| REISNER | Surname of Intermeccanica's founding father (7) |
| FRANK | Intermeccanica's founder (5,7) |
| GALILEO | Italian astronomer, a founding father of modern science (7) |
| PIONEER | United in support of founding father (7) |
| SAMUELS | Founding father Adams and Hollywood badass Jackson |
| MADISON | Founding father |
| JOHNJAY | Founding Father who was the first US Chief Justice |
| HANDGUN | Somehow founding fathers' effort is wasted making weapon (7) |
| PERUKES | What many Founding Fathers wore |
| RODIN | Celebrated at a current exhibition at the Grand Palais marking the centenary of his death, the founding father of modern sculpture whose works include The Burghers of Calais and The Thinker (5) |
| KENYATTA | Founding father of the nation of Kenya, Jomo ... |
| LYONS | Surname of Jaguar's founding father (5) |
| EMILEDURKHEIM | French social scientist considered a founding father of modern sociology, noted for works including 1893's The Division of Labour in Society (5,8) |
| HAMILTON | A founding father of the US, and the eponymous subject of a 21st-century hit musical (8) |
| PINCKNEY | Charles ___ (1757-1824), US Founding Father and one of the 39 signers of the Constitution (8) |
| CECIL | Director of The Ten Commandments (1956), he was known as one of the founding fathers of American cinema (first name only) (5) |
| FRANKLIN | Benjamin ---, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, who helped draw up the Declaration of Independence (8) |
| DRSUNYATSEN | Republic of China founding father |
| ROBT | Part of Founding Father Morris's signature |
| MACQUARIE | Question America about founding father of 1D community (9) |
