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Competitive exams often have questions about significant persons known for being the fathers, mothers, or founders of a particular field or invention in the GK section. Students should know the important ones so that they maximize their chances of scoring in GK.
Read our list of Famous Fathers of the world and in India to score those additional marks.
Often discoveries and innovations are the work of multiple people, resulting from continual improvements over time; however, certain individuals are remembered for making significant contributions to the birth or development of a field of technology.
List of Famous Fathers of the World:
| Sr. No. | Father of | Person |
| 1. | Psychology | Sigmund Freud |
| 2. | Cloning | Ian Wilmut |
| 3. | Printing | Guttenberg |
| 4. | History | Herodotus |
| 5. | Economics | Adam Smith |
| 6. | Philosophy | Socrates |
| 7. | Sociology | Augustus Comte |
| 8. | English Poetry | Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 9. | Biology | Aristotle |
| 10. | Essay | Montaigne |
| 11. | Medicine | Hippocrates |
Father of Biology- Aristotle Father of Scientific Socialism- Karl Marx
| Sr. No. | Father of | Person |
| 12. | Homeopathy | Samuel Haniman |
| 13. | Socialism | Robert Owen |
| 14. | Scientific Socialism | Karl Marx |
| 15. | Co-operation | Robert Owen |
| 16. | Jurisprudence | John Locke |
| 17. | Atom Bomb | Otto Hahn |
| 18. | Genetics | Gregor Mendel |
| 19. | Motor Car | Henry Ford |
| 20. | Reformation | Martin Luther |
| 21. | Greek Democracy | Clesthenes |
| 22. | Bangladesh | Sheikh Mujibur Rehman |
Father of Modern Tourism- Thomas Cook Father of Motor Car- Henry Ford
| Sr. No. | Father of | Person |
| 23. | Pakistan | Muhammed Ali Jinnah |
| 24. | Tanzania | Julius Nyrere |
| 25. | Mathematics | Pythagorus |
| 26. | Modern Cartoon | William Hogarth |
| 27. | Modern Computer | Charles Babbage |
| 28. | Nuclear Physics | Ernest Rutherford |
| 29. | Modern Drama | Henrik J. Ibsen |
| 30. | Modern Tourism | Thomas Cook |
| 31. | Painting | Leonardo Da Vinci |
| 32. | Green Revolution | Norman Borlaug |
| 33. | Renaissance | Petrarch |
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Father of Painting- Leonardo Da Vinci
List of Famous Fathers of India:
| Sr. No. | Father of | Person |
| 1. | Nation | Mahatma Gandhi |
| 2. | Ayurveda | Athreya |
| 3. | Astronomy | Varahamihira |
| 4. | Sanskrit Drama | Kalidasa |
| 5. | Indian Renaissance | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| 6. | Surgery | Susruta |
| 7. | Indian Unrest | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| 8. | Indian Budge | Professor Mahalanobis |
Father of Nation- Mahatma Gandhi Father of Indian Cinema- Dadasaheb Phalke
| Sr. No. | Father of | Person |
| 9. | Indian Painting | Nandalal Bose |
| 10. | Indian Cinema | Dada Saheb Phalke |
| 11. | Indian Engineering | M.Visweswariah |
| 12. | Indian Green Revolution | Dr. M.S. Swaminathan |
| 13. | Indian Railway | Lord Dalhousie |
| 14. | Co-operative Movement in India | Frederic Nicholson |
| 15. | Indian Printing | James Hickey |
| 16. | Local Self Government in India | Lord Ripon |
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