog aldrig børn).
46
Joe Jessop
I februar 2010 var Jessop 88 år gammel. Han boede i Short Creek, Utah, sammen med et samfund på mindst 6000 tilhængere af den fundamentalistiske Jesu Kristi Jesu Kristi Kirke af Sidste Dages Hellige. Han blev far til 46 børn med fem hustruer og havde 239 børnebørn.
46
Marriner W. Merrill
En mormon og oldefar til Todd Christensen, han blev far til 46 børn med seks af sine otte koner.
45
Orson Pratt
Orson Pratt (Sr.), polymath og apostel i Jesu Kristi Kirke af Sidste Dages Hellige, levede 1811-1881; han blev far til 45 børn gennem sine ti hustruer.
30-45
Idi Amin
Diktator i Uganda, levede 1925-2003 og havde 17 koner.
44
Jesse N. Smith
Jesse Nathaniel Smith, mormonpioner, kirkeleder, kolonisator, politiker, grænsemand og medlem af Jesu Kristi Kirke af Sidste Dages Hellige, blev far til 44 børn gennem sine fem hustruer.
43
Dansk sæddonor
Denne danske mand blev far til mindst 43 børn gennem 14 forskellige IVF-klinikker i ti forskellige lande. Mindst fem børn, som han har avlet, har fået en genetisk lidelse. Manden fik lov til at fortsætte med at donere sæd på trods af de danske nationale regler, der begrænser donationer til 25.
43
Filip IV af Spanien
Han blev far til 13 legitime børn gennem sine to koner og siges at have mindst 30 uægte børn med forskellige kvinder af alle tilstande.
42
Hongwu-kejseren
Første kejser af Ming-dynastiet. Fødte 26 sønner og 16 døtre med adskillige koner.
42
Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I)
Kong Buddha Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, Thailands første monark, fik 42 børn af 28 kvinder.
42
Lorenzo Snow
Præsident for Jesu Kristi Kirke af Sidste Dages Hellige, han fik børn gennem sine ni koner.
42
Joseph Kony
Joseph Kony, den ugandiske leder af Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), har 42 børn med 88 ægtefæller.
41
Friedrich von Kahlbutz
En mindre preussisk adelsmand, der levede 1651-1702, blev far til 11 børn med sin kone og 30 børn med bondekvinder i hans domæne. Hans mumie er bevaret i en kirke i Neustadt i Brandenburg.
41
Aston "familiefar" Barrett
Aston Francis Barrett (født 22. november 1946), ofte kaldet "Family Man" eller kort og godt "Fams", er en jamaicansk musiker og rastafarianer. Hans kælenavn opstod, før han selv fik børn. Aston forudså sin rolle som bandleder og begyndte at kalde sig selv "Family Man". Siden da har han været far til 41 børn.
41
Muhammed Yusaf
Muhammad Yousaf fra Sargodha, Pakistan, fik mindst 41 børn fra syv koner.
41
Kejser Gaozu af Tang
Kejser Gaozu af Tang, kejser af Tang-dynastiet, blev far til 41 børn med mange koner.
40
Kejser Daizong af Tang
Kejser af Tang-dynastiet, blev far til 20 sønner og 20 døtre med mange koner.
40
Mike Holpin
Mike Holpin, fra Ebbw Vale i Monmouthshire, har mindst 40 børn.
39+
Kejser Wu af Jin
Sima Yan, grundlæggeren af Kinas Jin-dynasti, havde 26 sønner og mindst 13 døtre. Du kan finde flere oplysninger her.
38
Kejser Xianzong af Tang
Kejser af Tang-dynastiet. Fødte i alt 20 sønner og 18 døtre fra adskillige hustruer.
38
Martin Pleyel
Martin Pleyel var en skolemester fra Ruppersthal i Niederösterreich i det 18. århundrede. Han fik 29 børn med sin første kone, Anna Theresia Pleyel. Deres 24. barn var komponisten Ignaz Pleyel (f. 1757). Han fik yderligere ni børn med sin anden hustru, Maria Anna Pleyel.
38
Ramon Revilla
Filippinsk skuespiller og tidligere senator, der blev far til børn med 16 forskellige kvinder. Han hævder at have avlet op til 72 børn.
37
Robert Gardner
Robert Gardner Jr., en skotskfødt mormonpioner, fik 37 børn med 4 koner.
36
Kejser Shunzong af Tang
Kejser af Tang-dynastiet. Fødte 23 sønner og 13 døtre med mange hustruer.
35+
Kong Abdullah af Saudi-Arabien
Den tidligere kong Abdullah af Saudi-Arabien, født i 1924, blev far til mindst 35 børn af tretten koner.
35
Kejser Taizong af Tang
Kejser Taizong af Tang, anden kejser af Tang-dynastiet. Fødte 14 sønner og 21 døtre af mange hustruer. Betragtes som en af de største kinesiske kejsere, idet han erobrede et imperium på op til 12 400 000 kvadratkilometer.
35
Horace Martin Alexander
Alexander var mormon, korporal i mormonbataljonen og var ven med Joseph Smith. Han fik 35 børn med fire hustruer fra 1836 til mindst 1871.
34
John Taylor
Præsident for Jesu Kristi Kirke af Sidste Dages Hellige, han avlede børn gennem sine syv koner.
34
Taejo af Goryeo
Grundlæggeren og den første konge af Goryeo, han fik 34 børn (25 sønner og 9 døtre) gennem 32 ægtefæller (6 dronninger og 26 konkubiner).
33
Wilford Woodruff
Præsident for Jesu Kristi Kirke af Sidste Dages Hellige, han fik børn gennem sine fem (muligvis seks) hustruer.
33+
Dillion "Dillon" Asher
Asher var vogter af den første toldport i Kentucky, nær Pineville. Han blev far til mindst 33 børn med fire kvinder mellem 1804 og 1845.
32
Yuan Shikai
Han var en vigtig kinesisk general og politiker og blev far til 32 børn (17 sønner og 15 døtre) gennem sin kone og ni konkubiner.
32
Gia Long
Kejser af Vietnam, han avlede 32 børn.
32
Albert Emund Barlow
En tilhænger af Jesu Kristi Kirke af Sidste Dages Hellige, der boede i Utah, blev arresteret for polygami i en alder af 52 år i 1955. Han skulle have avlet 32 børn med sine tre koner.
31+
Cao Cao
Cao Cao Cao havde 25 sønner (herunder Cao Pi, grundlæggeren af Kinas Wei-dynasti) og mindst seks døtre. Nærmere oplysninger findes her.
31
Benjamin Clark
Han var fætter til opdagelsesrejsende William Clark og blev far til 31 børn med sine to hustruer; syv af dem døde som spæd.
33
Dr. Jan Muhammed
Jan Muhammad er fra Quetta, Pakistan. Han har 14 sønner og 19 døtre.
30+
Jonas Savimbi
Angolansk politiker og guerillaleder, levede 1934-2002 og havde i 1999 fået 29-31 børn; antallet af hustruer er ikke registreret.
30+
Omar Bongo
Gabons præsident, levede 1935-2009; antallet af hustruer er ikke oplyst.
30
Taksin, konge af Thonburi
Taksin, konge af kongeriget Thonburi, havde 21 sønner og ni døtre.
30
Miles Park Romney
Han var mormon og tipoldefar til Mitt Romney og blev far til 30 børn med fem koner; han giftede sig med den sidste i 1890, lige før Manifestet af 1890.
30
Tom Green
En mormonfundamentalist, han fik børn med ti kvinder.
30
Fally Diallo
Den senegalesiske imam El Hadji Fally Diallo har frem til 2014 fået 30 børn med tre koner. Han fører kampagne mod familieplanlægning i Senegal og hævder, at det er hans gudgivne pligt at formere sig.
29
Sisowath fra Cambodja
Sisowath af Cambodja, konge af Cambodja, er far til 29 sønner og døtre.
28
Kejser Zhaozong af Tang
Kejser Zhaozong af Tang, den næstsidste kejser af Tang-dynastiet, fik 17 sønner og 11 døtre af mange hustruer. Han var far til kejser Ai af Tang.
28
Mohamed Ali Waranle
Waranle er en somalisk forretningsmand, der bor i Mogadishu, Somalia. Han er en af de rigeste mænd i landet og havde tre koner, den første kone har 11 børn, den anden har 10 og den tredje har født 7 børn.
27
Qianlong-kejser
Qianlong-kejseren, kejser af Qing-dynastiet, fik 17 sønner og 10 døtre af 38 hustruer.
25
Edward Hess
Hess var en kroejer fra Safe Harbor, Pennsylvania, som også ejede et shad-fiskeri. Han var en af de rigeste mænd i området og fik fire børn med sin første kone Elizabeth Ann Shenk, 17 med sin anden kone Mary Ann Lewis og fire med sin tredje kone Catherine Rankin, som var 37 år yngre end ham.
Feodor Vassilyev
List of people with the most children
No. of children
Father
Notes


1,000-2,000
Genghis Khan
He is said to have fathered at least 1,000 children, possibly as many as 2,000 from as many as 3000 wives. Genetic analysis has shown he is a male-line ancestor of 0.5% of the world's population.
See also: Descent from Genghis Khan



867+
Ismail Ibn Sharif
Alaouite sultan of Morocco, he is said to have fathered children with multiple wives and concubines.


300–600
Bertold P. Wiesner
This fertility doctor used his own sperm to impregnate customers between 1943 and 1962. He is the father of Eva Ibbotson via a marital relationship with her mother, separate from his clinical work.


365-382
Augustus II the Strong
Augustus was Elector of Saxony, king of Poland. With his wife Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth he had one son, Augustus III of Poland. He had numerous children with his mistresses, but only 11 were recognized, one of whom is Maurice de Saxe French Marchal-General of France, the great-grandfather of George Sand.


210
King Sobhuza II
King of Swaziland, lived 1899–1982, is thought to have had 70 wives.


177
Sultan Ibrahim Njoya
He was King of Bamum in Cameroon, lived 1860–1933, and is thought to have had 'around 600' wives. He was said to have had 149 children by December 1915.


170+
Mohammed Bello Abubakar
Born in 1948, Mohammed Bello Abubakar of Nigeria married 86 wives and had 170 children with them before being arrested in 2008 for polygamy for having more than four wives, though he was released later in 2008.


162+
Ramesses II
Egyptian pharaoh;
Main article: List of children of Ramesses II



160+
Ancentus Ogwella Akuku
This Kenyan polygamist, known as 'Danger', lived 1916–2010; he married 'more than 100 times' and had fathered 'at least 160 children' when he married his final wife in 2000. An unsubstantiated article from the East African Standard claimed he had 210 children: 104 daughters and 106 sons, by some 130 wives.


158
Jack Kigongo
Kigongo lived in Kateera, Uganda, 1909–2012; he had 20 wives, and when he died aged 103, had around 500 grandchildren.


153
Don Reynaldo
A Costa Rican business magnate who is said to have fathered 153 children between 1950-2005.


150
Anonymous sperm donor
An American sperm donor was found to have produced at least 150 children. This was the inspiration for the 2011 Canadian film Starbuck and its 2013 American remake Delivery Man.


149
Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, the last Nizam of Hyderabad
He is reported to have had 149 children.


145+
Winston Blackmore
Leader of the Mormon fundamentalist sect called the Blackmore/Bountiful Community, he fathered children through as many as 25 wives.


144
Miên Thẩm
Thẩm, son of Minh Mang, fathered 144 children, including 78 sons and 66 daughters.


142
Emperor Minh Mạng
He is reported to have fathered 142 children from 400 wives.


128
Misheck Doctor Nyandoro
Nyandoro, a Zimbabwean man living in Chipinge, currently has 15 wives and 128 children.


106–115
Saud of Saudi Arabia
King Saud, son of Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, lived 1902–1969. According to one source he had 52 sons and about 54 daughters from 'a wider range of women' than his father (who had 22 wives); however, another source credited him with 115.


114
Ed Houben
Houben was Europe's most prolific sperm donor. He advocates the use of natural methods.


114
Miên Trinh
Trinh, another son of Minh Mang, fathered 77 sons and 37 daughters.


108+
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar
The second Shah of the Qajar dynasty of Iran, Fath-Ali (1772–1834) had 48 daughters and 60 sons 'who survived infancy', as a result of the 160+ marriages by which he had consolidated his control over the country. Many of his descendants went on to become prominent figures.


<100
Augustus John
The Welsh painter is widely reported to have fathered 'up to 100 children', mostly outside marriage, although some believe that this figure is greatly exaggerated.


94
Ziona
Leader of the religious sect Pu Chana páwl, in the Mizoram state of India, has 94 children with 39 wives, as well as 33 grandchildren, and has, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the world's largest family.


93
Muhammad Daad Murad
Mohammed Daad Murad Al Balushi was also known as Abu Faisal or 'Bid Daad', originally from Baluchistan but now naturalized in the Ajman, U.A.E.. By April 2013 he was 67 and was expecting his 94th child. Overall he had 22 wives, of whom 17 are still alive, by whom he had 56 sons and 37 daughters, the eldest being a 38-year-old son and the youngest a three-month-old daughter.


49–89
Goel Ratzon
Ratzon is a Jewish cult leader and Messiah claimant, born in 1951; in 2010 he reportedly had '21 wives', with whom he had fathered 49 children (CNN data), or 'more than 30 wives' and 89 children (Time magazine data). These statistics came to light when he was charged with enslavement and rape.


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Feodor Vassilyev
Feodor Vassilyev, a peasant from Shuya, Russia, had 69 children with his first wife and 18 with his second. At least 82 of his children survived infancy.


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Trần Viết Chu
A peasant from Hải Lăng, Quảng Trị (Vietnam), he had 86 children with 12 wives.


82
Mongkut (Rama IV)
King Mongkut, Thailand's fourth monarch, had 32 wives and concubines during his lifetime who produced at least 82 children, one of whom was Chulalongkorn.


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Joe Donor
Located in the east coast area of the US, Joe Donor is the admin of the free sperm donor group "Joesdonorgroup" on Facebook. Joe Donor is a donor with 30+ offspring from free sperm donations who was featured on ABC's 20/20. Joe is also the author of numerous books on donation. Joe had 80+ successes as of April 11, 2014.


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Chulalongkorn (Rama V)
King Chulalongkorn, Thailand's fifth monarch, had 92 consorts during his lifetime who produced 77 children, of whom 33 were sons and 44 were daughters.


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Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia
King Abdulaziz, the first monarch of Saudi Arabia, lived 1876–1953; he had 45 recorded sons and about 30 daughters from 22 wives and concubines. By 2001 he had 2,500–3,500 direct descendants.
See also: Descendants of Ibn Saud



75
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Hawkins, a rock and roll singer, had 57 confirmed children, possibly as many as 75.


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Cecil Byran Jacobson
This fertility doctor was suspected of fathering as many as 75 children by impregnating patients with his own sperm. During trial 15 children were confirmed his through DNA.


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Ben Seisler
Seisler, who spent three years donating sperm to a Virginia sperm bank to offset law-school expenses, recently learned that his donations had produced 74 children.


73
Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (Rama II)
King Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, Thailand's second monarch, had 73 children with 40 women.


72
Emperor Huizong of Song
Emperor Huizong of Song, Emperor of the Song Dynasty, fathered 38 sons and 34 daughters from 148 wives.


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Mehtar Aman-ul-Mulk
Aman-ul-Mulk, ruler of Chitral, now part of Pakistan (1821-1892), is known as the Lot Mitar or Great Mehtar. He had 72 children, as reported in Tribes of the Hindu Kush by Biddulph.


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Heber C. Kimball
First Counselor of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he fathered children through 17 of his 43 wives.


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Rulon Jeffs
President of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, he fathered children, including Warren Jeffs, with as many as 75 wives.


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John W Hess
Lived 1824 to 1903 and was the President of the Davis Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1894. Fathered 64 children with 7 wives as noted in his autobiography. His obituary indicated 65 children.


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Thiệu Trị
Emperor of Vietnam, he fathered children through 24 wives.


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Norodom of Cambodia
King of Cambodia, he fathered 61 sons and daughters with 47 wives.


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Warren Jeffs
President of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, he fathered children through as many as 70 wives.


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Emperor Xuanzong of Tang
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, fathered 30 sons and 29 daughters with numerous wives.


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Gennadij Raivich
The neuroscientist Professor Gennadij Raivich, born in 1963, is believed to have fathered 58 children by sperm donation, advertised through unlicensed websites.


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Brigham Young
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he fathered children through 16 of his 55 wives.


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John Doyle Lee
Utah pioneer and early leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he had 18 wives and 56 children.


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Kangxi Emperor
A Chinese emperor of the Qing Dynasty who lived 1654–1722, he fathered 35 sons and 20 daughters from numerous wives and concubines.


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Peregrine Sessions
A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a son of Patty Bartlett Sessions, he had 55 children with eight wives.


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Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden
This Yemeni emigrant to Saudi Arabia married 22 times and fathered at least 54 children. Osama bin Laden is believed to have been his 17th son.


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Merril Jessop
Bishop and one-time de facto leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he fathered 54 children with his first six wives.


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Salem Juma'a
Salem Juma'a from United Arab Emirates fathered 52 children through 12 wives. By November 2009 he was approximately 75 years old and 1ten of his children were dead. The other 42 were 21 sons and 21 daughters aged from 13 to 38 years old.


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Nangklao (Rama III)
King Nangklao, Thailand's third monarch, had 51 children with 37 women.


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Qin Shi Huang
First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty and founding emperor of China. Fathered around 50 children with numerous concubines.


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Luiz Costa Oliveira
A Brazilian from Rio Grande do Norte State, he has 50 children from three women (wife, sister-in-law, mother-in-law).


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Dr. Donald L. Cline, MD
An American fertility doctor from Indiana University School Of Medicine who used his own sperm more than 50 times to impregnate customers since the 1970s. DNA has been shown to link 8 siblings so far.


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Jean-Bédel Bokassa
Dictator of the Central African Republic, he lived 1921–1996, ad had 17 wives.


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Joseph F. Smith
Sixth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), he fathered 48 children with six wives (though his first wife, Levira Smith, never bore children).


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Joe Jessop
As of February 2010 Jessop was 88. He lived in Short Creek, Utah, alongside a community of at least 6000 followers of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He fathered 46 children with five wives and had 239 grandchildren.


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Marriner W. Merrill
A Mormon and the great grandfather of Todd Christensen, he fathered 46 children with six out of his eight wives.


45
Orson Pratt
Orson Pratt (Sr.), polymath, and an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, lived 1811–1881; he fathered 45 children through his ten wives.


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Idi Amin
Dictator of Uganda, he lived 1925–2003, and had 17 wives.


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Jesse N. Smith
Jesse Nathaniel Smith, a Mormon pioneer, church leader, colonizer, politician, frontiersman, and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, fathered 44 children through his five wives.


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Danish sperm donor
This Danish man, fathered at least 43 children through 14 distinct IVF clinics in ten separate countries. At least five children sired by him were passed a genetic disorder. The man was permitted to carry on donating sperm, despite Danish national rules restricting donations to 25.


43
Philip IV of Spain
He fathered 13 legitimate children through his two wives and is said to have at least 30 illegitimate children with different women of all conditions.


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Hongwu Emperor
First Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Fathered 26 sons and 16 daughters with numerous wives.


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Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I)
King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, Thailand's first monarch, had 42 children from 28 women.


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Lorenzo Snow
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he fathered children through his nine wives.


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Joseph Kony
Joseph Kony, the Ugandan leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), has 42 children  with 88 spouses.


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Friedrich von Kahlbutz
A minor Prussian nobleman who lived 1651–1702, he fathered 11 children by his wife, and 30 by peasant women in his domain. His mummy is preserved in a church in Neustadt in Brandenburg.


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Aston "Family Man" Barrett
Aston Francis Barrett (born 22 November 1946), often called "Family Man" or "Fams" for short, is a Jamaican musician and Rastafarian. His nickname came about before he had any children of his own. Aston foresaw his role as a band leader and started to call himself "Family Man". He has fathered 41 children since.


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Muhammad Yusaf
Muhammad Yousaf of Sargodha, Pakistan, had at least 41 children from seven wives.


41
Emperor Gaozu of Tang
Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, fathered 41 children with numerous wives.


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Emperor Daizong of Tang
Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, fathered 20 sons and 20 daughters from numerous wives.


40
Mike Holpin
Mike Holpin, from Ebbw Vale in Monmouthshire, has at least 40 children.


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Emperor Wu of Jin
Sima Yan, founder of China's Jin dynasty, had 26 sons and at least 13 daughters. Details are here.


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Emperor Xianzong of Tang
Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Fathered a total of 20 sons and 18 daughters from numerous wives.


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Martin Pleyel
Martin Pleyel was a schoolmaster from Ruppersthal in Lower Austria in the 18th century. He had 29 children with his first wife, Anna Theresia Pleyel. Their 24th child was composer Ignaz Pleyel (b. 1757). He had another nine children with his second wife, Maria Anna Pleyel.


38
Ramon Revilla
A Filipino actor and former senator, he fathered children through 16 different women. Claims to have fathered up to 72 children.


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Robert Gardner
Robert Gardner Jr., a Scottish-born Mormon pioneer, had 37 children with 4 wives.


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Emperor Shunzong of Tang
Emperor of Tang Dynasty. Fathered 23 sons and 13 daughters from numerous wives.


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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
The former King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, born in 1924, he fathered at least 35 children, by thirteen wives.


35
Emperor Taizong of Tang
Emperor Taizong of Tang, Second Emperor of Tang Dynasty. Fathered 14 sons and 21 daughters from numerous wives. Considered one of the greatest Chinese Emperors, having conquered an Empire up to 12 400 000 squared km in size.


35
Horace Martin Alexander
Alexander was a Mormon, a corporal in the Mormon Battalion, and was friendly with Joseph Smith. He had thirty-five children with four wives, from 1836 until at least 1871.


34
John Taylor
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he fathered children through his seven wives.


34
Taejo of Goryeo
Founding as well as first king of Goryeo, he fathered 34 children (25 sons & 9 daughters) through 32 consorts (6 queens & 26 concubines).


33
Wilford Woodruff
President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he fathered children through his five (possibly six) wives.


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Dillion "Dillon" Asher
Asher was the keeper of the first toll-gate in Kentucky, near Pineville. He fathered at least 33 children with four women between 1804 and 1845.


32
Yuan Shikai
An important Chinese general and politician, he fathered 32 children (17 sons and 15 daughters) through his wife and nine concubines.


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Gia Long
Emperor of Vietnam, he fathered 32 children.


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Albert Emund Barlow
A follower of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints living in Utah, he was arrested for polygamy at age 52 in 1955. He was said to have fathered 32 children by his three wives.


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Cao Cao
Cao Cao had 25 sons (including Cao Pi, founder of China's Wei dynasty) and at least six daughters. Details are here.


31
Benjamin Clark
A cousin of the explorer William Clark, he fathered 31 children by his two wives; seven of them died in infancy.


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Dr. Jan Muhammad
Jan Muhammad is from Quetta, Pakistan. He has 14 sons and 19 daughters.


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Jonas Savimbi
An Angolan politician and guerrilla leader, he lived 1934–2002, and had fathered 29–31 children by 1999; his number of wives is not recorded.


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Omar Bongo
President of Gabon, he lived 1935–2009; his number of wives is not recorded.


30
Taksin, King of Thonburi
Taksin, the King of the Thonburi Kingdom, had 21 sons and nine daughters.


30
Miles Park Romney
A Mormon and great-grandfather of Mitt Romney, he fathered 30 children with five wives; he married the last in 1890, just before the 1890 Manifesto.


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Tom Green
A Mormon fundamentalist, he fathered children through ten women.


30
Fally Diallo
Senegalese Imam El Hadji Fally Diallo has, up to 2014, fathered 30 children with three wives. He campaigns against family planning in Senegal, claiming that it is his God-given duty to multiply.


29
Sisowath of Cambodia
Sisowath of Cambodia, King of Cambodia, fathered 29 sons and daughters.


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Emperor Zhaozong of Tang
Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, penultimate Emperor of the Tang Dynasty fathered 17 sons and 11 daughters from numerous wives. He was the father of Emperor Ai of Tang.


28
Mohamed Ali Waranle
Waranle is a Somali business who lives in Mogadishu, Somalia. One of the richest men in the country, he had three wives, the first wife has 11 children, the second has 10 and the third one gave birth to 7 children.


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Qianlong Emperor
The Qianlong Emperor, Emperor of the Qing Dynasty fathered 17 sons and 10 daughters from 38 wives.


25
Edward Hess
Hess was an innkeeper from Safe Harbor, Pennsylvania, who also owned a shad fishery. One of the richest men in the area, he had four children with his first wife Elizabeth Ann Shenk, 17 with his second wife Mary Ann Lewis, and four with his third wife Catherine Rankin, who was 37 years his junior.
List of people with the most children