Vittorio Erspamer

Vittorio Erspamer
Born	(1909-07-30)30 July 1909 Malosco, Austria-Hungary
Died	25 October 1999(1999-10-25) (aged 90) Rome, Italy
Known for	Discoverer of serotonin and octopamine

Vittorio Erspamer (30 July 1909 – 25 October 1999) was an Italian pharmacologist and chemist, known for the identification, synthesis and pharmacological studies of more than sixty new chemical compounds, most notably serotonin and octopamine.