James Watson
- Born
- 6 April 1928 (97 years old)
- Passed away
- 6 November 2025
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Gender
- Male
James Watson is an American scientist who earned a B.Sc. degree in Zoology from the University of Chicago in 1947 and received a Ph.D. degree in Zoology in 1950 from Indiana University. He is the co-discoverer of the double helix structure of DNA in 1953, and shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his research.
