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, IL
- Tadeusz Pankiewicz (1908-1993), Polish pharmacist in the Kraków Ghetto
- William Proctor, 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 Hospital 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 (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
Botany and chemistry
- James Parkinson, English apothecary and founder of the disease Parkinsons
- Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet (1720–1778), French botanist and explorer
- 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
- Alton J. Parker (1879-1927), English chemist and creator of the amyl nitrite capsule
- Ruiz y Pavón (1850 – 1931), Ruiz and Pavón Spanish famous Pharmacists
- 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
Soft drinks
Politics
- Lawrence Brock (1906-1968), Nebraskan 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
- Antonio Luna (1866-1899), Philippine General
- Oscar Rennebohm (1889-1968), 32nd Governor of Wisconsin (1947-1951)
- George H. Ryan (1934-), Illinois Governor
- 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
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