San Francisco, United States (US), norethindrone, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), National Medal of Science (1973), National Medal of Technology (1991), Inventors Hall of Fame in 1978, khichdi, blog, An archive image shows Carl Djerassi, one of the scientists who helped develop the birth control pill, in Erlangen, Germany, on October 16, 2003. Carl Djerassi, one of the developers of the birth control pill, has died at the age of 91 in San Francisco, California, in the US. Peter Roggenthin/dpa, Father of Birth Control Pill Carl Djerassi 