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Rod Stewart a father for the eighth time, at 66

The Scottish rocker’s wife Penny Lancaster gives birth to their second child, Rod’s eighth, after IVF treatment.

Rod Stewart, Penny Lancaster and bump in October of last year. Lancaster gave birth to the couple's second son, Aiden, yesterday.
Rod Stewart, Penny Lancaster and bump in October of last year. Lancaster gave birth to the couple's second son, Aiden, yesterday.
Image: Tammie Arroyo/UK Press

VETERAN SCOTTISH SINGER Rod Stewart has become a father for the eighth time, after his wife Penny gave birth to their second son, Aiden, yesterday.

The new boy becomes the younger brother of Alastair, who is five, but has six older half-siblings due to Stewart’s various other liaisons – Penny is Rod’s third wife, while he has also had children with two other partners.

In his honour – and in honour of the other older celebrity dads we can think of – we present our gallery of dads who’ve continued to have children well into their older ages.

Rod Stewart a father for the eighth time, at 66
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  • Old Celeb Dads (1) - Rod Stewart

    Rod Stewart's newest child, Aiden, is his eighth.
  • Old Celeb Dads (2) - Elton John

    Elton John, and his partner David Furnish, became fathers on Christmas Day when their son, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, was born to a surrogate mother.
  • Old Celeb Dads (3) - Nick Nolte

    Actor Nick Nolte's longtime partner Clytie Lane gave birth to a daughter, Sophie Lane Nolte, in 2007. Nolte was 66 at the time.
  • Old Celeb Dads (4) - Luciano Pavarotti

    Nicoletta Mantovani was Luciano Pavarotti's PA before they married in December 2003. In the previous months, she had given him a daughter Alice - her father's fourth, at the age of 68.
  • Old Celeb Dads (5) - Julio Iglesias

    Latin singer Julio - better known these days as being the father of Enrique - married longtime flame Miranda Rijnsburger last year. They had already had five children together since 1997 - the youngest, Guillermo, was born in 2007 when his dad was 63.
  • Old Celeb Dads (6) - Paul McCartney

    Paul McCartney has five children; the fifth, Beatrice, is the child of Heather Mills and was born in 2003, when Beatles star Macca was 61.
  • Old Celeb Dads (7) - Clint Eastwood

    Eastwood has seven children by five different women - the youngest, Morgan, was born in 1996 when Eastwood (now 80) was 66.
  • Old Celeb Dads (8) - Des O'Connor

    TV host Des O'Connor married his fourth wife, Jodie Brooke Wilson, in 2008. They had a son, Adam, in 2004 - when Des was 72. Adam is 41 years younger than his eldest sister.
  • Old Celeb Dads (9) - Hugh Hefner

    The Playboy magnate has four kids, the youngest of whom, Cooper, was born in 1991. Hugh was 63 at the time.

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