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, considered to be the "father" of consultant pharmacy
- Sabina Baldoncelli, one of the first Italian female pharmacists with a university degree but was allowed to work only in an orphanage
- Philo Carpenter, first pharmacist in Chicago, Illinois
- Maria Dauerer, first Swedish female apothecary
- Donald E. Francke, founder of Annals of Pharmacotherapy, editor of American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, co-author of Mirror to Hospital Pharmacy
- Gloria Niemeyer Francke, first executive secretary of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and Associate Editor of the American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
- Edna Gleason, American pharmacist and "mother of fair-trade"
- Elizabeth Gooking Greenleaf, first American female apothecary
- Elsie Higgon, English pharmacist and president of the National Association of Women Pharmacists
- Isa Marte Hussaini, Nigerian pharmacist and fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science
- Tadeusz Pankiewicz, Polish pharmacist in the Kraków Ghetto
- William Procter, Jr., 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, founder and long-time executive director of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
- Harvey A. K. Whitney, founder and first president of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in 1942
- Suzanne Rabi Soliman, founder Pharmacist Moms Group and Women Pharmacist Day
Pharmacy business
- George H. Bartell, Sr., 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, British businessman and transformer of the Boots Pharmacy/Drug Company into a national retailer
- John Boot, British founder of Boots the Chemists
- Ornella Barra, Italian, Chief Executive, Pharmaceutical Wholesale Division Alliance Boots
- Jean Coutu, French Canadian founder of the Jean Coutu Group
- Jack Eckerd, owner/founder of Eckerd Drugs
- David Jack, leader of research that developed major asthma drugs
- Murray Koffler, founder of Canadian drug store chain Shoppers Drug Mart
- Ernest Mario, American pharmaceutical industry executive
- Jeff Rein, former CEO of Walgreens drug store chain
- Thomas Ryan, American, former CEO of CVS Caremark drug store chain
- Charles Rudolph Walgreen, founder of Walgreens Drugstore
Botany and chemistry
- Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, French botanist and explorer
- Ibn al-Baitar, Islamic physician, pharmacist, botanist, and scientist from the Middle Ages
- Bill Charman, Australian pharmaceutical scientist
- Stanley Stewart Davis, winner of Eurand Award for Outstanding Research in Oral Drug Delivery
- Georg Joseph Kamel, Czech Jesuit missionary and botanist
- John Uri Lloyd, influential American pharmacist
- Charles Mohr, German botanist
- James Parkinson, English apothecary and namesake of the disease Parkinson's
- Ruiz y Pavón, Ruiz and Pavón, Spanish famous pharmacists
- Pierre Joseph Pelletier, co-discoverer of quinine, caffeine, and strychnine
- James Petiver, botanist and entomologist, considered the "father of British butterflies"
- Sara Borrell Ruiz, Spanish steroid hormone researcher
- Carl Wilhelm Scheele, German-Swedish chemist, discoverer of oxygen
- Wilbur Scoville, American developer of the Scoville Organoleptic Test
- Friedrich Sertürner, German chemist and discover of morphine
- Eugène Soubeiran, French discover of chloroform
Industry
- Paul Carl Beiersdorf, German founder of Beiersdorf AG
- Herbert Haft, American corporate raider
- Oscar Troplowitz, German entrepreneur and owner of Beiersdorf AG
- Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish pharmacist, inventor of kerosene lamp, pioneer of oil industry in Europe
- Paul Jean Rigollot, French pharmacist, inventor and chocolatier
Soft drinks
- Charles Alderton, American inventor of the soft drink Dr Pepper
- Caleb Bradham, American inventor of the soft drink Pepsi
- Charles Elmer Hires, American inventor of the soft drink Hires Root Beer
- John Pemberton, American inventor of the soft drink Coca-Cola
- James Vernor, American inventor of Vernor's ginger ale
Politics
- Lawrence Brock, Nebraskan politician
- Buddy Carter, politician from Georgia USA
- Ikililou Dhoinine, Comorian politician
- Misako Enoki, Japanese feminist, pharmacist, and politician
- Pravin Gordhan, minister in South African government
- John Hodges, Australian politician
- Chuck Hopson, Texas politician
- Hubert Humphrey, pharmacist and 38th Vice President of the United States
- Altaf Hussain, Pakistani politician; founder of APMSO and of MQM, the third largest political party of Pakistan
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Ronnie Johns, Louisiana state legislator
- Tony Lamb, Australian politician
- Bernard LeBas, Louisiana state legislator
- Antonio Luna, Philippine General
- Nancy McFarlane, mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina
- Randy McNally, Tennessee politician
- Fred Mills, member of the Louisiana State Senate
- Robert Nutting, member of the Maine House of Representatives
- Dave O'Neal, Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
- Oscar Rennebohm, 32nd Governor of Wisconsin
- George H. Ryan, Illinois Governor
- Charlie Smithgall, Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Ron Stephens, member of Georgia House of Representatives
- Harve Tibbott, Republican politician and U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Edwin Tsitsi, Nauruan MP
- Evan Vickers, Utah politician
- Gerry Weiner, 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, Australian businessman and politician
- Jim Wilson, pioneering banker and Los Angeles City Council member
Other
- Adaeze Atuegwu, Nigerian-American author, pharmacist, and disability inclusion advocate
- Michel Casseux, French developer of Savate
- Étienne J. Caire, Louisiana merchant
- Theodor Fontane, German novelist and poet
- O. Henry, American writer, real name William Sidney Porter
- Colin Murdoch, New Zealand inventor
- Edna O'Brien, Irish author and playwright
- John O'Grady, Australian writer They're a Weird Mob)
- Pat Ogrin, American football player
- Alberto de Oliveira, Brazilian poet, pharmacist and professor
- Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist who discovered electromagnetism
- György Pásztor, International Ice Hockey Federation doping in sport committee chairman
- Jean-Claude Pressac, French chemist and authority on the Holocaust of World War II
- Nina Radojičić, Serbian pharmacist and singer, represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
- Daniel B Smith, American educator
- Joseph Swan, inventor of the incandescent light bulb
- Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese pharmacist, manga artist best known for work on Sailor Moon
- John Worsfold, Australian football player
Fictional pharmacists
- Douglas "Doug" Varney in Better Living Through Chemistry
- Eddie Walzer in Nurse Jackie
- Percival Almanac in The Dressmaker
- Yusuf in Inception
- Ned Flanders in the early seasons of ''The Simpsons''