Father of Nation of Various Countries
Father of Nation of Various Countries – Father of Nation is a prestigious title given to a person who is considered as the driving force behing a country’s establishment. His contribution to the country will be remembered for generations.
In competitive exam point of view, Father of Nation of Different Countries is one of the major topics in Static General Knowledge.
COMPLETE LIST OF FATHER OF NATION OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES
| S. No | Name of the Person | Country | Key Points |
| 1 | Ahmad Shah Durrani | Afghanistan | Founder of the Afghan Durrani Empire. |
| 2 | Skanderbeg | Albania | Albanian nobleman and military commander, who served the Ottoman Empire in 1423–43. |
| 3 | DonJosé de San Martín | Argentina | Primary leader of the southern part of South America’s successful struggle for independence from Spain |
| 4 | Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG | Australia | Premier of New South Wales. |
| 5 | Sir Lynden Pindling | The Bahamas | Leader at independence in 1973. |
| 6 | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | Bangladesh | Founder of Bangladesh. |
| 7 | George Cadle Price | Belize | Former Chief Minister, Premier and two-term Prime Minister before retiring in 1997 |
| 8 | Simón Bolívar | Bolivia | Primary leader of South America’s successful struggle for independence from Spain. |
| 9 | Dom Pedro I | Brazil | Founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brazil. |
| 10 | Omar Ali Saifuddien III | Brunei | 28th Sultan of Brunei and First Minister of Defence |
| 11 | Sir John A. Macdonald | Canada | First prime minister of Canada |
| 12 | Bernardo O’Higgins | Chile | Primary leader of Chile’s successful struggle for independence from Spain. |
| 13 | Sun Yat-sen | China | He played an instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty during the Xinhai Revolution. |
| 14 | José María Castro Madriz | Costa Rica | First President of the Republic of Costa Rica |
| 15 | Ante Starčević | Croatia | His works laid the foundations for the modern Croatian state |
| 16 | Carlos Manuel de Céspedes | Cuba | Leader of the first Cuban independence movement which fought the Ten Years’ War. |
| 17 | František Palacký | Czech Republic | Politician and historian. |
| 18 | Juan Pablo Duarte | Dominican Republic | Defeated Haiti during war of independence. |
| 19 | Kwame Nkrumah | Ghana | First president and prime minister of Ghana |
| 20 | Alexander the Great | Greece | Founder of the Macedonian Empire |
| 21 | Cheddi Jagan | Guyana | President of Guyana from 1992–1997. |
| 22 | Jean-Jacques Dessalines | Haiti | Primary leader of Haiti’s successful struggle for independence from France. |
| 23 | Árpád | Hungary | Second Grand Prince of the Hungarians, leader of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian basin. |
| 24 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | India | This title was not an official title. |
| 25 | Sukarno | Indonesia | First President of Indonesia. |
| 26 | Cyrus the Great | Iran (Persia) | First Shah of Persian Empire. |
| 27 | Abraham | Israel | Biological progenitor of the Jews, and the father of Judaism, the first Jew. |
| 28 | Vittorio Emanuele II di Savoia | Italy | First king of a united Italy since the 6th century. |
| 29 | Alikhan Bukeikhanov | Kazakhstan | Leader and founder of the Alash Orda national liberation movement. |
| 30 | Jomo Kenyatta | Kenya | First President of Kenya from 1963 to his death in 1978 who helped create the Kenyan Constitution. |
| 31 | Ibrahim Rugova | Kosovo | First President of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. |
| 32 | Jonas Basanavičius | Lithuania | |
| 33 | Krste Misirkov | Macedonia | Prominent linguist, writer and activist. |
| 34 | Tunku Abdul Rahman | Malaysia | The first Prime Minister of Malaysia. |
| 35 | Giorgio Borg Olivier | Malta | In 1964, with him as Prime Minister, Malta gained independence from Britain. |
| 36 | Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | Mauritius | First post-independence Prime Minister, in 1968. |
| 37 | Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla | Mexico | First revolutionary leader in the Mexican War of Independence. |
| 38 | Aung San | Myanmar | Assassinated on 19 July 1947, before the independence of Burma. |
| 39 | Sam Nujoma | Namibia | First President of Namibia, 1990–2005; title conferred by Act of Parliament in 2005 |
| 40 | King Tribhuwan | Nepal | Abolished Rana oligarchy from power |
| 41 | William the Silent | Netherlands | Leader of the successful Dutch Revolt against Spain |
| 42 | Nnamdi Azikiwe | Nigeria | First president of Nigeria |
| 43 | Einar Gerhardsen | Norway | First post–World War II prime minister of Norway |
| 44 | Mohammad Ali Jinnah | Pakistan | Founder of Pakistan, leader of the Muslim League and first Governor-General of Pakistan. |
| 45 | D. Afonso Henriques | Portugal | Founder and 1st. King of Portugal (1139), recognized by the Holy See in 1179. |
| 46 | Peter I of Russia | Russia | Was granted the title in 1721 by the Governing Senate, along with “Emperor of Russia” and “The Great”. |
| 47 | El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Leader of the Polisario Front, First President of the SADR. |
| 48 | Sir John Compton | Saint Lucia | Prime Minister at independence in 1979. Also known as “Daddy Compton” |
| 49 | Saint Marinus | San Marino | Founder of a chapel and monastery in central Italy. |
| 50 | Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia | Unified the tribes of the Arabian Peninsula and established the modern Saudi state. |
| 51 | Saint Sava | Serbia | Founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church. |
| 52 | Lee Kuan Yew | Singapore | First Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, governing for over 30 years. |
| 53 | Andrej Hlinka | Slovakia | Catholic priest, fighter for Slovak autonomy and leader of controversial Slovak People’s Party. |
| 54 | Primož Trubar | Slovenia | A consolidator of the Slovene language and the author of the first Slovene printed book. |
| 55 | Mohammed Abdullah Hassan | Hassan Somalia |
Leader of the first Somali independence movement against the Kingdom of Italy and Great Britain. |
| 56 | Nelson Mandela | South Africa | First President of post-apartheid South Africa |
| 57 | Catholic Monarchs | Spain | The Unifiers of Spain |
| 58 | Don Stephen Senanayake | Sri Lanka | First Prime Minister, from 1947 to 1952 |
| 59 | Johan Ferrier | Suriname | First president after the independence of the country in 1975 |
| 60 | Gustav I of Sweden | Sweden | Broke Sweden from Danish rule under Christian II. |
| 61 | Julius Nyerere | Tanzania | First President of Tanzania. |
| 62 | Eric Williams | Trinidad and Tobago | Founder of the People’s National Movement, first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, |
| 63 | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | Turkey | Founder of the Republic of Turkey and first President of Turkey. |
| 64 | Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan | United Arab Emirates | President of the UAE for its first 33 years (1971–2004). |
| 65 | George Washington | United States | First President of the United States. |
| 66 | José Gervasio Artigas | Uruguay | Fought against British, Spanish, and Portuguese colonial armies in Río de la Plata. |
| 67 | Ho Chi Minh | Vietnam | He was the founder of the Communist Party of Vietnam. He fought against American forces During The Vietnam War. |
