The following is a list of significant men and women known for being the father, mother, or considered the founders mostly in Western societies in a field, listed by category. In most non-science fields, the title of being the “father” is debatable.

Sl No. Fields Father of that field
1 American Football Walter Camp
2 Astronomy Copernicus
3 Ayurveda Dhanwantari
4 Biology Aristotle
5 Botany Theophrastus
6 Chemistry Antoine Lavoisier
7 Classical mechanics Isaac Newton
8 Comedy Aristophanes
9 Computer Charles Babbage
10 Computer Science George Boole and Alan Turing
11 Economics Adam Smith
12 Electricity Benjamin Franklin
13 English poetry GeoffreyChaucer
14 Evolution Charles Darwin
15 Genetics
G.J. Mendel
16 Geometry Euclid of Alexandria
17 History Herodotus
18 Homeopathy Heinemann
19 Humanism Francesco Petrarca
20 Indian Green Revolution M.S. Swaminathan
21 India’s Communication Revolution Sam Pitroda
22 Internet Vint Cerf
23 Laptop Bill Moggridge
24 Medicine Hippocrates
25 Microbiology Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
26 Microscopy Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek
27 Mobile Phone Martin Cooper
28 Modern Astronomy Nicolaus Copernicus
29 modern Medicine Hippocrates
30 modern Olympic Pierre De Coubertin
31 Modern physics Galileo Galilei
32 Nuclear Chemistry Otto Hahn
33 Nuclear physics Ernest Rutherford
34 Nuclear science Marie Curie , Pierre Curie
35 Numbers Pythagoras
36 Pentium Chip Vinod Dham
37 Periodic table Dmitri Mendeleev
38 Plastic Surgery Sir Harold Gillies
39 Psychology Sigmund Freud
40 Scientific Management Frederick Winslow Taylor
41 Surgery Sushruta
42 Telephone Alexander Graham Bell
43 Television Vladimir K. Zworykin
44 American Constitution James Madison
45 Green Revolution Norman Ernest Borlaug
46 Green Revolution in India M.S Swaminathan
47 Indian Constitution Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
48 Walter Camp Geoffrey Chaucer
49 Western Medicine Hippocrates