James Thomson (cell biologist)

James Alexander Thomson is an American developmental biologist best known for deriving the first human embryonic stem cell line in 1998 and for deriving human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) in 2007.

20 December 1958

Born on the same birth date (20 December 1958): Doug Nordquist

Born on the same birth day (20 December): Alan Parsons • Anita Ward • Bartosz Bosacki • Bill Hosket Jr. • Billy Ibadulla • Branch Rickey • Fabian Schär • Ferdinand Buisson • Freddie Spencer • George Roy Hill • Harry F. Byrd Jr. • Jackie Fox • Jenny Agutter • Jillian Rose Reed • Kylian Mbappé • Martín Carrera • Nenad Vučković (footballer) • Pieter de Hooch • Ruhana Kuddus • Sandra Cisneros • Urban Hjärne • Väinö Linna

Born in the same month (December 1958): Alannah Myles • Candace Bushnell • Carlo J. Caparas • Cheryl Chase (actress) • David Heavener • Gary Peters • Jeff Ruland • Konstantin Kinchev • Limahl • Munetaka Higuchi • Nikki Sixx • Tom Shadyac • Vladimir Parfenovich