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🎂 Francis Collins - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday
Currently, Francis Collins is 74 years, 7 months and 8 days old. Francis Collins will celebrate 75rd birthday on a Monday 14th of April 2025. Below we countdown to Francis Collins upcoming birthday.
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🌙 Zodiac
Francis Collins’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs
Francis Collins was born in the Year of the Tiger. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Tiger are authoritative, self-possessed, have strong leadership qualities, are charming, ambitious, courageous, warm-hearted, highly seductive, moody, intense, and they’re ready to pounce at any time. Compatible with Horse or Dog.
Dr Francis Collins was the director of the Human Genome Project (the international initiative to decode the DNA instruction manual that's inside each of our cells) in the USA from 2003 until 2008. His PhD was in quantum mechanics (the physics of atoms and subatomic particles), but he later qualified as a medical doctor and went into research on genetic diseases.
His research has led to the identification of the genes that are affected in cystic fibrosis, neurofibromatosis, Huntington's disease and diabetes. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and has received both the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of Science.
After nomination by President Obama and unanimous confirmation by the Senate, Dr. Collins became the 16th Director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health on August 17, 2009. His contributions to "Test of Faith" are based on interviews conducted prior to that date.
Francis grew up on a farm in Virginia among a creative and theatrical family and was on the stage at the age of four. He was taught at home until he was ten and then discovered science through a charismatic chemistry teacher at high school.
He became a Christian during his medical studies. His book "The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief" (Free Press, 2006) was a New York Times bestseller. He is married to Diane Baker, a leader in the genetic counseling community, and has two daughters and five grandchildren.
Francis Collins Movies
- Who Is America? (2018) as Self
- Sleepless in America (2014) as Self - physician-geneticist, director of the National Institutes of Health
- Religulous (2008) as Self
- Test of FAITH: Does Science Threaten Belief in God? (2009) as Self
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