Caleb Bradham

Entrepreneur

Birthday May 27, 1867

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Chinquapin, NC

DEATH DATE Feb 19, 1934 (66)

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About

Pharmacist who stumbled across greatness by inventing Pepsi-Cola.

Before Fame

He graduated from the University of North Carolina before dropping out of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Trivia

His soft drink was named Brad's Drink before settling on Pepsi-Cola in 1898.

Family Life

He had three children, Mary, Caleb Jr., and George, with wife Charity Credle.

Associated With

He and John Pemberton invented two of the world's best-known soft drinks.