List of pharmacists
This is a list of notable pharmacists, sorted by particular fields in which they distinguished themselves:
Pharmacy practice
- Dora Akunyili, Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control of Nigeria
- George F. Archambault (1910-2001), considered to be the "father" of consultant pharmacy
- Philo Carpenter (1805-1886), first pharmacist in Chicago, Illinois
- Maria Dauerer (1624-1688), first Swedish female apothecary
- Elizabeth Gooking Greenleaf (1681-1762), first American female apothecary[1]
- Isa Marte Hussaini (born 1956), Nigerian pharmacist and fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science
- Tadeusz Pankiewicz (1908-1993), Polish pharmacist in the Kraków Ghetto
- William Procter, Jr. (1817-1872), regarded as the "father of American pharmacy", was instrumental in the founding of the American Pharmaceutical Association in 1852
- Joseph P. Remington, namesake of the Remington Medal
- Bill Thomson, awarded The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia Fred J Boyd award in recognition of his contribution to hospital pharmacy practice
- R. Tim Webster (1946-2003), founder and long-time executive director of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
- Harvey A. K. Whitney (1894-1957), founder and first president of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in 1942
Pharmacy business
- George H. Bartell, Sr. (1868-1956), American founder of Bartell Drugs, the oldest family-owned drug store chain in the United States
- David Bernauer, American, former CEO of Walgreens drug store chain
- Jesse Boot (1850-1931), British businessman and transformer of the Boots Pharmacy/Drug Company into a national retailer
- John Boot (1815-1860), British founder of Boots the Chemists
- Ornella Barra, Italian, Chief Executive, Pharmaceutical Wholesale Division Alliance Boots
- Jean Coutu (born 1927), French Canadian founder of the Jean Coutu Group
- Jack Eckerd (1913-2004), owner/founder of Eckerd Drugs
- David Jack (1924-2011), leader of research that developed major asthma drugs
- Murray Koffler (born 1924), founder of Canadian drug store chain Shoppers Drug Mart
- Ernest Mario, American pharmaceutical industry executive
- Jeff Rein (born 1953), former CEO of Walgreens drug store chain
- Thomas Ryan, American, former CEO of CVS Caremark drug store chain
- Charles Rudolph Walgreen (1873-1939), founder of Walgreens Drugstore
Botany and chemistry
- Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet (1720-1778), French botanist and explorer
- Ibn al-Baitar (1197-1248), Islamic physician, pharmacist, botanist, and scientist from the Middle Ages
- Bill Charman, Australian pharmaceutical scientist
- Stanley Stewart Davis (born 1942), winner of Eurand Award for Outstanding Research in Oral Drug Delivery
- Georg Joseph Kamel (1661-1706), Czech Jesuit missionary and botanist
- John Uri Lloyd (1849-1936), influential American pharmacist
- Charles Mohr (1824-1901), German botanist
- James Parkinson, English apothecary and namesake of the disease Parkinson's
- Ruiz y Pavón (1850-1931), Ruiz and Pavón, Spanish famous pharmacists
- Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788-1842), co-discoverer of quinine, caffeine, and strychnine
- James Petiver (ca. 1664-1718), botanist and entomologist, considered the "father of British butterflies"
- Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786), German-Swedish chemist, discoverer of oxygen
- Wilbur Scoville (1865-1942), American developer of the Scoville Organoleptic Test
- Friedrich Sertürner (1783-1841), German chemist and discover of morphine
- Eugène Soubeiran (1797-1859), French discover of chloroform
Industry
- Paul Carl Beiersdorf (1836-1896), German founder of Beiersdorf AG
- Herbert Haft (1920-2004), American corporate raider
- Oscar Troplowitz (1863-1918), German entrepreneur and owner of Beiersdorf AG
- Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822-1882), Polish pharmacist, inventor of kerosene lamp, pioneer of oil indrusty in Europe
Soft drinks
- Charles Alderton (1857-1941), American inventor of the soft drink Dr Pepper
- Caleb Bradham (1867-1934), American inventor of the soft drink Pepsi
- Charles Elmer Hires (1851-1937), American inventor of the soft drink Hires Root Beer
- John Pemberton (1831-1888), American inventor of the soft drink Coca-Cola
- James Vernor (1843-1927), American inventor of Vernor's ginger ale
Politics
- Lawrence Brock (1906-1968), Nebraskan politician
- Buddy Carter (born 1957), politician from Georgia USA
- Ikililou Dhoinine (born 1962), Comorian politician
- Misako Enoki (born 1945), Japanese feminist, pharmacist, and politician
- Pravin Gordhan (born 1949), minister in South African government
- John Hodges (born 1937), Australian politician
- Chuck Hopson (born 1941), Texas politician
- Hubert Humphrey (1911-1978), pharmacist and 38th Vice President of the United States
- Altaf Hussain (born 1961), Pakistani politician; founder of APMSO and of MQM, the third largest political party of Pakistan
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin (1835-1913), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Ronnie Johns (born 1949), Louisiana state legislator
- Tony Lamb (born 1939), Australian politician
- Bernard LeBas (born 1943), Louisiana state legislator
- Antonio Luna (1866-1899), Philippine General
- Nancy McFarlane (born 1956), mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina
- Randy McNally (born 1944), Tennessee politician
- Fred Mills (born 1955), member of the Louisiana State Senate
- Robert Nutting (born 1947), member of the Maine House of Representatives
- Dave O'Neal (born 1937), Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
- Oscar Rennebohm (1889-1968), 32nd Governor of Wisconsin (1947-1951)
- George H. Ryan (born 1934), Illinois Governor
- Charlie Smithgall (born 1945), Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Harve Tibbott (1885-1969), Republican politician and U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Evan Vickers (born 1954), Utah politician
- Gerry Weiner (born 1933), Canadian politician; former Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MP and cabinet minister, president of the Equality Party and mayor of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec
- Terry White (born 1936), Australian businessman and politician
- Jim Wilson (1872-1956), pioneering banker and Los Angeles City Council member
Other
- Michel Casseux (1794-1869), French developer of Savate
- Étienne J. Caire (1868-1955), Louisiana merchant
- Theodor Fontane (1819-1898), German novelist and poet
- O. Henry (1862-1910), American writer, real name William Sidney Porter
- Colin Murdoch (1929-2008), New Zealand inventor (tranquilizer gun, disposable hypodermic syringe, child-proof medicine container)
- Edna O'Brien (born 1930), Irish author and playwright
- Pat Ogrin (born 1958), American football player
- Alberto de Oliveira (1855-1937), Brazilian poet, pharmacist and professor
- Hans Christian Ørsted (1777-1851), Danish physicist who discovered electromagnetism
- György Pásztor, International Ice Hockey Federation doping in sport committee chairman
- Jean-Claude Pressac (1944-2003), French chemist and authority on the Holocaust of World War II
- Nina Radojičić (born 1968), Serbian pharmacist and singer, represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
- Daniel B Smith (1792-1883), American educator
- Joseph Swan (1828-1914), inventor of the incandescent light bulb
- Naoko Takeuchi (born 1957), Japanese pharmacist, manga artist best known for work on Sailor Moon
- John Worsfold (born 1968), Australian football player
Fictional pharmacists
- Douglas "Doug" Varney (Sam Rockwell) in Better Living Through Chemistry
- Eddie Walzer (Paul Schulze) in Nurse Jackie
- Percival Almanac (Barry Otto) in The Dressmaker
- Yusuf (Dileep Rao) in Inception
- Ned Flanders (Harry Shearer) in the early seasons of "The Simpsons"
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References
- Henderson, Metta Lou; Worthen, Dennis B. (March 8, 2002). American Women Pharmacists: Contributions to the Profession. CRC Press. p. 2. ISBN 9780789010926. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
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