Gábor Béla Fodor (December 5, 1915 – November 3, 2000) was a Hungarian-American
chemist, medical research scientist, and professor of chemistry. His work in academia, which spanned six decades in Europe and later in North America, specialized in research of
antidotes,
painkillers,
tropane alkaloids,and derivatives of
vitamin C. His research helped in finding treatments for
cancer,
strokes,
Alzheimer's disease, and other illnesses.