19 Famous People Who You Might Not Know Have A Bunch Of Kids

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27-02-2025

1. James Van Der Beek has six kids.
He shares all six of his kids with his wife Kimberly Beek.
(Here are four of his six kids in 2017 at Jeremy Scott's Halloween extravaganza.)
2. Alec Baldwin has eight kids.
3. Nick Cannon has 12 kids.
He shares twins with his ex-wife Mariah Carey; he shares three kids with Brittany Bell; he shares twins and a daughter with Abby De La Rosa; he shares one child with Bre Tiesi; and he shares one child with LaNisha Cole. He also shares two children with Alyssa Scott.
(Nick's pictured here with Brittany Bell and their children.)
4. Marie Osmond has eight kids.
She shares one son with her ex-husband, Stephen Craig Sr, and Brian Blosil is the father to her other kids.
5. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have six kids.
(Angelina and Brad's son Pax did not attend this premiere with his siblings.)
6. Madonna has six kids.
She shares her oldest child with her ex-boyfriend Carlos Leon; Madonna's ex-husband Guy Ritchie is the biological parent to one of her kids, and the adoptive parent to another; and she adopted her three youngest kids as a single mom.
(Madonna's pictured here with her two oldest kids and her then-husband Guy Ritchie.)
7. Tori Spelling has five kids.
8. Eddie Murphy has 10 kids.
He shares his oldest with his ex-girlfriend, Paulette McNeely; he shares five with his ex-wife, Nicole Mitchell; he shares one with his ex-girlfriend, Tamara Hood; he shares another with Mel B, and he shares his two youngest with his wife Paige Butcher.
(Here's Eddie with his wife Paige and eight of his 10 kids at the premiere of Mr. Church in 2016.)
9. Rosie O'Donnell has five kids.
She adopted four kids with her then-wife, Kelli Carpenter, and she adopted her youngest with her second wife, Michelle Rounds.
(Here's Rosie with Kelli and her four oldest kids in 2006.)
10. Jim Gaffigan has five kids.
He shares them all with his wife Jeannie.
11. Elon Musk has 13 kids.
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He shares six with his ex-wife, Kate Wilson. He shares three kids with Grimes. He shares three kids with Shivon Zilis. And he allegedly shares a child with Ashley St. Clair.
(Here's Elon pictured with his son X.)
12. Mick Jagger has eight kids.
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He shares one with Marsha Hunt and another with his ex-wife, Bianca Jagger. He shares four kids with his ex-wife Jerry Hall. He shares one with Luciana Morad Gimenez, and he shares his youngest with his girlfriend Melanie Hamrick.
(Pictured is Mick with his daughter Georgia May Jagger in 2016.)
13. Shaquille O'Neal has six kids.
He shares four kids with his ex-wife, Shaunie O'Neal, and is also a stepdad to her son from a previous relationship. He also has another daughter from his previous relationship with Arnetta Yardbourgh.
14. Stellan Skarsgård has eight kids.
He shares six kids with his ex-wife, My Skarsgård, and he shares his two youngest with his wife, Megan Everett.
(Here he is pictured with two of his sons, Alexander and Gustaf.)
15. David Tennant has five children.
He shares them all with his wife, Georgia Tennant. David adopted Georgia's son Ty Tennant, who she had during a previous relationship.
(Here he is at the Mean Girls premiere with his daughter Olive.)
16. Robert De Niro has seven kids.
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He shares two with his ex-wife, Diahnne Abbott. He shares two with his ex-girlfriend, Toukie Smith. He shares two with his ex-wife, Grace Hightower. And he shares his youngest with his girlfriend Tiffany Chen.
17. Steven Spielberg has seven kids.
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He shares one with his ex-wife Amy Irving. Then, when he married Kate Capshaw, he became stepdad to her two kids, and they had four more together.
(Here he is with Kate and four of his seven kids.)
18. Lauryn Hill has six kids.
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She shares five with her ex, Rohan Marley, and she has not shared publicly who the father of her youngest child is.
19. Finally, Donald Faison has six kids.
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