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): Andrei Veis • André Weinfeld • Archon Fung • Cleo Odzer • Cobra Starship • Hermann Lang • Joi Lansing • Max Clifford • Patrick Hernandez • Paul Daniels • Robert Volkmann

Born in the same month (April 1928): Emmett Johns • Estelle Harris • Fred Ebb • Gianni Marzotto • Joseph Bernardin • Karl Josef Becker • Maya Angelou • Yves Klein