While it's hard to pinpoint one single oldest, several celebrities have had babies in their late 40s and 50s, with Janet Jackson (49/50), Kelly Preston (47), Halle Berry (47), and Geena Davis (48)** notable for late-life births, often with fertility help, while famous fathers like Robert De Niro (79) and Mick Jagger (73) have fathered children even later, with Al Pacino (80s) becoming a dad in his 80s recently.
Al Pacino welcomed his fourth child, a son named Roman, in June 2023, when he was 83 years old, making him the oldest new dad in Hollywood. "Al loves being a father and always has. He is excited," a source told People at the time.
The oldest father ever is reportedly Ramjit Raghav who fathered a child at the age of 96.
At 51 years old, Cameron Diaz has defied societal norms by welcoming her second child with husband Benji Madden. The couple has been married since 2015 and have kept their personal life relatively private.
Celebrities who had children over 50
Janet Jackson (50): The pop icon surprised fans in 2017 when she welcomed her first child, son Eissa Al Mana, at the age of 50. Michelle Pfeiffer (50): The ageless beauty adopted her son John Henry with her husband David E. Kelley in 1993 when she was 50.
Cameron Diaz, 52, Reportedly Used A Surrogate To Have Baby No. 1 After Trying IVF, Acupuncture, & Supplements. She and husband Benji Madden just welcomed their second child, Cardinal. Cameron Diaz is returning to film after welcoming two children with husband Benji Madden.
Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
Nicole Kidman had two adopted children with ex-husband Tom Cruise, and at age 41, gave birth to a daughter, Sunday, with second husband Keith Urban.
"Cameron welcomed her baby daughter at the age of 47, which is an unconventional age to be pregnant". But this same article later reveals the child was carried by and birthed by a surrogate.
A few months ago, Halle Berry gave birth for the second time aged 47, to her daughter, Nahla. Kelly Preston had her third child in 2012, age 48. Susan Sarandon had a baby at 46, and Beverly D'Angelo had twins (with 65yo Al Pacino) at 49.
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In April 2023, De Niro, 81, became a dad for the seventh time, welcoming daughter Gia with his girlfriend, Tiffany Chen.
People across the 18 mostly middle-income countries surveyed say, on average, that 26.1 is the best age to have a first child. There is a lot of agreement on this timing, and in most countries, average ideal ages fall between 25 and 27.
More recently, in 2015, CNN reported that a 92-year-old South American woman named Estela Melendez discovered she had been carrying a hardened fetus for over 60 years after an X-ray revealed the calcified remains. Despite her age and health issues, the fetus posed no risk to her health.
Hollywood icon Al Pacino has stunned fans by announcing he is expecting his fourth child at 82 with his 29-year-old girlfriend, Noor Alfallah.
This study demonstrates that natural pregnancies and deliveries after 45 years of age are rare and constitute only 0.2% of total deliveries.
Nicole Kidman, 40
Nicole was 40 when she welcomed daughter Sunday Rose to the world, her first biological child.
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Nicole Kidman
She underwent IVF to have her first daughter with Keith Urban. A surrogate carried their second daughter. She has honestly spoken about her struggles in conceiving at Australia's Who magazine in a 2008 interview she said: “I had tried and failed and failed and failed”.
After Kidman gave birth to Sunday Rose in July 2008, the couple tried to conceive again naturally, but failed. They tried again through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), but were not successful. The couple were then advised by doctors to use a surrogate instead.
Kidman suffered an ectopic pregnancy — a condition in which an embryo starts to develop in a fallopian tube instead of in the uterus. The pair decided to adopt, first their daughter Isabella, now 24, and then their son Connor, 22.
Naomi Campbell, 54, revealed she had her two children via surrogacy and that she is a single mother. "I understand economically it is tough. But my mum had nothing and she made it work," she told The Times of London. Naomi Campbell had 2 kids after 50 and has a message for young women who don't want to be m...
Yes, at least one person, Jeanne Calment of France, is verified to have lived past 120, reaching the age of 122 years and 164 days (1875-1997). She remains the oldest person in history with a fully documented lifespan, making her the only person confirmed to have lived past 120.
Sarah's desperation to have a family led her to give her servant Hagar to Abraham, so Sarah could conceive through Hagar instead.