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Durov’s post last year that he had conceived more than 100 children drew a joking response from Musk, who himself has fathered at least 14 known children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

A man who has fathered between 550 and 600 children over the past 16 years is not allowed to donate any more sperm to prospective parents, a court in the Netherlands ruled on Friday.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2023

According to him, he has fathered three children with these women.

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2023

Is this because a man who has fathered a child is more likely to have an understanding of the disproportionate stress the reproductive process puts on women?

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2022

He is but a boy, he has fathered but two children—and yet—behold him!

From Through stained glass by Chamberlain, George Agnew