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This is a list of real and fictional surnamed Carpenters.
- See Carpenter (surname) for the etymology, related names, and Y-DNA information on Carpenters.
- See Carpenter (disambiguation) for Carpenter named communities, natural features, and manmade features.
- See Historic Carpenter Houses 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, VC, 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 United States Army Field Artillery Corps
- Benjamin Carpenter, Revolutionary War Colonel, leader of colonial Vermont constitution and Lt. Governor.
- Benjamin Carpenter, British army officer
- Bill Carpenter, American football player and army officer
- Bobby Carpenter (or Bob Carpenter), several people
- Boyden Carpenter, American Hillbilly and Bluegrass musician
- Brianna Carpenter, Australian Idol finalist from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
- Brittany Nicole Carpenter, stage name Diamond, an American rapper and former member of the group Crime Mob.
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, various people
- Chris Carpenter (disambiguation), various people
- Christina Carpenter (fl. 1329–1332), 14th-century anchoress
- Christine Carpenter (English historian), professor of medieval English history
- Pete Carpenter, American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and television theme song scorer
- Claude E. Carpenter, American set decorator
- Clarence Ray Carpenter, American primatologist
- Cliff Carpenter (1915–2014), American actor
- Connie Carpenter, 1966 Mothman witness
- 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
- David Carpenter (disambiguation), several people
- Davis Carpenter (1799–1878), U.S. Representative from New York
- Delphus E. Carpenter, Colorado state senator and water rights lawyer
- Don Carpenter, American writer
- 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
- Edwin Francis Carpenter, American astronomer
- Elbert L. Carpenter, better known as Elbert L. Carpenter House, lumberman who helped organize the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
- Elisabeth Carpenter Satterthwait (born 1856), author
- Eliza Carpenter (1851–1924), early African-American race horse owner
- Elizabeth Carpenter, American writer, designer, and game developer
- Ernie Carpenter (Fiddle Player) (1907–1997), West Virginia fiddle player
F
- Flavius Josephus Carpenter, Arkansas veteran of the Civil War, steamboat captain, entrepreneur
- 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, several people
- 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
- 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, South Carolina woodworker
- Imogen Carpenter (born Mary Imogene Carpenter), American musician and actress
- Isaac Carpenter, 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
- J. Ross Carpenter (1867–1943), land developer and namesake of Carpenter, Wyoming
- Jack Carpenter, several people
- Jake Burton Carpenter (born 1954), owner of Burton Snowboards
- James Carpenter, several people
- 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 (disambiguation) (also Johnny Carpenter), several people
- Joseph Carpenter, founder of Glen Cove, New York
- Josh Carpenter, American actor
- Jot D. Carpenter, American landscape architect
- Juliet Winters Carpenter, translator of modern Japanese literature into English
K
- Karen Carpenter, singer and musician, half of The Carpenters
- Keion Carpenter, American football defensive back
- Keith Carpenter, Canadian tennis player
- Ken Carpenter (also Kenneth Carpenter), several people
- 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
- 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
- Lyn Carpenter, English netball administrator and former player
M
- Malcolm Scott Carpenter, better known as Scott Carpenter, astronaut
- Margaret Carpenter (disambiguation), several people
- Marion Carpenter, White House news photographer
- Marion Carpenter Yazdi, Bahá'í writer
- Martha (Carpenter) Meredith, mother of Samuel Meredith, first Treasurer of the United States
- Mary Carpenter (disambiguation), several people
- Matt Carpenter (baseball), Major League Baseball third baseman
- Matt Carpenter (runner), American trail runner
- Matthew H. Carpenter, 19th century Republican Senator for Wisconsin
- Meriva M. Carpenter, American artist
- Merlin Carpenter, artist
- Michael Carpenter (politician), 19th-century mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Michael Carpenter (tennis, born 1936), 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 Andre Carpenter, film director, son of Scott Carpenter
- Novella Carpenter, writer and gardener, or gardener and writer
P
- Paul Carpenter (actor)
- Paul Carpenter (baseball player), minor league baseball player
- 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, several people
- 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, teen actor 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 Carpenter (1752-1847), American Revolutionary War officer and New Jersey glass manufacturer
- Thomas Carpenter III, commander of Carpenter's Regiment (First Bristol Regiment) in the Revolutionary War
- Thomas Glenn Carpenter, university educator and administrator
- Thomas Preston Carpenter, lawyer and judge of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
- Tim Carpenter, Democrat member of the Wisconsin Senate
V
- Vivian Carpenter, accounting academic and business executive
W
- Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. (1888-1976), American corporate executive
- Sir Walter Randolph Carpenter (1877–1954), Australian-Canadian entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist of American ancestry
- Warren L. Carpenter (1931–2003), M.D., USAF Flight Surgeon
- Warren William Carpenter, (1855–1937) was an American Major League Baseball third baseman
- Wendi B. Carpenter, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy
- William Carpenter (born 1605 England), a founder and settler of Rehoboth, Massachusetts
- William Carpenter, English colonist, first surnamed Carpenter to settle permanently in America, in the mid-1630s
- William Carpenter (Australian politician)
- William Carpenter, water colours of India
- William Carpenter, writer
- William Carpenter, 19th Century English political reformer and writer
- William Carpenter, 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, U.S. Consul to Foochow, China 1861–1865
- William Henry Carpenter (1853-1936), American philologist
- William Hookham Carpenter, 19th century Keeper at the British Museum
- William J. Carpenter, legendary West Virginia outdoorsman
- William Kenneth Carpenter (1913–1984), 1936 Summer Olympics gold medal discus winner
- William L. Carpenter, soldier, naturalist, and geologist
- William L. Carpenter, 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 (1894–1956), US Congressman
- William (Bill) S. Carpenter, Jr. (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
- Zophar Carpenter, founder of Carpenter's Fort in Garrard County, Kentucky
Similar names
- William Carpenter Bompas (1834–1906), a Church of England clergyman and missionary in northwestern Canada.
- William Carpenter Lambert, aka Bill Carpenter, (1894–1982) an American fighter pilot who flew in World War I and credited with 18 aerial victories.
Fictional Characters surnamed Carpenter
No first name
- Dr. Carpenter, British spy in Ice Station Zebra (novel) by Alistair MacLean
- "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 by Edward Rutherfurd
- The Carpenter Clan, focuses on a group of women in the 1996 novel 'Shadow Ranch: A Novel' by Jo-Ann Mapson
A
- Andy Carpenter, the lead character in a series of mystery books (7) by David Rosenfelt.
- Atticus Carpenter, the overriding antagonist in Insurrection.
B
- Billy Carpenter, pseudonym for the Air Force colonel who served as Air Operations Chief for the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in April 1961.
- 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 Syfy television film Mothman played by Connor Fox.
E
- Lieutenant Elroy Carpenter, on the television show McHale's Navy
G
- Dr. Guy Carpenter, physicist protagonist of A Hole in Texas by Herman Wouk
- 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 Sole Survivor by Dean Koontz
- Dr. John Carpenter, the main character played by Elvis Presley in the 1969 musical drama film Change of Habit.
- Joseph Carpenter, Codename: "Joker", supporting character from the Read or Die series of novels, manga and anime created by Hideyuki Kurata.
K
- Kate Carpenter, Canadian theater manager and murder mystery buff in a series of books by author Deborah Nicholson.
- 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 novel Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas (2010).
O
- O Be Joyful Carpenter, a Puritan character in the 1997 novel London by Edward Rutherfurd; the genealogical chart in the front matter of the book extends the Carpenter family from the family of protagonists in his earlier book Sarum.
P
- Patsy Carpenter, the main character of the 1970 novel Moving On by Larry McMurtry
- Patsy Carpenter, a rival character in Terms of Endearment and its sequel The Evening Star played by Miranda Richardson
S
- Sabina Carpenter, widow of a Pinkerton detective in Bill Pronzini's 1890s Western detective short stories Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services (1998)
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
- Zimmerman (surname) and Zimmermann, German surnames of occupational origin
References
- Jack B. Pfeiffer: Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation, Vol. I, Air Operations, March 1960 – April 1961, declassified from Top Secret, Central Intelligence Agency, DCI-8, September 1979, p. 104; Peter Wyden: Bay of Pigs, The Untold Story, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1979, pp. 54–55.
- Amazon.com, Inc.: Books by Deborah Nicholson. Accessed 14 December 2011.
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