Luc Montagnier was a French virologist, born on August 18, 1932, and known for co-discovering HIV, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2008 alongside Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen. He worked as a researcher at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and was a full-time professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. Montagnier was a controversial figure during the COVID-19 pandemic, advocating unfounded conspiracy theories and faced criticism for spreading dangerous health messages beyond his expertise.
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Luc Montagnier belongs to the Silent Generation group.
Place of Birth: Chabris
Place of Death: Neuilly-sur-Seine
Educated At: Collège René-Descartes (Châtellerault, Vienne) | Science Faculty of Paris | University of Oxford
Occupation: molecular biologist | virologist | researcher | biologist | professor
Spouses: Dorothea Ackerman
Children: Anne-Marie Montagnier | Francine Montagnier | Jean-Luc Montagnier
Employers: Queens College | Pasteur Institute | National Center for Scientific Research, France
Awards Received: honorary doctorate at the Laval University | honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University | Honorary doctor of the University of Bologna | King Faisal International Prize in Medicine | honorary doctor of the University of Bucharest | honorary doctor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal | honorary doctor of the University of Athens | honorary doctor of Saint Joseph University | EMBO Membership | Honorary doctor of the University of Liège | Scheele Award | Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine | Commander of the National Order of Merit | Warren Alpert Foundation Prize | Körber European Science Prize | Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour | Commander of the Legion of Honour | Officer of the Legion of Honour | CNRS bronze medal | CNRS silver medal | Knight of the Legion of Honour | Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research | National Inventors Hall of Fame | Canada Gairdner International Award | Japan Prize | Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine | emeritus | Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on August 18, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for August 18, 2025 |
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| Sun | 25 Leo 16 | 25 Leo 46 | 26 Scorpio 55 |
| Moon | 20 Pisces 28 | 25 Gemini 10 | 4 Leo 51 |
| Mercury | 23 Leo 42 | 7 Leo 15 | 18 Sagittarius 40 |
| Venus | 11 Cancer 19 | 21 Cancer 24 | 20 Libra 48 |
| Mars | 8 Cancer 59 | 7 Libra 13 | 2 Virgo 39 |
| Jupiter | 1 Virgo 21 | 15 Cancer 19 | 19 Virgo 23 |
| Saturn | 29 Capricorn 55 | 0 Aries 45 | 0 Aquarius 10 |
| Uranus | 23 Aries 13 | 1 Gemini 20 | 20 Aries 3 |
| Neptune | 7 Virgo 15 | 1 Aries 40 | 10 Virgo 2 |
| Pluto | 22 Cancer 35 | 2 Aquarius 1 | 23 Cancer 18 |
| Rahu | 18 Pisces 4 | 19 Pisces 20 | 13 Pisces 9 |
| Ketu | 18 Virgo 4 | 19 Virgo 20 | 13 Virgo 9 |
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