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 behind a country’s establishment. His contribution to the country will be remembered for generations.
From a competitive exam point of view, the Father of a 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 | The 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 the 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 official. |
| 25 | Sukarno | Indonesia | First President of Indonesia. |
| 26 | Cyrus the Great | Iran (Persia) | First Shah of the 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 he 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 | The 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, a fighter for Slovak autonomy, and leader of the 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. |
