Charles Alderton, American pharmacist, founded Dr. Pepper (died 1941)

Charles Courtice Alderton was an American pharmacist and the inventor of the carbonated soft drink Dr Pepper.

Dr Pepper is a carbonated soft drink. Dr Pepper was created in the 1880s by the American pharmacist Charles Alderton in Waco, Texas, and was first nationally marketed in the United States in 1904. It is manufactured by Keurig Dr Pepper in the United States and Canada, by The Coca-Cola Company in the United Kingdom, Japan, and South Korea, and by PepsiCo in Europe. Variants include Diet Dr Pepper and, beginning in the 2000s, a line of additional flavors.

June 21 is the 172nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 193 days remain until the end of the year.