François Jacob - Biographical. François Jacob was born in June 1920 in Nancy (France). He was the only son of Simon Jacob and Thérèse Franck. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1965/jacob-bio.html
François Jacob, (born June 17, 1920, Nancy, France —died April 19, 2013, Paris), French biologist who, together with André Lwoff and Jacques Monod, was awarded ... http://www.britannica.com/biography/Francois-Jacob