Fame for Pharmacists Often Gained Far from Pharmacy

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Pharmacy can be an anonymous profession, but its practitioners have earned the respect and trust of the public, as the Gallup Poll proves every year. Still, it's not too much to wish for a bit of greater glory and renown.

Actually, a number of famous people have ties to pharmacy, and who's to say that those whose links are a bit tenuous and recognition achieved in a different profession don't owe at least some of their success to pharmacy? Hey, National Pharmacy Week is at hand, so why not take the chance to salute the profession in the broadest terms possible-just don't bet the mortgage money on some of the following.

Is America named after a pharmacist? Well, explorer …