History MassiveNumberedSiblings / RealLife

** Heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has seven; equally sadly, his wife has had two miscarriages as well.

** Heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has six; equally sadly, his wife has had two miscarriages as well.

** [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfHanover George III]] and his queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg had ''fifteen'' children, of whom all managed to reach their first birthday (a rarity in those days). Thirteen reached adulthood (one died a little short of his second birthday, and one died at the age of four), and six of those had surviving issue (although in at least one case,[[note]]"At least one", because the legitimacy of the children of George III's fifth son Augustus is questionable[[/note]] the only surviving issue was illegitimate).

** Controversial LDS Church family [=YouTuber=] Ruby Franke and her husband Kevin have six children.

* Music/CelineDion is the youngest of 14 children.

* The ill-fated [[UsefulNotes/TsarTsarAutocrats Romanovs]] of Russia just barely met the trope with five children - the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and UsefulNotes/{{Anastasia|NikolaevnaRomanova}}, and the Tsarevich Alexei.

* [[Music/TheJacksonFive The Jacksons]]. Joseph and Katherine Jackson had ten children (one died shortly after birth), including [[Music/MichaelJackson Michael]] and [[Music/JanetJackson Janet]] (the respective eighth and tenth siblings). The fourth sibling, Jermaine, has seven children.

* UsefulNotes/JohnTyler, President of the United States between 1841 and 1845 was the father of fifteen children from two marriages, the most for any President. Only one didn't survive into adulthood. His last child, a daughter, was born when Tyler was 70. His next-to-last son, born when Tyler was 63, also fathered children when he was over 70; thus, Tyler had two grandsons who survived into the ''2020s'', with one still living as of August 2023. For an example of what this means, see this [[https://www.google.com/search?q=john+tyler+funny&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjcpITEjvLfAhXHyoMKHWM-CKUQ_AUIDigB&biw=1200&bih=673#imgrc=5X8-Dzt5ctmT0M:]].

* Creator/JimHenson and his wife Jane fulfilled the bare minimum for this trope -- they had five children, all of whom have worked in various entertainment fields, usually related to puppetry.

* As of March 2022, actor, comedian and singer Eddie Murphy has ten children.

* Creator/ChloeBennet has seven brothers - four biological, three foster/adopted.

* Another prominent wrestler, Devon Hughes (better known as [[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys D-Von Dudley]]), has seven (four from his first marriage, three from his second and current one).

* Emperor Kōkaku of Japan had sixteen children. Sadly he [[OutlivingOnesOffspring outlived fifteen of them]]. His surviving son Emperor Ninkō had fifteen children (and outlived twelve). Ninkō's grandson [[UsefulNotes/TheMeijiRestoration Emperor Meiji]] also had fifteen children (and outlived ten). Meiji's grandson, Hirohito/Emperor Shōwa, had seven children (and outlived two; his wife outlived another child who died shortly after Hirohito).

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'''s Creator/StanaKatic is the first-born of six children.

* Pro wrestler Wrestling/BretHart is the eighth child of twelve. Wrestling/OwenHart was the youngest.

* UsefulNotes/AbdulAzizIbnSaud, the founder of Saudi Arabia, had dozens of children (the exact number is unknown) through his 22 wives. His sons have been ruling Saudi Arabia since his death in 1953. His sons have had similar numbers of children. His son Saud notably had 115.

* George XII, last king of UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope, had ''23'' children. Even more unusually for an 18th-century monarch, all of his children were legitimate. He and his first wife Ketevan Andronikashvili had twelve children, and after Ketevan's death he married Mariam Tsitsishvili and had eleven more children.

* Emperor Kōkaku of Japan had sixteen children. Sadly he [[OutlivingOnesOffspring outlived fifteen of them]]. His surviving son Emperor Ninkō had fifteen children (and outlived twelve). Ninkō's grandson Emperor Meiji also had fifteen children (and outlived ten). Meiji's grandson, Hirohito/Emperor Shōwa, had seven children (and outlived two; his wife outlived another child who died shortly after Hirohito).

** James VI and I and his wife Anne of Denmark had seven children. Sadly only three survived infancy, and one of those three died when he was only 18.
** Charles I and his wife Henrietta Maria of France had nine children, two of whom died in infancy.

** Charles II had no legitimate children, but at least fourteen illegitimate children.

* Creator/JeffreyCombs was the fifth of nine siblings, although his mother had a stillborn and his younger brother died not too long.

* Creator/JeffreyCombs was the fifth of nine siblings, although his mother had a stillborn and his younger brother died not too long after birth.

** Philip Rivers, retired NFL quarterback noted for his adherence to Catholicism, will have his 10th child any day now (as of October 31, 2023). On top of that, each of his parents has eight siblings.