List of people considered father or mother of a scientific field

The following is a list of people who are considered a "father" or "mother" (or "founding father" or "founding mother") of a scientific field.

Such people are generally regarded to have made the first significant contributions to and/or delineation of that field; they may also be seen as "a" rather than "the" father or mother of the field.

Debate over who merits the title can be perennial.

Albert EinsteinHenrietta Leavitt (mother)[147]Edwin Hubble (father)[147] Jean-François Champollion[207] *Machiavelli is considered the 'modern father of political science'[212] **Hobbes is considered the Father of Modern Political Philosophy for his postulation of the State of Nature in Leviathan.