List of pharmacists

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

Pharmacy practice

• Dora Akunyili (1954-2010), 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
• Sabina Baldoncelli (b. 1781), one of the first Italian female pharmacists with a university degree but was allowed to work only in an orphanage
• Philo Carpenter (1805–1886), first pharmacist in Chicago, Illinois
• Maria Dauerer (1624–1688), first Swedish female apothecary
• Edna Gleason, American pharmacist and "mother of fair-trade"
• Elizabeth Gooking Greenleaf (1681–1762), first American female apothecary^[1]
• Elsie Higgon (1879–1969), English pharmacist and president of the National Association of Women Pharmacists
• 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
• 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
• Suzanne Rabi Soliman (born 1980), founder Pharmacist Moms Group and Women Pharmacist Day

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 (1924–2017), 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"
• Sara Borrell Ruiz (1917–1999), Spanish steroid hormone researcher^[2]
• 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 industry in Europe
• Paul Jean Rigollot (1810-1873), French pharmacist, inventor and chocolatier

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 (1937–2024), 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 (1937–2021), 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
• Ron Stephens (born 1954), member of Georgia House of Representatives^[3]
• Harve Tibbott (1885–1969), Republican politician and U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• Edwin Tsitsi (1925–1997), Nauruan MP
• 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

• Adaeze Atuegwu (born 1977), Nigerian-American author, pharmacist, and disability inclusion advocate
• 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
• John O'Grady, Australian writer They're a Weird Mob)^[4]
• 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