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.
• Isa Marte Hussaini (born 1956), Nigerian Pharmacist and fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science

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
• 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

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
• 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

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

• 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
• 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

Fictional pharmacists

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