MANY famous dads will have plenty of reasons – and kids – to celebrate on Father’s Day, as these stars are known for their bountiful broods.
Celebrities like Nick Cannon, Alec Baldwin and others have more than five children.
Some stars are still having children, while others stopped welcoming children years ago.
Find out which celebrities will have a busy Father’s Day celebrating with all of their kids.
JIM BOB DUGGAR – 19 KIDS
Jim Bob Duggar from 19 Kids and Counting is the celebrity father with the most children.
Jim Bob, 58, married Michelle, 57, in 1984.
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Together they have 19 children and let fans into their family life on their TLC reality shows 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On.
Their children are Joshua (born 1988), twins Jana and John-David (1990), Jill (1991), Jessa (1992), Jinger (1993), Joseph (1995), Josiah (1996), Joy-Anna ( 1997), twins Jedidiah and Jeremiah (1998), Jason (2000), James (2001), Justin (2002), Jackson (2004), Johannah (2005), Jennifer (2007), Jordyn (2008) and Josie (2009 ).
KODY BROWN – 18 CHILDREN
Kody Brown is known for the reality show Sister Wives.
With his current wife, Robyn, whom he married in 2014, he shares Solomon and Ariella.
He also adopted Robyn’s three children from her previous marriage – Dayton, Breanna and Aurora.
With his ex-wife, Janelle, Kody has six children – Logan, Madison, Hunter, Garrison, who died earlier this year, Gabriel and Savanah.
Meri, who is also divorced from Kody, has a son, Leon, with him.
Christine and Kody have six children together – Aspyn, Mykelti, Paedon, Gwendlyn, Ysabel and Truley.
She left Kody in 2021 and married new husband David Woolley.
NICK CANNON – 12 CHILDREN
Nick was married to Mariah Carey from 2008 to 2016.
During their marriage, Nick, 43, and Mariah, 55, had two children.
Their twins – Moroccan and Monroe – were born in 2011.
A year after his divorce from Mariah, Nick welcomed his third child with model Brittany Bell.
They were off duty when she gave birth to their first child, Golden Sagon.
Brittany and Nick also welcomed two other children – a daughter Powerful Queen, born in 2020, and son Rise Messiah, born in 2022.
Between Brittany, Nick had children with Abby De La Rosa, in 2021.
She gave him his second set of twins – Zion and Zillion.
The following year, Nick and Abby had a daughter named Beautiful Zepplin.
Also in 2022, Nick welcomed son Legendary Love with Bre Tiesi.
Nick’s daughter, Onyx Ice Cole, whom he welcomed with LaNisha Cole, was born the same year.
He is also the father of two children with Alyssa Scott.
They welcomed Zen in 2021, who died of brain cancer at five months old, and a daughter, Halo Marie, in 2022.
EDDIE MURPHY – 10 CHILDREN
Coming in fourth place is Eddie Murphy with 10 children.
Paulette McNeely is the mother of his firstborn son, Eric.
Christian is Eddie’s third child, born in 1990 to him and Tamara Hood.
He was married to Nicole Mitchell from 1993 to 2006.
They had five children together – Bria, Myles, Shayne, Zola and Bella.
Spice Girl Mel B is the mother of his daughter, Angel.
Paige Butcher gave birth to their first child together, a daughter named Izzy Oona Murphy, in 2016.
In 2018, they welcomed Eddie’s second and tenth, a son named Max Charles Murphy.
MEL GIBSON – 9 CHILDREN
Mel Gibson married Robyn Denise Moore in 1980.
They had one daughter, Hannah, born in 1980.
The couple had six children, twins Edward and Christian (1982), William (1985), Louis (1988), Milo (1990) and Thomas (1999).
Mel and Robyn divorced in 2009.
Shortly after her marriage ended, Mel had a daughter, Lucia, in 2009 with her girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva.
They separated in 2011.
Mel then began dating former equestrian show jumping champion Rosalind Ross in 2014.
They have a son, Lars Gerard, born in 2017.
ALEC BALDWIN – 8 CHILDREN
Alec Baldwin has eight children with two different women.
Ireland Baldwin is the only child of actress Kim Basinger and Alec, 66.
Alex and Kim married in 1993 and divorced in 2002.
Ireland was born in 1995.
Alec then married Hilaria Baldwin in 2012 and they had seven children together.
Their daughter, Carmen, was born in 2013.
Rafael is the first child, born in 2015.
They had children Leonardo, 7; Romeo, 6; and Eduardo, 3.
Eduardo was born after Hilaria had two miscarriages in 2019.
Alex and Hilaria welcomed their second daughter, Maria, via surrogate in 2021.
The youngest is a daughter named Ilaria, who was born in September 2022.
CLINT EASTWOOD – 8 CHILDREN
Although only one of Clint Eastwood’s children is famous, he surprisingly has eight in total.
Clint, 94, was married to Maggie Johnson from 1953 to 1984.
They had two children together – Kyle (1968) and Alison (1972).
However, during his marriage to Maggie, Clint had several affairs, resulting in children out of wedlock.
Laurie was born in 1954 and was given up for adoption.
His mother is unknown.
From 1959 to 1973, Clint had an affair with stuntwoman Roxanne Tunis.
They had a daughter named Kimber in 1964.
Clint and Maggie divorced in 1984.
He also had two children – Scott (1986) and Kathryn (1988) with flight attendant Jacelyn Reeves.
In the mid-1990s, Clint was in a relationship with actress Frances Fisher and they had a daughter in 1993 named Francesca.
He married anchor Dina Ruiz in 1996 and they had a daughter, Morgan, the same year.
They divorced in 2014.
ROBERT DE NIRO – 7 CHILDREN
Robert De Niro has seven children, one of whom was born last year.
Robert, 80, and Diahnne Abbott were married from 1976 to 1988.
At that time, they had two children together – daughter Drena, 52, and son Raphael, 47.
He then welcomed twins – Julian and Aaron, 28 – with his model ex-girlfriend, Toukie Smith.
Robert was married to Grace Hightower from 1997 to 2018.
During this time, they had son Elliot, 26, and daughter Helen Grace, 12.
His youngest daughter, Gia, was born to his current girlfriend, Tiffany Chen, 45.
FUTURE – 7 CHILDREN
Future, 40, is the father of seven children, all with different mothers.
He welcomed his first child, Jakobi Wilburn, with his then-girlfriend, Jessica Smith, in 2002.
Londyn was born to him and India J shortly afterward.
Brittni Mealy and the rapper welcomed their son, Prince, in 2012.
Future Zahir was born in 2014, the son of Future and singer Ciara.
Future had his son, Hendrix, with Joie Chavis in 2018.
He is also the father of daughter Paris and son Kash, whose mothers are unknown.
BRAD PITT – 6 CHILDREN
Brad Pitt has six children, all with his ex-wife, Angelina Jolie.
Brad, 60, and Angelina were married from 2014 to 2019.
However, they were in a relationship for much longer than that.
Angelina adopted her son, Maddox, before getting together with Brad.
He later adopted Maddox, 22.
Angelina then went to Ethiopia to adopt a daughter, Zahara, in 2005.
She had Shiloh, who recently dropped her father’s name, in 2006.
The couple adopted Pax from Vietnam in 2007.
Angelina gave birth to twins Knox and Vivienne in 2008.
The couple separated in 2019.
He has no children with his ex-wife, Jennifer Aniston, or his current girlfriend, Ines de Ramon.
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