Carothers

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Carothers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • A. J. Carothers (1931–2007), American playwright and television writer, worked with Walt Disney
  • Craig Carothers, American singer-songwriter
  • Dennis Carothers Stanfill, American business executive, Rhodes Scholar and philanthropist
  • Don Carothers (1934–2008), American football player
  • Earling Carothers Garrison (Jim) (1921–1992), District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana from 1962 to 1973
  • Eleanor Carothers (1882–1957), American zoologist, geneticist, and cytologist
  • Isaac Carothers, former alderman of the 29th ward on the far west side of the City of Chicago
  • Robert Carothers (born 1942), served as the tenth president of the University of Rhode Island from 1991 to 2009
  • Thomas Carothers, international expert on international democracy support, democratization and U.S. foreign policy
  • Wallace Carothers (1896–1937), American chemist, inventor, the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, credited with the invention of nylon

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