Find out more about famous 20th Century Molecular Biologists, including James Watson, Francis Crick, Kary Mullis, Matthieu Ricard and Arthur Kornberg.

Famous 20th Century Molecular Biologists

James WatsonJames Watson
06 April 1928, American
Molecular Biologist
Francis CrickFrancis Crick
08 June 1916, British
Co-discoverer of the Structure of the DNA

Arthur Kornberg Arthur Kornberg
03 March 1918, American
Biochemist

Max Ferdinand Perutz Max Perutz
19 May 1914, British
Molecular Biologist

Walter GilbertWalter Gilbert
21 March 1932, American
Biochemist, Physicist, Molecular Biologist

Susumu TonegawaSusumu Tonegawa
06 September 1939, Japanese
Immunologist, Molecular Biologist
Richard J. RobertsRichard J. Roberts
06 September 1943, British
Biochemist, Molecular Biologist

Sidney AltmanSidney Altman
07 May 1939, Canadian, American
Molecular Biologist

Philip Allen SharpPhilip Allen Sharp
06 June 1944, American
Geneticist, Molecular Biologist

Kary MullisKary Mullis
28 December 1944, American
Biochemist, Molecular biologist, Chemist
Matthieu RicardMatthieu Ricard
15 February 1946, French
Molecular biologist, Photographer, Bhikkhu,

Shirley M. TilghmanShirley M. Tilghman
17 September 1946, Canadian
Molecular biologist, University teacher,
Leonard AdlemanLeonard Adleman
31 December 1945, American
Computer scientist, Mathematician, Cryptographer,

Jack W. SzostakJack W. Szostak
09 November 1952, Canadian, Polish, British, American
Biologist, Molecular biologist, Geneticist,

Peter AgrePeter Agre
30 January 1949, American
Chemist, Molecular biologist, Professor
Seymour BenzerSeymour Benzer
15 October 1921, American
Physicist

Carol W. GreiderCarol W. Greider
15 April 1961, American
Biologist, Molecular biologist, Geneticist,