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Meet the celebrities with the most children: from Elon Musk’s kids with Ashley St Clair, Grimes and Shivon Zilis, to Mia Farrow, Nick Cannon and Eddie Murphy – and the late Marlon Brando and DMX

STORYIshani Sarkar
Eddie Murphy is a father of ten children by five different women. Photo: @christian_murphy/Instagram
Eddie Murphy is a father of ten children by five different women. Photo: @christian_murphy/Instagram
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Brace yourselves, because even stars well known for their large broods didn’t have enough children to make the top 5 – including Mel Gibson (9 children) and Alec Baldwin (8 children)

Like it or not, being famous means your private life becomes a subject of public fascination – and it’s no surprise that by extension, your children will too.

Elon Musk with his son X Æ A-12 earlier this year. Photo: Reuters
Elon Musk with his son X Æ A-12 earlier this year. Photo: Reuters
Earlier this year, conservative writer Ashley St Clair claimed she had welcomed a child with Elon Musk. The Tesla billionaire neither confirmed nor denied it, but if it were true, that would make him a father of 14. He welcomed six with Justine Wilson – one of whom passed away from sudden infant death syndrome – three with Grimes, and four with Shivon Zilis.
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However, the Dogemeister is not the only one with a large family. Here are some celebrities who have spawned large broods.

1. DMX – 15 children

Hip hop artist DMX died in April 2021. Photo: Reuters
Hip hop artist DMX died in April 2021. Photo: Reuters
Hip-hop icon DMX is survived by his 15 children, per Page Six. He shared four with his ex-wife Tashera Simmons, one with fiancée Desiree Lindstrom, two with ex-girlfriend Yadira Borrego, and the remaining with several other women, per Capital Xtra.

2. Mia Farrow – 14 children

Mia Farrow and Dylan Farrow at the Time 100 Gala in 2016. Photo: TNS
Mia Farrow and Dylan Farrow at the Time 100 Gala in 2016. Photo: TNS
Rosemary’s Baby actress Mia Farrow shares three biological children with her ex-husband André Previn and one with Woody Allen – the investigative journalist Ronan Farrow. She also adopted 10 children from around the globe. One of them, Soon-Yi is currently married to Allen. Meanwhile, Dylan Farrow, who The Great Gatsby actress adopted from Texas, claimed she was sexually abused by the Midnight in Paris director, which he denied.
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