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Date of Birth
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14-October-1946
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Place of Birth
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Salt Lake City
(Utah, United States of America, Salt Lake County, Area codes 801 and 385, Area code 801, Area code 385)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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John Craig Venter, J. Craig Venter, Venter, John Craig Venter, John Craig Venter, John Craig Venter
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Profession
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Biologist, Entrepreneur, Sailor, Scientist, Geneticist, Researcher, Actor
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John Craig Venter is an American biologist and entrepreneur. He is known for being one of the first to sequence the human genome and for creating the first cell with a synthetic genome. Venter founded Celera Genomics, The Institute for Genomic Research and the J. Craig Venter Institute, and is now working at JCVI to create synthetic biological organisms. He was listed on Time magazine's 2007 and 2008 Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. In 2010, the British magazine New Statesman listed Craig Venter at 14th in the list of "The World's 50 Most Influential Figures 2010". He is a member of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Advisory Board.
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