Famous geneticists
biologist who studies genetics
191 people
Gregor Mendel
1822
– 1884
· Age 61
Deceased
Rosalind Franklin
1920
– 1958
· Age 37
Deceased
James Watson
1928
– 2025
· Age 97
Deceased
Francis Crick
1916
– 2004
· Age 88
Deceased
Barbara McClintock
1902
– 1992
· Age 90
Deceased
Norman Borlaug
1914
– 2009
· Age 95
Deceased
Thomas Hunt Morgan
1866
– 1945
· Age 79
Deceased
Jacques Monod
1910
– 1976
· Age 66
Deceased
Har Gobind Khorana
1922
– 2011
· Age 89
Deceased
Francis Galton
1822
– 1911
· Age 88
Deceased
Sydney Brenner
1927
– 2019
· Age 92
Deceased
Claude Shannon
1916
– 2001
· Age 84
Deceased
François Jacob
1920
– 2013
· Age 92
Deceased
David Baltimore
1938
– 2025
· Age 87
Deceased
Baruch Samuel Blumberg
1925
– 2011
· Age 85
Deceased
Ronald Fisher
1890
– 1962
· Age 72
Deceased
Max Delbrück
1906
– 1981
· Age 74
Deceased
J.B.S. Haldane
1892
– 1964
· Age 72
Deceased
Hermann Joseph Muller
1890
– 1967
· Age 76
Deceased
Nikolai Vavilov
1887
– 1943
· Age 55
Deceased
George Beadle
1903
– 1989
· Age 85
Deceased
Marshall Warren Nirenberg
1927
– 2010
· Age 82
Deceased
Oliver Smithies
1925
– 2017
· Age 91
Deceased
Alfred Hershey
1908
– 1997
· Age 88
Deceased
Michael Smith
1932
– 2000
· Age 68
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q3126128