Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo FRS[1][2] FRSE (29 November 1907 – 25 September 1999) was an Italian-born Scottish geneticist.

[3][4][5][6] Guido Pontecorvo was born on 29 November 1907 in Pisa into a family of wealthy Italian industrialists.

His proposers were Alan William Greenwood, John Walton, Hugh Donald and James E. Nichols.

The Pontecorvo Building is part of the Anderson College complex located on Dumbarton Road in the West End of Glasgow.

He has also lent his name to the annual Pontecorvo Award, presented to the final year undergraduate student in the department with the highest grades.