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Craig Venter

1946 - Today

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John Craig Venter (born October 14, 1946) is an American scientist. He is known for leading one of the first draft sequences of the human genome and led the first team to transfect a cell with a synthetic chromosome. Venter founded Celera Genomics, the Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI). He was the co-founder of Human Longevity Inc. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Craig Venter is the 354th most popular biologist (down from 334th in 2019), the 3,084th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,086th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Craig Venter ranks 354 out of 1,097. Before him are Antonio José Cavanilles, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, David Julius, Craig Mello, and Moritz Wagner. After him are Daniel Solander, Theodore Gill, Henrietta Lacks, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Friedrich Loeffler, and Eugenius Warming.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Craig Venter ranks 220. Before him are Donovan, Cheng Pei-pei, Willy van der Kuijlen, Toquinho, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Joseph Deiss. After him are Ahmad al-Tayyeb, Maria Bethânia, Miguel Reina, Sven Nordqvist, Ruth Fuchs, and Tom Savini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Craig Venter ranks 3,084 out of 20,380. Before him are Ray Dalio (1949), James Franco (1978), Triple H (1969), Chris Rock (1965), Lewis Mumford (1895), and Robert Mapplethorpe (1946). After him are Jerry Fodor (1935), Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), Emmett Till (1941), Graham Allison (1940), Laurie Holden (1969), and Morton Feldman (1926).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Craig Venter ranks 64. Before him are Carol W. Greider (1961), Charles M. Rice (1952), Brian Kobilka (1955), Phillip Allen Sharp (1944), David Julius (1955), and Craig Mello (1960). After him are Theodore Gill (1837), Henrietta Lacks (1920), Joel Asaph Allen (1838), Frank Chapman (1864), Esther Lederberg (1922), and James Bond (1900).

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