List of pharmacists
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This is a list of notable pharmacist
s, sorted by particular fields in which they distinguished themselves:
Pharmacist
Pharmacists are allied health professionals who practice in pharmacy, the field of health sciences focusing on safe and effective medication use...
s, sorted by particular fields in which they distinguished themselves:
Pharmacy practice
- Dora AkunyiliDora AkunyiliDora Nkem Akunyili is the former Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control of Nigeria and former Nigerian Minister of Information and Communications...
, Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and ControlNational Agency for Food and Drug Administration and ControlThe National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control is a Nigerian government agency under the Federal Ministry of Health that is responsible for regulating and controlling the manufacture, importation, exportation, advertisement, distribution, sale and use of food, drugs, cosmetics,...
of NigeriaNigeriaNigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in... - George F. ArchambaultGeorge F. ArchambaultGeorge F. Archambault, Ph.G., Ph.C., J.D. was the first pharmacy liaison officer for the United States Public Health Service and considered the “father of consultant pharmacy”. On April 22, 1999, for his 90th birthday party, Deputy Surgeon General Kenneth P...
(1910–2001), Considered to be the "father" of consultant pharmacyConsultant pharmacistA consultant pharmacist is a specialized pharmacist. The main principle of consultant pharmacy is Pharmaceutical care term developed by Hepler and Strand in 1990.- United States :... - Philo CarpenterPhilo CarpenterPhilo Carpenter was Chicago, Illinois' first pharmacist, and an outspoken abolitionist.Born in Savoy, Massachusetts, February 27, 1805, young Philo learned medicine and the pharmaceutical trade in Troy, New York in the drugstore of Amatus Robins, eventually gaining a half interest in the business...
(1805 -1886), first pharmacist in Chicago, IL - Tadeusz PankiewiczTadeusz PankiewiczTadeusz Pankiewicz , was a Polish Roman Catholic pharmacist, operating in the Kraków Ghetto during the Nazi German occupation of Poland...
(1908-1993), PolishPolesthumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...
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 WebsterR. Tim WebsterR. Tim Webster, SCD was a founder and long-time executive director of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists . He was born October 9, 1946, in Martins Ferry, Ohio and lived in St. Clairsville, Ohio until he graduated from high school...
(1946-2003), Founder and long-time executive director of the American Society of Consultant PharmacistsAmerican Society of Consultant PharmacistsThe American Society of Consultant Pharmacists is an international professional association that provides education, advocacy, and resources to advance the practice of senior care pharmacy, and that represents the interests of consultant pharmacists who work with elderly patients.The organization... - 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 DrugsBartell DrugsBartell Drugs is a chain of pharmacies in the Puget Sound area of the U.S. state of Washington. Currently, they primarily serve the Seattle and King County area but have been slowly expanding into Snohomish and Pierce Counties to the North and South, respectively. George D. Bartell, grandson of the...
, the oldest family-owned drug store chain in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... - David BernauerDavid BernauerDavid Bernauer is the former chairman and CEO of the pharmacy chain Walgreens, the largest drugstore chain in the United States.-Early life and education:...
, American, former CEO of WalgreensWalgreensWalgreen Co. , doing business as Walgreens , is the largest drugstore chain in the United States of America. As of August 31st, the company operates 8,210 locations across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1901, and has since expanded...
drug store chain - Jesse Boot (1850 – 1931), BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
businessman and transformer of the Boots Pharmacy/Drug Company into a national retailer - John BootJohn BootJohn Boot , born in Radcliffe on Trent in Nottinghamshire, England, was the father of the founder of Boots the Chemists. Jesse Boot turned the company into a retailer known throughout the world....
(1815 - 1860), BritishBritish peopleThe British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
founder of Boots the Chemists - Ornella BarraOrnella BarraOrnella Barra is an Italian businesswoman. A Board Member of Alliance Boots and a qualified pharmacist, she has been involved in the healthcare industry for her entire career and is currently Chief Executive of the Pharmaceutical Wholesale Division of Alliance Healthcare...
Italian, Chief Executive, Pharmaceutical Wholesale Division Alliance BootsAlliance BootsAlliance Boots GmbH is a leading international, pharmacy-led health and beauty group. It has two core business activities - pharmacy-led health and beauty retailing, and pharmaceutical wholesaling and distribution - and has a presence in more than 25 countries... - Jean Coutu (pharmacist)Jean Coutu (pharmacist)Jean Coutu, is a Canadian pharmacist and businessman. He is the founder and Chairman of the Jean Coutu Group which he started in 1969...
(1927-), French CanadianFrench CanadianFrench Canadian or Francophone Canadian, , generally refers to the descendents of French colonists who arrived in New France in the 17th and 18th centuries...
founder of the Jean Coutu GroupJean Coutu GroupThe Jean Coutu Group Inc. is a Canadian drugstore chain headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec. It has more than 360 franchised locations in New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec under the PJC Jean Coutu, PJC Clinique and PJC Santé Beauté banners... - Murray KofflerMurray KofflerMurray Bernard Koffler, is a Canadian pharmacist, businessman, and philanthropist. He is best known for creating the Canadian pharmacy retailer, Shoppers Drug Mart....
(1924-), founder of Canadian drug store chain Shoppers Drug MartShoppers Drug MartShoppers Drug Mart Corporation is Canada's largest pharmacy chain with more than 1,241 stores operating under the names Shoppers Drug Mart in nine provinces and two territories and Pharmaprix in Quebec as well as in Hawkesbury, Ontario.... - Jeff ReinJeff ReinJeff Rein is a former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Walgreens, a drug store chain in the United States.Rein was born in New Orleans in 1953, lived in Phoenix, and came to Tucson at age 10 when his family relocated. He lived in Tucson for about 25 years, but currently resides in a Chicago...
(1953-) Former CEO of WalgreensWalgreensWalgreen Co. , doing business as Walgreens , is the largest drugstore chain in the United States of America. As of August 31st, the company operates 8,210 locations across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1901, and has since expanded...
drug store chain. - Charles Rudolph WalgreenCharles Rudolph WalgreenCharles Rudolph Walgreen was an American businessman who founded Walgreens.-Background:He was born in Galesburg Knox County, Illinois, the son of Swedish emigrants. When his father, Carl Magnus Olofsson, came to America from Sweden, the family name was changed to Walgreen...
(1873 - 1939), Founder of Walgreens DrugstoreWalgreensWalgreen Co. , doing business as Walgreens , is the largest drugstore chain in the United States of America. As of August 31st, the company operates 8,210 locations across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1901, and has since expanded... - Jack EckerdJack EckerdJack Eckerd , was an American businessman who was a major innovator in drugstore retailing, and a public servant, politician and philanthropist.-Biography:...
(1913 - 2004), Owner/Founder of Eckerd Drugs
Botany and chemistry
- James ParkinsonJames ParkinsonJames Parkinson was an English apothecary surgeon, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist. He is most famous for his 1817 work, An Essay on the Shaking Palsy in which he was the first to describe "paralysis agitans", a condition that would later be renamed Parkinson's disease by...
, EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
apothecary and founder of the disease Parkinsons - Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée AubletJean Baptiste Christophore Fusée AubletJean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet was a French pharmacist, botanist and explorer.Born in Salon-de-Provence, he joined the French East India Company and in 1752 was sent to Mauritius to establish a pharmacy and a botanical garden. He worked there for nine years...
(1720–1778), FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
botanist and explorer - Stanley Stewart DavisStanley Stewart DavisProfessor S.S Davis is Emeritus Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Nottingham.Stanley Davis was born in Warwick, England. He obtained his Bachelors degree in Pharmacy from the School of Pharmacy at the University of London in 1964. He remained at the same University to study for a PhD in...
(1942 - ), Winner of Eurand Award for Outstanding Research in Oral Drug Delivery - Georg Joseph KamelGeorg Joseph KamelGeorg Joseph Kamel , also known as Camellus, was a Jesuit missionary and botanist to the Philippines. The genus Camellia was named in his honour by Carolus Linnaeus....
(1661-1706), Czech Jesuit missionary and botanist - John Uri LloydJohn Uri LloydJohn Uri Lloyd was an American pharmacist influential to the development of pharmacognosy, ethnobotany, economic botany, and herbalism.He also wrote novels set in northern Kentucky...
(1849-1936), influential American pharmacist - Charles Mohr (1824-1901), GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
botanist - Alton J. Parker (1879-1927), EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
chemist and creator of the amyl nitriteAmyl nitriteAmyl nitrite is the chemical compound with the formula C5H11ONO. A variety of isomers are known, but they all feature an amyl group attached to the nitrito functional group. The alkyl group is unreactive and the chemical and biological properties are mainly due to the nitrite group...
capsule - Ruiz y PavónRuiz y Pavón-Ruiz et Pavón:Ruiz y Pavón Spanish form of the combination Ruiz et Pavón, as used as authority in plant species.-Joseph Pavón:Jose Antonio Pavón y Jimenez Spanish botanist, with Hipólito Ruiz López and the French specialist Dombey visited between 1779 and 1788 Chile, Peru and other South American...
(1850 – 1931), Ruiz and Pavón SpanishSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
famous Pharmacists - Wilbur ScovilleWilbur ScovilleWilbur Lincoln Scoville was an American pharmacist and is best known for his creation of "The Scoville Organoleptic Test", now standardized as the Scoville scale. He devised the test and scale in 1912 while working at the Parke-Davis pharmaceutical company to measure piquancy, or "hotness", of...
(1865 - 1942), American developer of the The Scoville Organoleptic TestScoville scaleThe Scoville scale is a measurement of the spicy heat of a chili pepper. The number of Scoville heat units indicates the amount of capsaicin present. Capsaicin is a chemical compound that stimulates chemoreceptor nerve endings in the skin, especially the mucous membranes.The scale is named after... - Friedrich SertürnerFriedrich SertürnerFriedrich Wilhelm Adam Sertürner was a German pharmacist, who discovered morphine in 1804.-Biography:He was born on 19 June 1783 in Neuhaus ....
(1783-1841), GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
chemist and discover of morphineMorphineMorphine is a potent opiate analgesic medication and is considered to be the prototypical opioid. It was first isolated in 1804 by Friedrich Sertürner, first distributed by same in 1817, and first commercially sold by Merck in 1827, which at the time was a single small chemists' shop. It was more... - Eugène SoubeiranEugène SoubeiranEugène Soubeiran was a French scientist who served as chief pharmacist at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. He was one of three researchers who discovered chloroform independently of one another...
(1797-1859), FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
discover of chloroformChloroformChloroform is an organic compound with formula CHCl3. It is one of the four chloromethanes. The colorless, sweet-smelling, dense liquid is a trihalomethane, and is considered somewhat hazardous...
Industry
- Paul Carl BeiersdorfPaul Carl BeiersdorfPaul Carl Beiersdorf was a German pharmacist from Neuruppin, Brandenburg. He was founder of Beiersdorf AG in Hamburg....
(1836-1896), GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
founder of Beiersdorf AG - Herbert HaftHerbert HaftHerbert H. Haft was a Washington, D.C. based businessman who was famous first for the development of discount stores in the drug store, bookstore, and auto part businesses, and later as a corporate raider...
(1920-2004), American corporate raider - Oscar TroplowitzOscar TroplowitzOscar Troplowitz was a German pharmacist and entrepreneur who purchased Beiersdorf AG, which was then a laboratory and chemist's shop in Hamburg from Paul Carl Beiersdorf in 1890...
(1863-1918), GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
entrepreneur and owner of Beiersdorf AG
Soft drinks
- Charles Alderton (1857 - 1941), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
inventor the soft drink Dr PepperDr PepperDr Pepper is a soft drink, marketed as having a unique flavor. The drink was created in the 1880s by Charles Alderton of Waco, Texas and first served around 1885. Dr Pepper was first nationally marketed in the United States in 1904 and is now also sold in Europe, Asia, Canada, Mexico, Australia ... - Caleb BradhamCaleb BradhamCaleb Davis Bradham invented the soft drink Pepsi-Cola. He was a pharmacist, born in Chinquapin, Duplin County, North Carolina, May 27, 1867...
(1867-1934), American inventor of the soft drink Pepsi-cola - Charles Elmer HiresCharles Elmer HiresCharles Elmer Hires was an early promoter of commercially prepared root beer. He was a pharmacist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who formulated the eponymous Hires Root Beer beverage on May 16, 1866....
(1851 - 1937), American inventor of the soft drink Hires Root BeerHires Root BeerHires Root Beer is a soft drink which is currently marketed by Dr Pepper Snapple Group. The manufacturer considers it the longest continuously made soft drink in the United States; however, Vernor's ginger ale is even older dating back to 1866.- History :Hires Root Beer was created by... - John PembertonJohn PembertonJohn Stith Pemberton was a Confederate veteran and an American druggist, and is best known for being the inventor of Coca-Cola.-Early life:...
(1831 - 1888), American inventor of the soft drink Coca-ColaCoca-ColaCoca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke... - James VernorJames VernorJames Vernor, Sr. was an American pharmacist and druggist who invented Vernor's ginger ale in 1866.-Biography:...
(1843–1927), American inventor of Vernor'sVernor'sVernors ginger ale is America's oldest surviving soft drink. It was created in 1866 by James Vernor, a Detroit pharmacist.- History :Although Vernors is the oldest surviving ginger ale sold in the United States, there were a number of brands of ginger ale and ginger beer sold in commerce prior to...
ginger ale
Politics
- Lawrence BrockLawrence BrockLawrence Brock was a Nebraska Democratic politician.Brock was born near Columbus, Nebraska. He graduated from Leigh High School and then the College of Pharmacy of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1929. He became a pharmacist in Madison, Nebraska...
(1906-1968), NebraskaNebraskaNebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
n politician - Hubert HumphreyHubert HumphreyHubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. , served under President Lyndon B. Johnson as the 38th Vice President of the United States. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. He was a founder of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and...
(1911 - 1978), Pharmacist and 38th Vice President of the United StatesVice President of the United StatesThe Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term... - Cornelius Comegys JadwinCornelius Comegys JadwinCornelius Comegys Jadwin was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Cornelius Comegys Jadwin was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and taught school for four years. He studied civil engineering and pharmacy. He was engaged as a...
(1835-1913), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania - Antonio LunaAntonio LunaAntonio Luna y Novicio was a Filipino pharmacist and general who fought in the Philippine-American War. He was also the founder of the Philippines's first military academy.- Family background :...
(1866-1899), PhilippinePhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
General - Oscar RennebohmOscar RennebohmOscar Rennebohm was the 32nd Governor of Wisconsin. He was born in Leeds, Wisconsin, in Columbia County. Rennebohm served in the United States Navy during World War I. Rennebohm, a Republican, was a pharmacist. In 1945, he was elected lieutenant governor of Wisconsin...
(1889-1968), 32nd Governor of Wisconsin (1947-1951) - George H. Ryan (1934-), Illinois Governor
- Harve TibbottHarve TibbottHarve Tibbott was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Harve Tibbott was born near Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the school of pharmacy of the University of Pittsburgh in 1906. He was engaged in the retail drug business and as a pharmacist in...
(1885–1969), Republican politician and U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania - Gerry WeinerGerry WeinerGerald "Gerry" Weiner, PC is a Canadian politician.A pharmacist educated at McGill University and the Université de Montréal, Weiner entered local politics and eventually became mayor of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec...
(1933-), CanadianCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
politician; former Progressive Conservative Party of CanadaProgressive Conservative Party of CanadaThe Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
MP and cabinet minister, president of the Equality PartyEquality Party (Quebec)The Equality Party was a political party in Quebec, Canada, that promoted the use of English in Quebec on an equal basis with French. Four Equality Party members were elected to Quebec's National Assembly in 1989, as part of an anglophone reaction to changes made by the governing Liberals to...
and mayor of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec
Other
- Clement Anthony (1987-2004),(British) Founder of Colour Separation
- Michel CasseuxMichel CasseuxMichel Casseux, also known as "Pisseux" was a master of Savate.He is widely considered one of the pioneers of this sport.He is even repeatedly named as its inventor and subsequently its first teacher....
(1794-1869), FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
developer of SavateSavateSavate , also known as boxe française, French boxing, French kickboxing or French footfighting, is a French martial art which uses the hands and feet as weapons combining elements of western boxing with graceful kicking techniques. Only foot kicks are allowed unlike some systems such as Muay... - Theodor FontaneTheodor FontaneTheodor Fontane was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist writer.-Youth:Fontane was born in Neuruppin into a Huguenot family. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to an apothecary, his father's profession. He became an...
(1819 - 1898), GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
novelist and poet - Jean-Claude PressacJean-Claude PressacJean-Claude Pressac was a French chemist and pharmacist who later became a published authority on the Holocaust of World War II....
(1944-2003), FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
chemist and authority on the Holocaust of World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... - Daniel B Smith (1792–1883), American educator