who is called the father of history Share with your friends Share 4 Adnan Firoz answered this Herodotus is the father of History 5 View Full Answer Arushi answered this Herodotus - Greek historian. The father of history. Herodotus, later famous as a historian to the point of becoming known by his admirers as the 'father of history', was born in Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey) in about 484 BC. 1
