Abstract: An X-ray target having a graphite body and an X-ray generating metal coating layer, in that a metal interlayer which is non-reactive with graphite and which has a coefficient of thermal expansion substantially equal to those of the graphite and the X-ray generating metal coating layer is formed at the boundary between the graphite body and the X-ray generating metal coating layer, and that the interlayer is caused to percolate into the graphite body. Desirably, the interlayer includes a part percolating into the graphite body over a depth of at least 10 .mu.m. The X-ray target can be manufactured in such a way that the surface of the graphite body is coated with the metal interlayer by subjecting the surface to chemical vapor deposition under a normal pressure or under a pressure near the normal pressure, and that the metal interlayer is thereafter coated with an X-ray generating metal by an expedient such as chemical vapor deposition, sputtering or thermal spraying.