| 100% | PULASKI | 7 | Count called "the father of the American cavalry" |
| 58% | WALTWHITMAN | 11 | American poet and essayist often called the father of free verse and who wrote the poem "Song of Myself": 2 wds. |
| 56% | NAST | 4 | Father of the American Cartoon |
| 56% | BABBAGE | 7 | English inventor called the father of the computer |
| 56% | HAYDN | 5 | Classical composer called the Father of the Symphony |
| 54% | JOHNSNOW | 8 | Physician called the father of epidemiology |
| 54% | GALILEO | 7 | Often called the father of observational astronomy |
| 53% | ALAIN | 5 | Locke who was called "The Father of the Harlem Renaissance" |
| 53% | DESCARTES | 9 | He's called the Father of Modern Philosophy |
| 53% | LENDL | 5 | Ivan sometimes called the father of modern tennis |
| 52% | MARKTWAIN | 9 | The father of American Literature to Faulkner |
| 52% | OSLER | 5 | Sir William ___, physician often called the father of modern medicine |
| 48% | NAST | 4 | "Father of the American Cartoon" |
| 47% | NAST | 4 | Thomas, who is considered the "Father of the American Cartoon" |
| 47% | JOEFRAZIER | 10 | American professional boxer who defeated Muhammad Ali in what is famously called the "Fight of the Century": 2 wds. |
| 47% | ODETTA | 6 | Singer whom M.L.K. Jr. called the "queen of American folk music" |
| 46% | BEDE | 4 | Theologian called "The Father of English History" |
| 46% | LOUIS | 5 | Pasteur sometimes called "the father of microbiology" |
| 46% | PETERGRIFFIN | 12 | The main character and father of the family in the American sitcom, "Family Guy": 2 wds. |
| 46% | KAHN | 4 | Bob ___, American electrical engineer who shares the title with 1a as "the fathers of the Internet" |
| 46% | JONASMEKAS | 10 | Filmmaker and critic who has been called the godfather of American avant-garde cinema |
| 46% | HAYDN | 5 | So-called Father of the Symphony |
| 45% | WELLS | 5 | He's been called the "Father of Science Fiction" |
| 45% | CHUCK | 5 | ___ Berry, "My Ding-A-Ling" African-American singer who is lovingly called the "Father of Rock 'n' Roll" |
| 45% | HORACEMANN | 10 | *The Father of American Public Education |
| 44% | STEINER | 7 | Composer Max who was called "the father of film music" |
| 44% | IBN | 3 | ___ al-Haytham, medieval mathematician called "the father of modern optics" |
| 44% | TWAIN | 5 | "The father of American literature," per Faulkner |
| 44% | SCOTT | 5 | The Father of the Historical Novel |
| 44% | LONDON | 6 | Jack —, American novelist known for White Fang and The Call of the Wild |