As per our current Database, James Watson is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, James Watson is 96 years, 0 months and 17 days old. James Watson will celebrate 97rd birthday on a Sunday 6th of April 2025. Below we countdown to James Watson upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | James Watson |
| Occupation | Biologist |
| Age | 96 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Born | April 6, 1928 (Chicago, IL) |
| Birthday | April 6 |
| Town/City | Chicago, IL |
| Nationality | IL |
James Watson’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
James Watson was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.
Molecular Biologist who co-discovered the double helix structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick. Nine years later, in 1962, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his revolutionary work.
He studied at the University of Chicago and Indiana University before joining the staff at the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory in England, where he first met his Future collaborator and friend Francis Crick.
From 1988 and 1992, he was associated with the National Institutes of Health, where he helped establish the Human Genome Project, an international scientific research project with the goal of mapping out the total genes of the human genome from both a physical and functional standpoint.
He married Elizabeth Watson in 1968.
He was influenced by fellow nobel laureate Madame Curie.
