Alfred Hershey
Alfred Day Hershey was an American Nobel Prize–winning bacteriologist and geneticist.
4 December 1908
Born on the same birth day (4 December): Alex North • André Campra • Blake Snell • Bob Mosley • Dennis Wilson • Fred Armisen • Gerd Achterberg • Jane Lubchenco • Jock Stirrup • Joe Thomas (offensive tackle) • Marty Riessen • Mina Caputo • Paul H. O'Neill • Robert Redfield • Wink Martindale
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