List of people with surname Carpenter

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This is a list of real and fictional people with the surname Carpenter.

• 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 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, (1894–1982), American figher pilot: see William C. Lambert
• Bill Carpenter, American football player and army officer
• Bobby Carpenter, aka Bob Carpenter, American ice hockey player
• Bob Carpenter, American radio personality
• Bobby Carpenter, American football linebacker
• Boyden Carpenter, American Hillbilly and Bluegrass musician
• Brianna Carpenter, Australian Idol finalist from Australia
• Brittany Nicole Carpenter, stage name Diamond, American rapper

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 Carpenter (medical researcher), helped found the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
• Charles Carpenter (musician), studio musician, see From This Moment On
• Charles Carpenter (Royal Navy officer), MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1790–1796
• 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 (born 1921), American naturalist and herpetologist
• Charles E. Carpenter (1845–1923), co-founder of Stone, Carpenter, and Willson
• 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 H. Carpenter (American lawyer), one of the Guantanamo Bay attorneys
• 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 '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, American professional baseball pitcher
• 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
• Dave Carpender, aka David Carpenter, guitarist with "The Greg Kihn Band"
• David Carpenter, early Texas settler—mentioned in Carpenters Bayou
• 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
• 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 (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. See also Earl of Tyrconnell.
• 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
• 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 (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 (born 1989), American football offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks
• James Carpenter (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 (1729–1786), Archbishop of Dublin
• John Carpenter, first winner of Who wants to be a Millionaire US
• John Carpenter, town clerk of London in the early 15th century and author of Liber Albus
• John Condict Carpenter, 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, American 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 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 (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, American track cyclist
• Ken Carpenter (announcer) (1900–1984), NBC radio announcer
• Ken Carpenter, who appeared in Hellraiser III
• 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
• 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, 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
• Martha (Carpenter) Meredith, mother of Samuel Meredith, first Treasurer of the United States
• 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
• 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 (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, British Victorian architect
• Richard Carpenter, British screenwriter
• Richard Carpenter, American musician, half of The Carpenters, brother of Karen
• 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, 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 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, (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

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

• Billy Carpenter, pseudonym for the U.S. Air Force|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 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

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 beginning with "Carpenter"
• All pages with titles containing Carpenter
• Zimmerman (surname) and Zimmermann, German surnames of occupational origin