Alan Steppe
Johann Sebastian Bach, the renowned German composer and musician, had a total of 20 children, with two wives. Here are the names of his children:
With Maria Barbara Bach (his first wife):
Catharina Dorothea Bach (born and died in 1708)
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784)
Maria Sophia Bach (1713–1713)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (1715–1739)
Leopold Augustus Bach (1718–1719)
With Anna Magdalena Wilcken (his second wife):
Christiana Sophia Henrietta Bach (1723–1726)
Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724–1763)
Christian Gottlieb Bach (1725–1793)
Elisabeth Juliana Friederica Bach (1726–1781)
Ernestus Andreas Bach (1727–1727)
Regina Johanna Bach (1728–1733)
Christiana Benedicta Louise Bach (1730–1730)
Christiana Dorothea Bach (1731–1732)
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795)
Johann August Abraham Bach (1733–1733)
Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782)
In addition to his 20 biological children, Bach also took in his orphaned nephew, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (known as the “Bückeburg Bach”), and provided him with musical education and support.
Johann Sebastian Bach’s musical genius has had a profound and lasting impact on classical music, and his compositions are considered some of the greatest works in the Baroque era and beyond.
