Description: (Inventor of Coca-Cola)
John Stith Pemberton, an American pharmacist and Confederate States Army veteran, is famous for inventing Coca-Cola in 1886. He sold the rights to the beverage before his passing in 1888. Pemberton, who suffered from a sabre wound acquired during the Battle of Columbus, struggled with chronic pain and morphine addiction. In his efforts to combat addiction, he conducted experiments with painkillers and toxins, eventually resulting in an earlier beverage that contained alcohol and cocaine, which later transformed into Coca-Cola.