List of Father’s of Various Fields

Father of Different Fields Name

  • Father of Missile Program A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (Abul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
  • Father of Economics Adam Smit
  • Father of Modern Computer Alan Turin
  • Father of Relativity Albert Einstein
  • Father of DNA Fingerprinting Alec John Jeffrey
  • Lalji Singh (India)

  • Father of Telephone Alexander Graham Be
  • Father of Comic Books Stan Lee (Father of Marvel Comics
  • Anant Pai (Father of Indian Comics

  • Father of Anatomy Andreas Vesali
  • Father of Modern Chemistry Antoine Lavoisie
  • Father of Microbiology/Microscopy Antonie Philips Van Leeuwenhoe
  • Father of Comedy Aristophane
  • Father of Biology/ Zoology/ Embryology/ Political Science Aristotle
  • Father of Sociology Auguste Comt
  • Father of Electricity Benjamin Frankli
  • Father of Paleobotany Adolphe-Theodore Brongniar
  • Birbal Sahni (India

  • Father of Modern Biochemistry Carl Alexander Neube
  • Father of Classification/ Father of Taxonomy Carl Linnaeu
  • Father of Computer Charles Babbage
  • Father of Evolution Charles Darwin
  • Father of Physiology Claude Bernar
  • Father of Cinema Dadasaheb Phalke (Dhundiraj Govind Phalke) (India
  • Father of Modern Cinema David Wark Griffiths
  • Father of Ayurveda Dhanwantar
  • Father of Periodic Table Dmitri Mendelee
  • Father of the Indian Constitution Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
  • Father of Vaccination/ Father of immunology Edward Jenne
  • Father of Biodiversity Edward O Wilson
  • Father of Hydrogen Bomb Edward Telle
  • Father of Geography Eratosthenek
  • Father of Nuclear Physics Ernest Rutherfor
  • Father of Geometry Euclid
  • Father of Modern Finance Eugene F. Fam
  • Father of Modern Ecology Eugene P. Odu
  • Father of Humanism Francesco Petrarc
  • Father of Eugenics Francis Galto
  • Father of Scientific Management Frederick Winslow Taylo
  • Father of Gene Therapy French Anderso
  • Father of Modern Physics Galileo Galileo
  • Father of English Poetry Geoffrey Chaucer's e
  • Father of Computer Science George Boole and Alan Turin
  • Father of Aviation George Cayle
  • Father of Railways George Stephenson
  • Father of Genetics Gregor Mende
  • Father of Homeopathy Heineman
  • Father of History Herodotu
  • Father of Western Medicine/Modern Medicine Hippocrates
  • Father of Blue Revolution Hiralal Chaudhar
  • Father of Nuclear (Indian Nuclear science)/Atomic Program Homi J.Bhabh
  • Father of Mutation theory Hugo De Vries
  • Father of Architecture Imhote
  • Father of Classical mechanics Isaac Newton
  • Father of Radio Science in India J C Bos
  • Father of Civil Aviation J. R. D. Tata (Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata
  • Father of Atom Bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer
  • Father of Modern Geology James Hutton
  • Father of the American Constitution James Madison
  • Father of Geography James Renner
  • Father of Modern Education John Amos Comeniu
  • Father of Modern Democracy John Lock
  • Father of Artificial Intelligence John McCarthy
  • Father of Robotics Joseph F. Engelbert
  • Father of Biotechnology Karl Erek
  • Father of Blood Groups Karl Landsteine
  • Father of Bacteriology Louis Pasteur
  • Father of Indian Phycology/ Father of Algology in India M. O. P. Iyengar (Mandayam Osuri Parthasarathy Iyengar
  • Father of Green Revolution M. S. Swaminathan (Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan) (India
  • Normal Borlau

  • Father of Modern Economics Paul Samuels
  • M.G.Ranade (Mahadev Govind Ranade) (Father of Indian Economics

  • Father of the Nation (India) Mahatma Gand
  • Father of Modern Economic Reforms (India) Manmohan Sing
  • Father of Nuclear Science Marie Curie and Pierre Curi
  • Father of Mobile Phone Martin Coope
  • Father of Quantum mechanics Max Planc
  • Father of Electronics Michael Faraday
  • Father of Peasant Movement N. G. Ranga (Gogineni Ranga Nayukulu
  • Father of Modern Political science Niccolo Machiavell
  • Father of Modern Astronomy Nicolaus Copernicus
  • Father of the Green Revolution/Father of Agriculture Norman Ernest Borlau
  • Father of Nuclear Chemistry Otto Hah
  • Father of Sanstrik Grammar Panini
  • Father of Genetic Engineering Paul Ber
  • Father of Agronomy Peter – De- Cresenj
  • Father of Modern Management Peter Georg Ferdinand Drucke
  • Father of Television Philo Farnsworth
  • Father of Modern Olympic Pierre De Couberti
  • Father of Modern Dentistry Pierre Fauchar
  • Father of Linguistic Democracy Potti Sreeramul
  • Father of Numbers Pythagoras
  • Father of Modern India Raja Ram Mohan Ro
  • Father of Indian Ecology Ramdeo Mishr
  • Father of Email Ray Tomlinson
  • Father of Philosophy Rene Descartes
  • Father of Nanotechnology Richard Smaller
  • Father of Cytology Robert Hook
  • Father of Thermodynamics Sadi Carno
  • Father of India’s Communication Revolution Sam Pitrod
  • Father of New France Samuel de Champlai
  • Father of Veterinary Science Shalihotra (India
  • Father of Psychology Sigmund Freud
  • Father of Plastic Surgery Sir Harold Gillie
  • Father of Civil Engineering John Smeato
  • Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (India

  • Father of Air Force Subroto Mukerjee (IA
  • Father of Surgery Sushrut
  • Father of Botany Theophrastu
  • Father of Endocrinology Thomas Addison
  • Father of White Revolution Verghese Kurie
  • Father of Space Program Vikram Sarabha
  • Father of Pentium Chip Vinod Dha
  • Father of Internet Vint Cer
  • Father of American Football Walter Chauncey Cam
  • Father of Psychology Wilhelm Wund
  • Father of Blood Circulation William Harve



Q.1. Who among the following is the Father of Bacteriolog


  1. Antonie Van Leeuwenho
  2. Shiv Ram Kashya
  3. Stephen Hale
  4. Louis Pasteur

Answer (4)


Q.2. Gregor Mendel is known as the father of ____


  1. Father of Gene thera
  2. Father of Modern Genetic
  3. Father of Genetic Engineering
  4. Father of Eugenic

Answer (2)


Q.3. The Father of biology is Aristotle and the term biology was first used by scientists ____ in 180


  1. Lamarck and Triviranu
  2. Theophrastu
  3. Thomas Hunt Morga
  4. Robert Hook

Answer (1)


Q.4.  The Father of Agriculture is Norman Borlaug, who is the father of Agronomy


  1. J. Robert Oppenheimer
  2. Andreas Vesaliu
  3. Pietro de Crescenz
  4. George Cayle

Answer (3)


Q.5. Hugo de Vries is known for __


  1. Taxonomy
  2. Mutation theory
  3. Endocrinology
  4. Modern Chemistry

Answer (2)


The sample questions on fathers of various fields are for reference, candidates can check Previous Year Question Papers with solution PDF to get more clarity on the scope and difficulty level of questions asked in the general awareness section of government examination


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