| ANTOINE | ___ Lavoisier, the Father of Modern Chemistry |
| LAVOISIER | French father of modern chemistry, whose achievements include isolating and naming oxygen (1778) (9) |
| BOYLE | 17th-century pioneer of modern chemistry |
| ENDERS | Known as the father of modern vaccines, one of three scientists who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 (6) |
| IBSEN | Surname of the Norwegian dramatist, generally regarded as the father of modern theatre (5) |
| GALILEI | Surname of "the father of modern physics" |
| ITALY | Birth country of the father of modern science Galileo Galilei and his barometer-inventing student Evangelista Torricelli (5) |
| KEPLER | "The Father of Modern Astronomy" |
| GOYA | "The Father of Modern Art" |
| RENE | Descartes, considered the father of modern philosophy |
| HOUDIN | Jean Eugene Robert-___, the Father of Modern Magic |
| OSLER | William ___ (Canadian doctor, the 'Father of Modern Medicine') |
| SMITH | *a.k.a. the father of modern economics |
| FINNEY | Charles ___, religious leader known as "The Father of Modern Revivalism" |
| PAULCEZANNE | French post-impressionist, the "father of modern art" |
| GALILEO | The Father of Modern Physics |
| CHOMSKY | "The father of modern linguistics" (4,7) |
| NOAM | "The father of modern linguistics" (4,7) |
| GALILEOGALILEI | *Whom Albert Einstein called the father of modern science |
| TURING | British mathematican who is considered the "father of modern computer science" |
