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 Health-System Pharmacists in 1942.

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
Timothy J. Noonan (1943-) Former CEO of Rite Aid drug store chain
Bill Thomson, awarded the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia Fred J Boyd award in recognition of his contribution to hospital pharmacy practice

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
Alton J. Parker (1879-1927), English chemist and creator of the amyl nitrite capsule
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), botanists 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

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

Lawrence Brock (1906-1968), Nebraskan politician
John Hodges (1937-),Australian 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
Tony Lamb (1939-),Australian politician
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)
George H. Ryan (1934-), Illinois Governor
Charlie Smithgall (1945-), Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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

Clement Anthony (1987-2004),(British) Founder of Colour Separation
Michel Casseux (1794-1869), French developer of Savate
Theodor Fontane (1819 - 1898), German novelist and poet
Colin Murdoch (1929–2008)), New Zealand inventor (tranquilliser 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^[1]
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