German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) had a total of 20 children.
He had seven with his first wife, Maria Barbara Bach (who was his 2nd cousin). Four of these children survived to adulthood.
- Catharina Dorothea (1708-1774)
- Wilhelm Friedemann (1710-1784)
- Maria Sophia [twin] (1713)
- Johann Christoph [twin] (1713)
- Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
- Johann Gottfried Bernhard (1715-1739)
- Leopold Augustus (1718-1719)
The other 13 he had with his second wife, Anna Magdalena Wilcke. Six survived to adulthood.
- Christiana Sophia Henrietta (1723-1726)
- Gottfried Heinrich (1724-1763)
- Christian Gottlieb (1725-1728)
- Elisabeth Juliana Friderica (1726-1781)
- Ernestus Andreas (1727)
- Regina Johanna (1728-1733)
- Christiana Benedicta Louisa (1730)
- Christiana Dorothea (1731-1732)
- Johann Christoph Friedrich (1732-1795)
- Johann August Abraham (1733)
- Johann Christian (1735-1782)
- Johanna Carolina (1737-1781)
- Regina Susanna (1742-1800)
Do you like any of these names? If so, which ones?
Sources:
- David, Hans T., Arthur Mendel and Christoph Wolff. The New Bach Reader: A Life of Johann Sebastian Bach in Letters and Documents. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998.
- Schulenberg, David. Bach. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020.