Adam Rutherford

British geneticist, author, and broadcaster

Person human Q4679711

Facts

18 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[19]
Date of birth: January 1975
Place of birth: Ipswich
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[8]
Occupation: geneticist, television presenter, writer, researcher, journalist, author, editing staff^[9]^[10]
Field of work: genetics, science^[11]^[12]
Educated at: University College London, Ipswich School^[13]^[14]
Religion or worldview: atheism^[17]
Award received: David Attenborough Award^[16]
Official website: www.adamrutherford.com^[22]
Doctoral advisor: Jane Sowden^[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[23]
Family name: Rutherford^[20]
Given name: Adam^[21]
Influenced by: Steve Jones^[18]
P14750: B5E4-849B-2C90-0685-9609^[28]
Social media followers: 158k (105k–158k, n=4)^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]

🏷️ Also known as

en Adam D. Rutherford en Adam Rutherford en Adam David Rutherford ar آدم روذرفورد cs Adam David Rutherford fa آدام رادرفورد ru Адам Резерфорд ru Резерфорд, Адам zh 亚当·卢瑟福

🔖 Identifiers · 46

ISNI: 0000000135423001
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2782-9954
VIAF cluster ID: 975150323928909972548
Library of Congress authority ID: no2011142659
GND ID: 1160208018
OpenAlex ID: A5062237481
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Adam Rutherford at TAM London 2010.JPG ↗
Amazon author ID: B00ANSL166
BBC Things ID: bdb74da6-6390-45d4-80c8-fb3cf05c42c5
Bluesky handle: adamrutherford.bsky.social
BookBrainz author ID: 364f8327-09d6-4c54-b609-9cd6ca222b61
British Comedy Guide person ID: adam_rutherford

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CBDB.cz author ID: 197225
CiNii Research ID: 1140845216726071936
Companies House officer ID: vTGlRec4E1Oq8ek45xfcalzizDQ
DDB person (GND) ID: 1160208018
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 145501
Described at URL: www.ucl.ac.uk, theexperimentpublishing.com
Europeana entity: agent/base/128253
Freebase ID: /m/0gtt8m1
Goodreads author ID: 88617
Google Scholar author ID: qPPkpeYAAAAJ
IMDb ID: nm2472398
IdRef ID: 21989566X
MusicBrainz artist ID: 62e4b06e-ecae-4c4f-8283-d67c7683608c
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA17424737
NDL Authority ID: 001193210
NL CR AUT ID: pna2018984194
NUKAT ID: n2017054769
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007267443005171
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810696075505606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 357585070
Open Library ID: OL1745464A
Parsifal cluster ID: 344664
Plex person key: 5d77701b7a53e9001e79baaa
Podchaser creator ID: 107a4Xhfmt
SVKKL authority ID: 0417544-Rutherford-Adam-1975
Scopus author ID: 57197139948
TMDB person ID: 1078726
The Guardian topic ID: profile/adamrutherford
The StoryGraph author ID: b0a1b259-1dad-4544-ac37-95e5ea893fec
Who's Who UK ID: U256643
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJkMFyDj6Kk6hy6MM8JFKd
X (Twitter) username: AdamRutherford
Yale LUX ID: person/5ead2f6e-0c84-44df-bc42-509b323fb902
ČSFD person ID: 288506

📜 Data licence

Source: OpenAlex (openalex.org), snapshot of 2026-09-23. CC0 1.0 Universal. CC0 1.0 Universal · OpenAlex

🔗 Connections

Occupation 4

writer, television presenter, researcher, geneticist

Affiliated with 2

University College London, Evolutionary Genomics (United States)

Field of work 2

science, genetics

Author of 1

Race, eugenics, and the canceling of great scientists

Award received 1

David Attenborough Award

Chaired by 1

Humanists UK

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Educated at 1

University College London

Family name 1

Rutherford

Given name 1

Adam

Influenced by 1

Steve Jones

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

Ipswich

Religion or worldview 1

atheism

Sex or gender 1

male

← Authored by 1

Race, eugenics, and the canceling of great scientists

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Summary

Adam Rutherford was born in January 1975^[1] in Ipswich^[2]. He has worked as a geneticist^[3], television presenter^[4], writer^[5], researcher^[6], and journalist^[7].

FAQs

Where was Adam Rutherford born?

Adam Rutherford was born in Ipswich^[2].

What did Adam Rutherford do for work?

Adam Rutherford worked as a geneticist^[3], television presenter^[4], writer^[5], researcher^[6], and journalist^[7].

Where did Adam Rutherford go to school?

Adam Rutherford was educated at University College London^[13] and Ipswich School^[14].

What awards did Adam Rutherford receive?

Honors received include David Attenborough Award^[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Adam Rutherford — place of birth (P19): Ipswich. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Adam Rutherford — sex or gender (P21): male. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2025-08-29. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Adam Rutherford — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Adam Rutherford — educated at (P69): University College London. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Adam Rutherford — educated at (P69): Ipswich School. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Adam Rutherford — field of work (P101): genetics. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Adam Rutherford — field of work (P101): science. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Adam Rutherford — occupation (P106): geneticist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Adam Rutherford — occupation (P106): television presenter. Retrieved 2019-06-14. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Adam Rutherford — occupation (P106): writer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Adam Rutherford — occupation (P106): researcher. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Adam Rutherford — occupation (P106): journalist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Adam Rutherford — occupation (P106): author. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Adam Rutherford — occupation (P106): editing staff. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Adam Rutherford — religion or worldview (P140): atheism. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Adam Rutherford — award received (P166): David Attenborough Award. royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2024-08-30. royalsociety.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Adam Rutherford — doctoral advisor (P184): Jane Sowden. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Adam Rutherford — date of birth (P569): January 1975. beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Adam Rutherford — family name (P734): Rutherford. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Adam Rutherford — given name (P735): Adam. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Adam Rutherford — influenced by (P737): Steve Jones. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Adam Rutherford — official website (P856): https://www.adamrutherford.com. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Adam Rutherford — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-03-01. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Adam Rutherford — social media followers (P8687): 121,269. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Adam Rutherford — social media followers (P8687): 104,639. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Adam Rutherford — social media followers (P8687): 139,390. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Adam Rutherford — social media followers (P8687): 158,351. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Adam Rutherford — P14750 (P14750): B5E4-849B-2C90-0685-9609. wikidata.org.

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12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14750 → B5E4-849B-2C90-0685-9609

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20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SVKKL authority ID → 0417544-Rutherford-Adam-1975

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Given name → Adam

Influenced by → —

Field of work → genetics, science

Social media followers → {'amount': '+121269'}, {'amount': '+104639'}, {'amount': '+139390'} +1

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