There is no official list of the Founding Fathers. Listed below (alphabetically) are those considered to be the 15 most influential. The Big Seven include John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and George Washington. 

The following women are often considered to be the Founding Mothers: Abigail Adams, Deborah Sampson, Dolley Madison, Esther de Berdt Reed, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Martha Washington, Mary Katherine Goddard, Mercy Otis Warren, Phillis Wheatley, and Penelope Barker.