Fred Sanger masanin kimiyyar halittu dan kasar Burtaniya ne kuma ya taba samun lambar yabo ta Nobel har sau biyu wanda ya ba da gudummawa sosai ga fannin jerin DNA. Duk da haka, "Fred Sanger" ba kalma ba ce a ma'anar al'ada, sai dai madaidaicin suna yana nufin sunan mutum. Don haka, ba shi da ma'anar ƙamus a matsayin kalma kaɗai. Maimakon haka, yana da alaƙa da nasarori da gudunmawar Fred Sanger a matsayinsa na mashahurin masanin kimiyya a fannin ilmin kwayoyin halitta da kuma aikinsa na farko a cikin jerin DNA, wanda ya yi tasiri sosai a kan kwayoyin halitta da fasahar zamani.