Otto Loewi

Otto Loewi

male, deceased (1961)
University of Munich alumni, Austrian, German-American, Pharmacologist, naturalized citizen of the United States, Neuroscientist
Otto Loewi (June 3, 1873 - December 25, 1961) was an Austrian-German-American pharmacologist. His discovery of acetylcholine helped in enhancing...
Alexander Fleming

Alexander Fleming

male, deceased (1955)
Army Officer, buried at St Paul's Cathedral, microbiologist, death by myocardial infarction, British, Nobel Laureate…Pharmacologist
Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 - 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. Fleming published many articles on bacteriology,...
John Jacob Abel

John Jacob Abel

male, deceased (1938)
Christian Archibald Herter, Adrenalin, epinephrine, amino acids, kidney, Foreign Member of the Royal Society…Pharmacologist
John Jacob Abel was a significant American biochemist and pharmacologist. Born near Cleveland, Ohio, he graduated with a Ph.D. 1883 from the...
Ferid Murad

Ferid Murad

male, 73 years old
Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Virginia, Ph.D., Viagra, Doctor of Philosophy, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine…Pharmacologist
Ferid Murad (born September 14, 1936) is an American physician and pharmacologist, and a co-winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
Alexander Shulgin

Alexander Shulgin

male, 84 years old
psychopharmacology, 2C* family, psychoactive drugs, tryptamine, bioassay, PIHKAL…Pharmacologist
Alexander studied Chemistry at Harvard University and Biochemistry and Medicine at the University of California at Berkeley. He has authored over...
Daniel Bovet

Daniel Bovet

male, deceased (1992)
Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Esperantist, Neuchatel, Histamine, University of Rome La Sapienza…Pharmacologist
Daniel Bovet (March 23, 1907 - April 8, 1992) was a Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist who won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for...
John Robert Vane

John Robert Vane

male, deceased (2004)
Oxford University, Biologist, British, Pharmacologist, royal college of surgeon, pharmacology
Sir John Robert Vane (March 29, 1927 - November 19, 2004) was a British pharmacologist. His father was the son of Jewish immigrants from Russia and...
James W. Black

James W. Black

male, 85 years old
Cimetidine, Cowdenbeath, Alumni of the University of Dundee, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, FRSE…Pharmacologist
Sir James Whyte Black, OM, FRS, FRSE, FRCP (born 14 July 1924) is a Scottish pharmacologist who invented Propranolol, synthesized Cimetidine and...
Gertrude B. Elion

Gertrude B. Elion

female, deceased (1999)
Duke University faculty, urinary, from New York City, Biologist, Jewish American, Biochemist…Pharmacologist
Gertrude Belle Elion (January 23, 1918 - February 21, 1999) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, and a 1988 recipient of the Nobel Prize...
Candace Pert

Candace Pert

female, 63 years old
opiate receptor, Bryn Mawr College, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Bryn Mawr College alumni, Johns Hopkins University alumni, What the bleep do we know…Pharmacologist
Candace Beebe Pert (b. June 26, 1946) is a neuroscientist who discovered the opiate receptor, the cellular bonding site for endorphins in the...