Fathers of their Countries

Portrait of Jose de San Martin, raising the flag of Argentina

In honor of Father’s Day, and to highlight our countries theme this week, here is a list of “Fathers of their Nations,” adapted from Wikipedia. The left column in the table lists the “fathers” with links to biographical info, and the right column has links to the corresponding country pages in The Family History Guide. Note: Wikipedia entries that specify a group of people rather than one or two individuals are omitted here.

The link to the Wikipedia article is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_of_the_Nation   We hope you enjoy learning about fathers of modern-day countries, and browsing their country pages in The Family History Guide.

“Father of the Nation” Country
José de San Martín Argentina, Chile, Peru
Sir Henry ParkesGCMG Australia
Philip the Good Belgium
Simón Bolívar Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
Dom Pedro I and José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva Brazil
John A. Macdonald Canada
Bernardo O’Higgins Chile
Sun Yat-sen / Mao Zedong China
José María Castro Madriz Costa Rica
Ante Starčević Croatia
František Palacký / Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Czech Republic
Juan Pablo Duarte Dominican Republic
Alexander the Great Greece
Árpád Hungary
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi India
Sukarno Indonesia
Vittorio Emanuele II di Savoia Italy
Jonas Basanavičius Lithuania
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Mexico
William the Silent Netherlands
Einar Gerhardsen Norway
Andrés Bonifacio Philippines
D. Afonso Henriques Portugal
Peter I of Russia Russia
Saint Sava Serbia
Andrej Hlinka Slovakia
Primož Trubar Slovenia
Jan van Riebeeck / Nelson Mandela South Africa
Gustav I of Sweden Sweden
George Washington United States
José Gervasio Artigas Uruguay


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