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Father is the male parent of a child.
Father or The Father may also refer to:
Name
edit- Daniel Fathers (born 1966), a British actor
- Father Yod (1922–1975), an American owner of one of the country's first health food restaurants
Cinema
edit- Father (1966 film), a Hungarian film directed by István Szábo
- Father (1990 film), an Australian film directed by John Power
- Father (2000 film), a Chinese film directed by Wang Shuo
- Father (2011 film), a French film directed by Pasquale Squitieri
- Father (2020 film), a Serbian film directed by Srdan Golubović
- Fathers (film), a 2020 Cambodian film
- The Father (1979 film), a Bengali film by Kazi Hayat
- The Father (1996 film), an Iranian feature film by Majid Majidi
- The Father (2015 film), a Syrian drama film
- The Father (2019 film), a Bulgarian film directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov
- The Father (2020 film), a British film directed by French playwright Florian Zeller
Literature and theatre
edit- "The Father," a short story by Raymond Carver from his collection Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
- The Father (Dunlap play), a 1789 play by William Dunlap
- The Father (Strindberg play), an 1887 play by Swedish playwright August Strindberg
- The Father (Osborne play), a 1989 play by English playwright John Osborne
- The Father (Zeller play), a 2012 play by French playwright Florian Zeller
- The Fathers (novel), a 1938 novel by Allen Tate
- Fathers (book), a collection of 49 personal father essays and poems
- Father (Fullmetal Alchemist), the main antagonist of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga and 2009 anime
Music
editBands and artists
edit- Father (rapper), an American rapper
- Father MC, African American rapper
- Father (band), a Croatian heavy metal band
Songs
edit- "Father" (LL Cool J song), 1997
- "Father" (Ms. Dynamite song), 2005
- "Father", by Amy Grant from her album Amy Grant, 1977
- "Father", by Bizzy Bone from his album The Gift, 2001
- "Father", by Calibretto 13 from their album Adventures in Tokyo, 2002
- "Father", by Cat Stevens from his album Back to Earth, 1978
- "Father", by Dala from Best Day, 2012
- "Father", by Demi Lovato from their album Confident, 2015
- "The Father", by Godflesh from their album Purge, 2023
- "Father", by In Hearts Wake from their EP Skydancer, 2015
- "Father", by Manowar from their album Thunder in the Sky, 2009
- "Father", by Mötley Crüe from their EP Quaternary, 1994
- "Father", by Pillar from their album Above, 2000
- "Father", by Sabaton from their EP Weapons Of The Modern Age, 2022
Society
editReligion
edit- God the Father, in many religions, the supreme God given the title and attributions of a father
- Holy Father (disambiguation)
- Father, style (manner of address) for a clergyman, especially a priest
- Church Fathers, early and influential theologians, eminent Christian teachers and great bishops
Places
edit- Father Lake (Doda Lake tributary), a waterbody in Québec, Canada`
See also
edit- Father of the Nation
- Father Time, a personification of time
- List of people considered father or mother of a field
- Name of the Father, which relates to the psychoanalytic concept of the Father