Fame.am
Top 100TrendingRisingCountriesCategoriesTagsCompare
CreateClaim profile
Fame.am

The global fame profile, ranking, and monitoring platform for people online.

Explore
  • Top 100
  • Trending
  • Rising
  • New profiles
  • Historical
  • Search
Index
  • Countries
  • Categories
  • Tags
  • Compare
Profile
  • Create profile
  • Claim profile
  • My dashboard
Trust
  • About
  • Data sources
  • Report / Correct
  • Opt out
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Contact

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.

v1 · public beta

© 2026 Fame.am

James Watson

American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)

Source-basedStable
Lived 1928–2025, aged 97United States
United States flagUnited StatesScientistsScientist
  • Fame26.0
  • Momentum0.0
  • Scientists rank#121
  • Wikipedia26.1K
  • Wikipedia
    94 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1928–2025
    Aged 97
Summary
Updated 2026-06-01

James Dewey Watson was an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist. In 1953, he and Francis Crick co-authored an academic paper in Nature proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule, building on research by Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling.

Key facts
Profile type
Scientist
Category
Scientists
Country
United States
Category rank
#121
Last updated
2026-06-01
Biography

About

James Dewey Watson was an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist. In 1953, he and Francis Crick co-authored an academic paper in Nature proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule, building on research by Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling. In 1962, Watson, Crick, and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material".

Live

Activity

News and signals about James Watson

GCgrandrapidsmn.com·yesterday
Nancy Guthrie Update : Expert Discusses Human Remains Found Nearby
RCrrdailyherald.com·yesterday
Nancy Guthrie Update : Expert Discusses Human Remains Found Nearby
FCfairfieldsuntimes.com·yesterday
Nancy Guthrie Update : Expert Discusses Human Remains Found Nearby
SCsanfordherald.com·yesterday
Nancy Guthrie Update : Expert Discusses Human Remains Found Nearby
SCsouthernminn.com·yesterday
Nancy Guthrie Update : Expert Discusses Human Remains Found Nearby
ECelpasoinc.com·yesterday
Nancy Guthrie Update : Expert Discusses Human Remains Found Nearby
Profile

Specialty

Not enough public signals yet. Connect a profile, add a source, or claim this profile to populate this section.
Profile

Credentials

Not enough public signals yet. Connect a profile, add a source, or claim this profile to populate this section.
Profile

Tags & topics

#Scientists#Scientist#Biology#Chemistry#Physics#Literature#Science#United States
Profile

Platforms

  • Profile
    @nm0914677
Profile

Timeline

No timeline events yet. Claim the profile to add milestones.
Profile

Trend

Fame score, last 90 days
Profile

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
26.0
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Historical21.9
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
Global rank
—
Country rank
—
Category rank
#121
Profile

Sources

  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
    High confidence
  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
    High confidence
  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence
Identity

Quick facts

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Profile type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Born
April 6, 1928
Died
November 6, 2025
Wikipedia
View article
Last updated
13h ago
Trust

Make this profile better

  • Request correction
  • Request removal
  • Wrong person?
Share

Share this profile

James Watson
Scientists
fame.am
26.0
Generate a polished share card or copy a link with a rich preview.
Compare

Compare

See James Watson vs anyone else in the graph.
Open compare
Alerts

Watch this profile

Get notified when James Watson's rank changes.
Discover

You might know

Similar profiles worth watching

J. Robert Oppenheimer
Also in ScientistsJ. Robert OppenheimerActing
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Also in WritersJohann Wolfgang von GoetheWriting
Nikola Tesla
Also in ScientistsNikola TeslaActing
Aristotle
Also in AcademicsAristotleDirecting
Theodore Roosevelt
Also in PoliticiansTheodore Roosevelt
Christopher Columbus
Also in Historical FiguresChristopher Columbus