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List of pharmacists

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This is a list of notable pharmacists, sorted by particular fields in which they distinguished themselves:

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Pharmacy practice

  • Dora Akunyili, Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control of Nigeria
  • Elizabeth Gooking Greenleaf (1681–1762), first American female apothecary
  • George F. Archambault (1910-2001), considered to be the "father" of consultant pharmacy
  • Philo Carpenter (1805-1886), first pharmacist in Chicago, IL
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Isa Marte Hussaini (born 1956), Nigerian pharmacist and fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science
  • Joseph P. Remington, namesake of the Remington Medal

    • Pharmacy business

  • George H. Bartell, Sr. (1868-1956), American founder of Bartell Drugs, the oldest family-owned drug store chain in the United States
  • Thomas Ryan (businessman), American, former CEO of CVS Caremark drug store chain
  • 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 (pharmacist) (1927-), French Canadian founder of the Jean Coutu Group
  • Murray Koffler (1924-), founder of Canadian drug store chain Shoppers Drug Mart
  • Jeff Rein (1953-), former CEO of Walgreens drug store chain
  • Charles Rudolph Walgreen (1873-1939), founder of Walgreens Drugstore
  • Jack Eckerd (1913-2004), owner/founder of Eckerd Drugs
  • Bill Thomson, awarded the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia Fred J Boyd award in recognition of his contribution to hospital pharmacy practice
  • Ernest Mario, American pharmaceutical industry executive

    • Botany and chemistry

  • Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet (1720-1778), French botanist and explorer
  • Bill Charman, Australian pharmaceutical scientist
  • Stanley Stewart Davis (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 founder of the disease Parkinsons
  • Ruiz y Pavón (1850-1931), Ruiz and Pavón Spanish famous Pharmacists
  • James Petiver (ca. 1664-1718), botanist and entomologist, considered "father of British butterflies"
  • Wilbur Scoville (1865-1942), American developer of the 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

    • Soft drinks

  • Charles Alderton (1857-1941), American inventor 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
  • Misako Enoki (born 1945), Japanese feminist, pharmacist, and politician
  • John Hodges (1937-), Australian politician
  • Chuck Hopson (1941-), Texas politician
  • Hubert Humphrey (1911-1978), pharmacist and 38th Vice President of the United States
  • Cornelius Comegys Jadwin (1835-1913), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
  • Ronnie Johns (1949-), Louisiana state legislator
  • Tony Lamb (1939-), Australian politician
  • Bernard LeBas (1943-), Louisiana state legislator
  • Antonio Luna (1866-1899), Philippine General
  • Nancy McFarlane (1956-), mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Randy McNally (1944-), Tennessee politician
  • Fred Mills (1955-), member of the Louisiana State Senate
  • Robert Nutting (1947-), member of the Maine House of Representatives
  • Dave O'Neal (1937-), Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
  • Oscar Rennebohm (1889-1968), 32nd Governor of Wisconsin (1947-1951)
  • Willis Ricketts (1924-2003), Arkansas politician
  • George H. Ryan (1934-), Illinois Governor
  • Charlie Smithgall (1945-), Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  • Jim L. Smithson (1943-), American politician
  • Harve Tibbott (1885-1969), Republican politician and U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
  • Gerry Weiner (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 (1936-), Australian businessman and politician
  • Altaf Hussain (1961-), Pakistani politician; Founder APMSO and Founder MQM, third largest political party of Pakistan

    • Other

  • Michel Casseux (1794-1869), French developer of Savate
  • Theodor Fontane (1819-1898), German novelist and poet
  • Colin Murdoch (1929–2008)), New Zealand inventor (tranquilizer gun, disposable hypodermic syringe, child-proof medicine container, etc.).
  • Pat Ogrin (1958-), American football player
  • William Sidney Porter (1862-1910), American Writer best known as O. Henry
  • Jean-Claude Pressac (1944-2003), French chemist and authority on the Holocaust of World War II
  • John Worsfold (1968-), Australian football player
  • Daniel B Smith (1792-1883), American educator
  • Alberto de Oliveira (1855-1937), Brazilian poet, pharmacist and professor
  • Teresa May B. Bandiola (1990-), Filipino author, pharmacist, pharmacy journalist, educator, songwriter, poet, and researcher

    • Fictional pharmacists

  • Douglas "Doug" Varney (Sam Rockwell) in Better Living Through Chemistry
  • Eddie Walzer (Paul Schulze) in Nurse Jackie

    • References

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