Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company (died 1898)

Eli Lilly was a Union Army officer, pharmacist, chemist, and businessman who founded Eli Lilly and Company.

Eli Lilly and Company, doing business as Lilly, is an American multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, with offices in 18 countries. Its products are sold in approximately 125 countries. The company was founded in 1876 by Eli Lilly, a pharmaceutical chemist and Union army veteran during the American Civil War for whom the company was later named.