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- Selman Waksman, (1888–1973), Russian, biochemist.
- James D. Watson, (born 1928), American, discovered the double helical structure of DNA
- Maurice Wilkins, (1916–2004), British, discovered the double helical structure of DNA
- Friedrich Wöhler, (1810–1882), German, chemist.
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