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Males who have parented large numbers of children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_the_most_children
867+Ismail Ibn SharifMonarch of Morocco who had a harem of 500 women, and registered 525 boys and 342 girls. In total, an observation was made of 1042 children, then eventually after his death a total of 1171.
300–600+Bertold P. WiesnerThis scientist fathered up to 1000 children by artificial insemination through the medical practice of his second wife Dr. Mary Barton, between 1942 (or earlier) and 1967. He also is the father of Eva Ibbotson by his first wife Anna Gmeyner, and two children by Dr Mary Barton.
365–382Augustus II the Strong[citation needed]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 office France, the great-grandfather of George Sand.
up to 300Paul Elden KingstonPaul Kingston is the leader of the Latter Day Church of Christ, also known as the Kingston Clan or The Order in Utah.[93]
210King Sobhuza IIKing of Swaziland, lived 1899–1982, is thought to have had 70 wives.
177Sultan Ibrahim NjoyaHe 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.[94]
170+Mohammed Bello AbubakarMohammed Bello Abubakar (1924–2017) of Nigeria married 86 women and had 170 children with them before being arrested in 2008 for polygamy for having more than four wives,[95] though he was released later in 2008.
162+Ramesses IIEgyptian pharaoh; see list of children of Ramesses II
160+Ancentus Ogwella AkukujulamaThis Kenyan polygamist, known as 'Danger', lived 1916–2010; he married 'more than 100 times' and had fathered 'at least 160 children'.[96] An unsubstantiated article from the East African Standard claimed he had 210 children: 104 daughters and 106 sons, by some 130 wives.[citation needed]
158Jack KigongoKigongo lived in Kateerea, Uganda, 1909–2014; he had 27 wives, and when he died aged 109, had around 501 grandchildren.[97]
153Don ReynaldoA Costa Rican business magnate who is said to have fathered 153 children between 1950–2005.

List of people with the most children


69Valentina (1st wife of Feodor Vassilyev)[1]Valentina and her husband Feodor Vassilyev are alleged to hold the record for the most children a couple has parented. She gave birth to a total of 69 children – sixteen pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets – between 1725 and 1765, a total of 27 births. 67 of the 69 children were said to have survived infancy. Allegedly Vassilyev also had six sets of twins and two sets of triplets with a second wife, for another 18 children in eight births; he fathered a total of 87 children. The claim is disputed as records at this time were not well kept.
62Mr. and Mrs. GravataA Tuscan woman named Gravata gave birth to a total of 62 live children.
57Mrs. and Mr. Yakov KirillovThe first wife of peasant Yakov Kirillov from the village of Vvedensky, Russia, gave birth to 57 children in a total of 21 births. She had four sets of quadruplets, seven sets of triplets and ten sets of twins. All of the children were alive in 1755, when Kirillov, aged 60, was presented at court.[2]:6 As with the Vassilyev case, the truth of these claims has not been established, and is highly improbable.
53Barbara and Adam StratzmannIt is claimed that Barbara Stratzmann (c. 1448 – 1503) of Bönnigheim, Germany, gave birth to 53 children (38 sons and 15 daughters) in a total of 29 births by 1498. She had one set of septuplets, one set of sextuplets, four sets of triplets and five sets of twins. Nineteen of the children were stillborn, the eldest surviving was eight years old in 1498.[3] As with the Vassilyev, Gravata and Kirillov cases above, the survival of any one of the offspring of the alleged multiple births is questionable, as is the likelihood of so many multiple births in an era before fertility drugs.
52Maddalena GranataMaddalena Granata (born 1839) of the City of Nocera, Italy, who married at age 28, had given birth to 52 living and dead children, 49 being males, by 1886. Dr. de Sanctis, of Nocera, stated that she had 15 sets of triplets.[4][5]:14
44Mariam Nabatanzi BabiryeMariam Nabatanzi from Uganda gave birth to 44 children (43 survived infancy) by the age of 36. This included 3 sets of quadruplets, 4 sets of triplets and 6 sets of twins, due to a rare genetic condition causing hyperovulation. At the age of 40 she underwent a medical procedure to prevent any further pregnancies.[6]
42Elizabeth and John MottElizabeth Mott of Monks Kirby, Warwickshire, married in 1676 and produced 42 live-born children. She died in 1720.[5]:13
41Alice HookesAccording to the inscription on a gravestone in Conway Church cemetery, Gwynedd, North Wales, Nicholas Hookes (died 1637) was the 41st child of his mother Alice Hookes, but there were no further details.[5]:13
39Elizabeth and William GreenhillThomas Greenhill was the last child of 39 by his mother Elizabeth (1615–1681) and William Greenhill. The family consisted of 7 sons and 32 daughters. Not only is this a large number of live newborns, but is unusual in that all but one pair of twins were single births.
35Mrs. and Mr. HarrisonMrs. Harrison, the wife of an undertaker residing in Vere Street, London, gave birth to her 35th child by one husband in 1736.[7]