James Watson

James Dewey Watson is an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist. In 1953, he co-authored with Francis Crick the academic paper proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule. Watson, Crick and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material".

6 April 1928

Born on the same birth day (6 April): Anders Thomas Jensen • Charlie McDermott • Eduardo Malapit • Jack Cover • Mitchell Melton • Nikolas Asprogenis • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine • Pasquale Paoli • Remi Nicole • Rob Epstein • Roy Mayorga • Tanya Byron • Valentina (French singer) • Vincent Ellis McKelvey • William Lyne

Born in the same month (April 1928): Anahit Perikhanian • Cynthia Ozick • David Robinson (horticulturist) • Enzo Cannavale • Eugene Merle Shoemaker • Fred Ebb • Hardy Krüger • Heinz Wolff • Jimmy Logan • John Horlock • Robert Byrne (chess player) • Tom Lehrer