Who is considered the father of Mathematics?

Answer 1

Euclid of Alexandria (Greek: Εὐκλείδης) (ca. 325 BC–265 BC), a Greek mathematician, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt almost certainly during the reign of Ptolemy I (323 BC–283 BC), is often considered to be the "father of geometry".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid

It seems Euclid is the father, by general consent! -
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52508.html

Euclid, who is considered the father of mathematics, taught in Egypt at Alexandria.
http://everyschool.org/u/logan/culturalmath/afmathematicians.htm

Pythagoras (approximately 582 BC–507 BC, Greek: Πυθαγόρας) was an Ionian (Greek) mathematician and philosopher, founder of the mystic, religious and scientific society called Pythagoreans, and is known best for the Pythagorean theorem which bears his name. Known as "the father of numbers":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras

Archimedes (Greek: Αρχιμήδης ) (c. 287 BC – 212 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and philosopher born in the seaport colony of Syracuse, Sicily. He is considered by some historians of mathematics to be one of the greatest mathematicians in antiquity; Carl Friedrich Gauss considered him one of the two greatest ever (the other being himself.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes

Al-Khwarizmi is held to be the father of algebra:
http://www.math.umd.edu/~czorn/hist_algebra.pdf

Rene Descartes (March 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650), also known as Cartesius, is considered to be the father of modern mathematics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rene_Descartes
http://www.hi.is/~joner/eaps/descart2.htm

Answer 2

Archimedes was father of mathematics

Answer 3

Aryabhatta? or Barahmihir?

Euclid was father of Geometry.

Answer 4

Kepler started calculus

Answer 5

Euclid (of alexandria, egypt when it was in the roman or greek empire) is

Answer 6

Perhaps Pythagorus, or he may have been its nephew.

Answer 7

archimedes...