List of Famous people named Joan

Name Joan is among the most common names in USA, England, Spain, Canada. Similar names: Joanna, Joanne, Joana, Joane, Joann, Joannie. Here are some famous Joans:

Joan Margaret Le Marchant

First Name Joan

Last Name Marchant

Born on April 11, 1901

Died on January 1, 1984 (aged 82)

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Joan Florence Hastings

First Name Joan

Last Name Hastings

Born on May 10, 1938 (age 88)

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Joan Alice Trevelyan

First Name Joan

Last Name Trevelyan

Born on October 18, 1903

Died on April 10, 1943 (aged 39)

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Joan A. Steitz

Joan Argetsinger

First Name Joan

Last Name Steitz

Born on January 26, 1941 (age 85)

Born in United States of America, Minnesota

Joan Elaine Argetsinger Steitz is Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She is known for her discoveries involving RNA, including ground-breaking insights into how ribosomes interact with messenger RNA by complementary base pairing and that introns are spliced by small nuclear ribonucleic proteins (snRNPs), which occur in eukaryotes. In September, 2018, Steitz won the Lasker-Koshland Award for Special Achievement in Medical Science. The Lasker award is often referred to as the 'American Nobel' because 87 of the former recipients have gone on to win Nobel prizes.

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