Luc Montagnier was born in France. He is a French virologist who co-discovered HIV in 1983. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2008 for his discovery of HIV. Montagnier has been a controversial figure in the scientific community, and his work on HIV has been criticized by some scientists.
In The World of Luc Montagnier: A Fascinating Journey into Virology and Nobel Contributions