List of people with surname Carpenter
Appearance
This is a list of real and fictional people with the surname Carpenter.
- See Carpenter (surname) for the etymology and related names.
- See Carpenter (disambiguation) for Carpenter named communities, natural features, and manmade features.
- See Carpenter House (disambiguation) for houses, homes, shops, homesteads, farmsteads, or other partially named or hyphenated named places with "Carpenter" or a similar meaning name.
A
- Aaron Carpenter, Canadian rugby player
- Alan Carpenter, Australian politician
- Alexander Carpenter, Latinized as Fabricius (fl.1429)
- Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter, British naval officer, Vice-Admiral and Victoria Cross recipient.
- Allan Carpenter, American non-fiction writer
- Allie May "A.M." Carpenter, artist and art educator
- Amanda Carpenter, American author and columnist for The Washington Times
- Angelo Carpenter, American manufacturer and politician
- Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter, British politician
B
- Benajah Carpenter, founding member of the US Army Field Artillery Corps
- Benjamin Carpenter, Revolutionary War Colonel, leader of colonial Vermont constitution and Lt. Governor.
- Benjamin Carpenter (British Army officer), British army officer
- Bill Carpenter, American football player and army officer
- Bobby Carpenter (ice hockey), aka Bob Carpenter, American ice hockey player
- Bob Carpenter (sportscaster), American radio personality
- Bobby Carpenter (football player), American football linebacker
- Boyden Carpenter, American Hillbilly and Bluegrass musician
C
- Cameron Carpenter, an American organist
- Carleton Carpenter, movie, TV and stage actor, magician, author and songwriter
- Catherine "Kate" Carpenter, Virginia pioneer for whom Kate's Mountain is named
- Cecelia Svinth Carpenter, historian of the Nisqually people
- Chad Carpenter, American cartoonist
- Charisma Carpenter, actor
- Charles Carpenter (bishop) born Charles Colcock Jones Carpenter (1920–1969), 6th Episcopal Bishop of Alabama
- Charles Carpenter (cricketer) (1837–1876), English cricketer
- Charles Carpenter (lieutenant colonel) (1913–1966), also known as "Bazooka Charlie", United States Army L-4 aircraft pilot
- Charles C. Carpenter, Oklahoma Boomer - organized and instigated the first unauthorized attempt to homestead the Unassigned Lands in Oklahoma Territory in 1879
- Charles C. Carpenter (admiral) (1834–1899), United States Navy rear admiral
- Charles Congden Carpenter (1921-2016), American naturalist and herpetologist
- Charles F. Carpenter, President of the U.S. Tri-State League in baseball, 1906–1913
- Charles H. Carpenter, first photographer for the Field Museum, Chicago, 1899–1947
- Charles I. Carpenter (1906–1994), first Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force
- Charles L. Carpenter (1902-1992), US Navy Rear Admiral, veteran of WWII and Operation Crossroads
- Charles K. Carpenter (1872–1948), American minister in northern Illinois state and Illinois Naturalist
- Charles Sydney Carpenter, nicknamed Bubba Carpenter, Major League Baseball player
- Charles T. Carpenter (1858–1945), Kansas banker taken hostage by the Dalton Gang
- Charles U. Carpenter (1872-1928), American business manager and management author
- Charles William Carpenter (1886–1971), 20th Baptist minister and Civil Rights activist
- Chris Carpenter, born Christopher John Carpenter, starting pitcher in Major League Baseball
- Chris Carpenter (baseball, born 1985) American professional baseball pitcher
- Christina Carpenter (fl. 1329–1332), 14th-century anchoress
- Christine Carpenter (English historian), professor of medieval English history
- Clarence E. "Pete" Carpenter, American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and television theme song scorer
- Clarence Ray Carpenter, American primatologist
- Claude E. Carpenter, American set decorator
- Cliff Carpenter (1915–2014), American actor
- Connie Carpenter-Phinney, American professional cycle racer and speed skater
- Constance Carpenter, English-born American film and musical theatre actor
- Coy Cornelius Carpenter, physician and dean of the School of Medicine of Wake Forest University
- Cyrus C. Carpenter, Civil War veteran, Republican governor of Iowa, U.S. Representative from Iowa
D
- Dan Carpenter, American football placekicker
- Daniel C. Carpenter, early New York police detective
- Dave Carpenter, bassist
- Dave Carpender, aka David Carpenter, guitarist with "The Greg Kihn Band"
- David Carpenter (baseball, born 1985), baseball player
- David Carpenter (baseball, born 1987), baseball player
- David Carpenter (cricketer), English cricketer
- David Carpenter (historian) (born 1947), British historian
- David Carpenter (writer) (born 1941), Canadian novelist
- David Carpenter, serial killer also known as the "Trailside Killer"
- David Aaron Carpenter (born 1986), violist
- David G. Carpenter, Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security 1998-2002
- David O. Carpenter, professor of environmental health sciences
- Davis Carpenter (1799–1878), U.S. Representative from New York
- Delphus E. Carpenter, Colorado state senator and water rights lawyer
- Don Carpenter, American writer
- Don Carpenter, electrical engineer
- Donald F. Carpenter, American businessman and government official
- Doug Carpenter, hockey coach
- Drew Carpenter, American baseball pitcher
- Dudley Newcomb Carpenter, doctor, Navy Officer, writer.
E
- Ed Carpenter (artist), artist specializing in large-scale public installations
- Ed Carpenter (racecar driver), Indy Racing League driver
- Eddie Carpenter, Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman
- Edmund Nelson Carpenter, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Edmund N. Carpenter, II, law firm president and past president of the Delaware Bar Association
- Edmund Snow Carpenter, aka "Ted" Carpenter, anthropologist
- Edward Carpenter, socialist poet, anthologist, and early homosexual activist
- Edward Carpenter (priest) (1910-1998), Anglican priest and author
- Edward Childs Carpenter, American author, playwright, and director
- Edwin Francis Carpenter, American astronomer
- Elbert L. Carpenter, lumberman who helped organize the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
- Ellie Carpenter (born 2000), Australian footballer
- Elisabeth Carpenter Satterthwait (born 1856), author
- Eliza Carpenter (1851–1924), early African-American race horse owner
- Elizabeth Carpenter, American writer, designer, and game developer
- Ensley A. Carpenter, doctor for whom the town of Carpenter, Kentucky was named
- Ernie Carpenter (1907–1997), West Virginia fiddle player
F
- Flavius Josephus Carpenter, Arkansas veteran of the Civil War, steamboat captain, entrepreneur
- Florence Carpenter Dieudonné, early science fiction and fantasy writer
- Frances Carpenter (1890–1972), American photographer and author
- Francis Bicknell Carpenter, 19th century American painter
- Francis M. Carpenter (1834–1919), New York politician
- Frank G. Carpenter, 1920s travel guide author
- Frank M. Carpenter (1902–1994), paleoentomologist & curator of fossil insects at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
- Franklin R. Carpenter, 19th century American mining engineer
- French Carpenter (1899–1965), West Virginia fiddle player
G
- Gail Carpenter, a cognitive scientist, neuroscientist, mathematician and adaptive resonance theory pioneer
- Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter, British entomologist and evolutionary biologist
- George Carpenter (Salvation Army) (1872–1948), fifth General of The Salvation Army
- George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter (1657–1732), British soldier, MP and ambassador
- George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter (died 1749), British politician
- George Carpenter, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, 3rd Baron Carpenter (1723–1762), British politician
- George Carpenter, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell (1750–1805)
- George Carpenter, 3rd Earl of Tyrconnell (1788–1812)
- George Albert Carpenter (1867–1944), U.S. federal judge, Northern District of Illinois
- George Herbert Carpenter (1865–1939), British naturalist and entomologist
- George Moulton Carpenter (1844–1896), U.S federal judge, District of Rhode Island
- George Rice Carpenter, educator, scholar and author
- George Washington Carpenter (1802–1860), American mineralogist
- Gordon Carpenter, American basketball player
- Grace Carpenter Hudson (1865–1937), American painter
- Grant Carpenter (1865–1936), American newspaperman, lawyer, and writer
H
- Harlean Carpenter, better known as Jean Harlow, American film actor
- Harry Carpenter, BBC sports commentator
- Harry Carpenter (bishop), warden of Keble College, Oxford and 37th Bishop of Oxford
- Helen Knipe Carpenter, illustrator and writer
- Henry Bernard Carpenter, Unitarian clergyman and poet
- Herbert Carpenter, English cricketer
- Hermon P. Carpenter, early Florida educator
- Hick Carpenter, American Major League Baseball third baseman
- Holly Carpenter, Miss Ireland 2011
- Horace B. Carpenter, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- Horace Thompson Carpenter, artist and illustrator
- Humphrey Carpenter, English biographer, author and radio broadcaster
I
- Ike Carpenter (woodworker), South Carolina woodworker
- Imogen Carpenter (born Mary Imogene Carpenter), American musician and actress
- Isaac Carpenter (drummer), American drummer, percussionist, producer, audio engineer and session musician
- Isaac M. "Ike" Carpenter, American jazz musician and bandleader of the 1940s and 1950s
J
- J. D. Carpenter (born 1948), Canadian poet and crime novelist
- J. L. Carpenter (1839–1919), American politician
- J.R. Carpenter (born 1972), Canadian artist, writer and performer
- Jack Carpenter (actor) (born 1984), American film actor
- Jack Carpenter (American football) (1923–2005), American football player
- Jake Burton Carpenter (born 1954), owner of Burton Snowboards
- Jake Burton Carpenter (born 1954), owner of Burton Snowboards
- James Carpenter (American football) (born 1989), American football offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks
- James Carpenter (astronomer) (1840-1899), British astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich
- James C. Carpenter, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania covered bridge builder
- James Edward Carpenter (1841-1901), American Civil War soldier & officer and noted attorney in Philadelphia.
- James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter, Jr. (1867-1932), American architect
- James Henry Carpenter (1846-1898), founder of Carpenter Technology Corporation
- James Madison Carpenter (1888-1983), Methodist minister, folklorist
- Jay Hall Carpenter (born 1961), sculptor
- Jean Anne Carpenter, also known as Jean Carnahan, American politician and writer
- Jeanne Carpenter, American child actor of the silent era
- Jeff Carpenter, Native American musician
- Jennifer Carpenter, American actor
- Joel Carpenter (1914-1965), American screenwriter
- John Carpenter (archbishop of Dublin)
- John Carpenter (Who Wants to be a Millionaire winner)
- John Carpenter (town clerk), town clerk of London in the early 15th century and author of Liber Albus
- John Carpenter (athlete), American athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
- John Alden Carpenter (1876–1951), American composer
- John Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter, British politician
- John Delaval Carpenter, 4th Earl of Tyrconnell (1790–1853)
- John Howard Carpenter (born 1948), American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film music composer
- John Jo Carpenter, pseudonym of John H. Reese, American author of Western and crime fiction
- John M. Carpenter, nuclear engineer
- John Stilley Carpenter, Utah pioneer and LDS Church bishop
- John W. Carpenter, American agriculturist
- John Wilson Carpenter III, Lt Gen, USAF (1916–1996)
- Johnny Carpenter, American actor
- Joseph Estlin Carpenter (1844–1927) Unitarian minister and pioneer in the study of comparative religion
- Josh Carpenter, American actor
- Jot D. Carpenter, American landscape architect
- Joyce Carpenter, New Zealand diver
- Juliet Winters Carpenter, translator of modern Japanese literature into English
- Justin Carpenter, a game developer known for making Harms Way.
K
- Karen Carpenter, singer and musician, half of The Carpenters
- Keion Carpenter (1977–2016), American football defensive back
- Keith Carpenter, Canadian tennis player
- Ken Carpenter (athlete) (1913–1984), 1936 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the discus throw
- Ken Carpenter (American football) (born 1926), American and Canadian football player (1950–1960)
- Ken Carpenter (cyclist), American track cyclist
- Ken Carpenter (announcer) (1900–1984), NBC radio announcer
- Kenneth Carpenter, paleontologist at the Denver Museum of Natural History and author
- Kent E. Carpenter, professor of biological sciences
- Kip Carpenter, American speed skater
- Kyle Carpenter, Medal of Honor recipient for actions in combat in Operation Enduring Freedom
L
- Lant Carpenter, English educator and Unitarian minister
- Larry Carpenter, American television soap opera director
- Lea Carpenter, American writer and editor.
- Lemuel Carpenter, Anglo-American California pioneer
- Leonard Carpenter, technical writer and author of fantasy and science fiction
- Leonard Carpenter (rower), American Olympic rower
- Lester Carpenter, Republican member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
- Levi D. Carpenter (1802–1856), United States Representative from New York
- Lew Carpenter, American football running back and coach
- Lewis C. Carpenter (1836–1908), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- Little Carpenter (c. 1708–1777), influential Cherokee leader and the tribe's First Beloved Man from 1761 to c. 1775
- Liz Carpenter, feminist writer, reporter, and public relations expert
- Loren Carpenter, computer graphics researcher and developer
- Louisa d'Andelot Carpenter, du Pont heiress, Jazz Age socialite, and aviator
- Louis Carpenter (judge), Kansas lawyer, victim of Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence, Kansas
- Louis George Carpenter, professor and engineer
- Louis H. Carpenter, Civil War cavalry trooper, Spanish–American War general, and Medal of Honor winner
- Lucy J. Carpenter, Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of York and Director of the Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory
- Lyn Carpenter, English netball administrator and former player
M
- Malcolm Scott Carpenter, better known as Scott Carpenter, astronaut
- Margaret Carpenter, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives 2001–2002
- Margaret Sarah Carpenter, née Geddes, British artist
- Margaret Seymour Carpenter, novelist
- Marion Carpenter, White House news photographer
- Marion Carpenter Yazdi, Bahá'í writer
- Mary Carpenter, English educational and social reformer
- Mary Chapin Carpenter, country music singer-songwriter
- Matt Carpenter (baseball), Major League Baseball third baseman
- Matt Carpenter (runner), American trail runner
- Matthew H. Carpenter, 19th century Republican Senator for Wisconsin
- Melanie Carpenter (1971–1995), abducted and murdered Canadian woman
- Meriva M. Carpenter, American artist
- Merlin Carpenter, artist
- Michael Carpenter (politician), 19th-century mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Michael Carpenter (tennis), Canadian tennis player
- Moses Carpenter, Native American who died in England
N
- Nathanael Carpenter (1588/9?-1628), English author and geographer
- Nathaniel L. Carpenter, entrepreneur and businessman of antebellum Natchez, Mississippi
- Neil Carpenter, Canadian pair skater
- Nicholas Carpenter, film director, son of Scott Carpenter
- Novella Carpenter, writer and gardener, or gardener and writer
P
- Patricia Carpenter (music theorist)
- Patricia Carpenter, professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University
- Paul Carpenter (actor)
- Paul Carpenter (baseball player), minor league baseball player
- Paul B. Carpenter (1928–2002), Californian politician
- Percy Carpenter, British artist
- Philip Herbert Carpenter, 19th Century British naturalist
- Philip Pearsall Carpenter (1819–1877), malacologist
- Philo Carpenter, Chicago's first pharmacist, and an outspoken abolitionist
- Preston Carpenter, American football player
R
- R. R. M. Carpenter, American business executive
- R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr., owner and club president of the Philadelphia Phillies
- Ralph Emerson Carpenter, Jr., expert on Colonial American design
- Ramsey Carpenter, Miss Kentucky 2014, competitor for the title of Miss America 2015
- Randolph Carpenter, U.S. Representative from Kansas
- Rhys Carpenter, classical art historian and professor at Bryn Mawr College
- Richard Carpenter (theologian) (1575–1627), English clergyman and theological writer
- Richard Carpenter (ca. 1700–1750), original owner of the Belvale property in Fairfax County, Virginia
- Richard Carpenter (architect), British Victorian architect
- Richard Carpenter (screenwriter), British screenwriter
- Richard Carpenter (musician), American musician, half of The Carpenters, brother of Karen Carpenter
- Richard Cromwell Carpenter, British 19th century architect
- Rita (Carpenter) Jenrette, better known Rita Jenrette American celebrity, actor, television journalist, and real estate executive
- Robert Carpenter (Ohio politician)
- Robert C. Carpenter, Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly
- Robert P. Carpenter, professional cricketer for Cambridge and All-England Eleven
- Rolla C. Carpenter, American engineer
- Rollo Carpenter, creator of Jabberwacky AI software
- Ron Carpenter (defensive back), American football player
- Ron Carpenter (defensive lineman), American football player
- Ron Carpenter (designer), British type designer
- Ruly Carpenter, principal owner and club president of the Philadelphia Phillies
- Russell Carpenter, American cinematographer
S
- Sabrina Carpenter, actress and singer
- Sam Carpenter (footballer) (born 1987), Australian rules football player
- Samuel Carpenter (1649–1714), First Treasurer and Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania
- Scott Carpenter (1925–2013), Mercury program astronaut and aquanaut
- Scott Carpenter (Water Polo), British water polo player
- Shawn Carpenter, American Navy veteran
- Shelt Carpenter (Fiddle Player), West Virginia outdoorsman and fiddle player
- Simon Carpenter, British entomologist
- Stanley Jennings Carpenter, US Army colonel and medical entomologist
- Stephen Carpenter, US musician
- Stephen Carpenter (writer), US writer, film director, and cinematographer
- Stephen Cullen Carpenter, British-American journalist
- Stephen Decatur Carpenter (1818–1862), US Army officer
- Sue Carpenter, former UK TV presenter
- Susan Carpenter, American writer and pirate radio personality
T
- Teresa Carpenter, Pulitzer-prize-winning American author
- Terry Carpenter, Nebraska politician
- Thelma Carpenter, jazz singer and actress
- Theodore Carpenter (1898–1975), jazz musician
- Thomas G. Carpenter (born 1926), American educator
- Thomas Carpenter (glassmaker) (1752–1847), American soldier and glassmaker
- Thomas Carpenter III (1733–1807), American soldier
- Thomas Preston Carpenter (1804–1876), American lawyer and judge
- Thomas Carpenter (MP) (died 1565), English MP who represented Chichester
- Tim Carpenter, Democrat member of the Wisconsin Senate
V
- Vivian Carpenter, accounting academic and business executive
W
- Walter Randolph Carpenter (1877–1954), Australian-Canadian entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist
- Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. (1888-1976), American corporate executive
- Warren L. Carpenter (1931–2003), US Air Force flight surgeon
- Warren William Carpenter, nicknamed Hick Carpenter, (1855–1937) was an American Major League Baseball third baseman
- Wendi B. Carpenter, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy
- William Carpenter (born 1605 England), of the Rehoboth Carpenter family, a founder and settler of Rehoboth, Massachusetts
- William Carpenter (Rhode Island), English colonist, settler in Rhode Island in the mid-1630s
- William Carpenter (Australian politician)
- William Carpenter (painter), water colours of India
- William Carpenter, writer
- William Carpenter (1797-1874), 19th Century English political reformer and writer
- William Carpenter (1830-1896), proponent of the Flat Earth theory
- William Benjamin Carpenter (1813–1885), English physiologist and naturalist
- William Boyd Carpenter (1841-1918), English clergyman
- William H. Carpenter (1821-1885), U.S. Consul to Foochow, China 1861–1865
- William Henry Carpenter (philologist) (1853-1936), American philologist
- William Hookham Carpenter, 19th century Keeper at the British Museum
- William J. Carpenter (1827-1921), legendary West Virginia outdoorsman
- William Kenneth Carpenter, known as Ken Carpenter (athlete) (1913–1984), 1936 Summer Olympics gold medal discus winner
- William L. Carpenter, soldier, naturalist, and geologist
- William L. Carpenter (Michigan jurist), a jurist who was elected to the Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan in 1894, and member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1902 until 1904
- William Marbury Carpenter, American physician and natural scientist
- William Randolph Carpenter, known as Randolph Carpenter (1894–1956), US Congressman
- William S. Carpenter, Jr., known as Bill Carpenter (born 1937), American football player and US Army lieutenant general
- William T. Carpenter, psychiatrist researching Schizoaffective disorder
- William Thomas Carpenter, aka "Will Tom" Carpenter, American "cowman" and author
- William the Carpenter (fl. 1087–1102), viscount of Melun, French nobleman who participated in the First Crusade
Z
Fictional characters surnamed Carpenter
No first name
- Dr. Carpenter, British spy in Ice Station Zebra (novel)
- "Mr. Carpenter", alias of Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still) in the film The Day the Earth Stood Still
- The Carpenter family, a protagonist family line in the 1987 novel Sarum
- The Carpenter Clan, focuses on a group of women in the 1996 novel Shadow Ranch by Jo-Ann Mapson
A
- Andy Carpenter, the lead character in a series of mystery books by David Rosenfelt
- Atticus Carpenter, the overriding antagonist in Insurrection (StarCraft)
B
- Bop Carpenter, patriarch of the Carpenter family clan in Jo-Ann Mapson's novel Shadow Ranch
C
- Cassie Carpenter, from EastEnders
D
- Derek Carpenter, in the 2010 television film Mothman
E
- Lieutenant Elroy Carpenter, on the television show McHale's Navy
G
- Dr. Guy Carpenter, physicist protagonist of A Hole in Texas
- Guy Carpenter from Neighbours
H
- Hannah Carpenter, in EastEnders
J
- Jack Carpenter, main character in a series of books by James Swain
- Jake Carpenter, main character from Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter by Richard Platt
- Joe Carpenter, protagonist of the novel Sole Survivor
- Dr. John Carpenter, the main character played by Elvis Presley in the 1969 musical drama film Change of Habit.
- Joseph Carpenter, codenamed "Joker", supporting character from the Read or Die series of novels, manga, and anime
K
- Kelvin Carpenter, from EastEnders
L
- Lauren Carpenter, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Lou Carpenter, from Neighbours
- Louise Carpenter, in Neighbours
M
- Meg Carpenter, a genre fiction ghostwriter, book reviewer, and writing coach in the 2010 novel Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas
N
- Nora Carpenter, in the American horror movie Final Destination 2
O
- O Be Joyful Carpenter, a Puritan character in the 1997 novel London
P
- Patsy Carpenter, the main character of the 1970 novel Moving On by Larry McMurtry
- Patsy Carpenter, a character in Terms of Endearment
S
- Sabina Carpenter, widow of a Pinkerton detective in Bill Pronzini's 1890s Western detective short story collection Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services
T
- Tony Carpenter, from EastEnders
Z
- Zoe Carpenter, in the soap opera Hollyoaks
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Carpenter
- All pages with titles containing Carpenter
- Carpentier, a Norman-Picard surname
- Carpintero, a Spanish surname
- Charpentier, a French-language surname
- Zimmerman (surname) and Zimmermann, German surnames of occupational origin