Godfather

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Godfather may refer to:

• male godparent, the original meaning from the Christian tradition from which the other uses arose
• a mafia crime boss, Capo di tutti capi
• The Godfather (novel), a 1969 novel by Mario Puzo about the fictional Italian Mafia family headed by Don Vito Corleone
• The Godfather film trilogy based on the Puzo novel and directed by Francis Ford Coppola
  • The Godfather, the Academy Award-winning 1972 film with Marlon Brando as the Godfather
  • The Godfather Part II, the Academy Award-winning 1974 sequel to the first film
  • The Godfather Part III, the third film in the trilogy, released in 1990
• The Godfather video game series
  • The Godfather: The Game, a 2006 video game based on the Puzo novel and film
  • The Godfather II (video game), a 2009 video game based on the second film
• The Godfather (album), an album by Hector El Father featuring many artists.
• Varalaru - History of Godfather, a 2006 Tamil film starring Ajith Kumar and Asin Thottumkal
• Godfather (1991 film), a Malayalam film directed by the Siddique and Lal starring N.N. Pillai, Mukesh, and Innocent Vincent
• Godfather (2007 film), a Pakistani film directed by the Hariday Shetty
• Godfather (cocktail), a cocktail made with Italian Amaretto and Scotch whisky
• The Godfather, one of Grimm's Fairy Tales
• The GodFather, a mass music renaming/tagging computer program
• Charles Wright (wrestler), a wrestler who used the pseudonym "The Godfather"
• Godfather (band), a sleaze/funk/hip hop band from Cambridge, UK
• The Godfathers, an alternative rock band from London, England
• God, the Father, part of the Christian Trinity

Honorary title

It may also be bestowed as an honorary title to a pioneer in a particular field, especially in musical genres, as:

• Godfather of Cantopop, Roman Tam
• Godfather of Fitness, Jack LaLanne
• Godfather of Go-Go, Chuck Brown
• Godfather of Grappling, Gene LeBell
• Godfather of Grunge, Neil Young
• Godfather of Heavy Metal, Tony Iommi
• Godfather of House Music, Frankie Knuckles
• Godfather of Hip Hop, Afrika Bambaataa
• Godfather of Historic Preservation, Charles E. Peterson
• Godfather of Irish Music, Tommy Makem
• Godfather of Latin Jazz, Ray Barretto
• Godfather of Noyze, Rahzel M. Brown
• Godfather of Nu Metal, Ross Robinson
• Godfather of Punk, Iggy Pop
• Godfather of Soul, James Brown

See also

• Godmother (disambiguation)
• People known as the father or mother of something

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