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): Alyson Bailes • Cobra Starship • Helen Berman • Johann Georg Reutter • Lee Scott (politician) • Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greece) • Patrick Hernandez • Udo Dirkschneider

Born in the same month (April 1928): Carl Gardner • Cynthia Ozick • Edwin Pope • Emmett Johns • Enzo Cannavale • Heinz Putzl • Jack Evans (ice hockey) • Jean-François Paillard • Jennifer Paterson • Johnny Gavin (footballer) • Joseph Bernardin • Karl Josef Becker • Maya Angelou • Monty Norman • Tom Lehrer • Victor Lownes