1920–2013
François Jacob
French biologist and geneticist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1965
92years old at death
33,910days lived
95%of the people on this site died younger
François Jacob was born on 17 June 1920 and died on 20 April 2013, aged 92 years and 307 days. That is 33,910 days in all.
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