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.
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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 Father of Nuclear Physics - Ernest Rutherford
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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