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, Illinois
• Maria Dauerer (1624-1688), first Swedish female apothecary
• Elizabeth Gooking Greenleaf (1681-1762), first American female apothecary
• 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
• Bill Thomson, awarded The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia Fred J Boyd award in recognition of his contribution to hospital pharmacy practice
• 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

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 (born 1924), 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"
• 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 indrusty in Europe

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 (born 1937), 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 (born 1937), 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
• Harve Tibbott (1885-1969), Republican politician and U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• 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

• 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
• 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"