Carpenter (family name)
Carpenter (English for " carpenter ") is the family name of the following people:
Name bearer
A.
- Alan Carpenter (* 1957), Australian journalist and politician
- Alex Carpenter (* 1994), American ice hockey player
- Archibald Boyd-Carpenter (1873–1937), British officer and Conservative Party politician, member of the House of Commons
B.
- B. Platt Carpenter (1837-1921), American politician
- Barbara Carpenter (* around 1933), English badminton player
- Benjamin Carpenter (1725–1804), American military man and statesman
- Bobby Carpenter (born 1963), American ice hockey player and coach
C.
- Cameron Carpenter (* 1981), American organist
- Carleton Carpenter (born 1926), American actor, singer, songwriter and author
- Cecil Carpenter , American jazz and blues trombonist
- Charisma Carpenter (* 1970), American actress
- Charles Carpenter (1912–1978), American songwriter and music producer
- Chris Carpenter (sound engineer) , American sound engineer
- Chris Carpenter (snooker player) , British snooker player
- Chris Carpenter (baseball player, 1975) (born 1975), American baseball player
- Chris Carpenter (baseball player, 1985) (born 1985), American baseball player
- Claude E. Carpenter (1904–1976), American production designer
- Connie Carpenter-Phinney (* 1957), American cyclist, speed skater and rower
- Cris Carpenter (born 1965), American baseball player
- Cyrus C. Carpenter (1829–1898), American politician
D.
- Dave Carpenter (1959–2008), American jazz musician and composer
- David Carpenter (born 1930), American serial killer
- Davis Carpenter (1799–1878), American politician
E.
- Ed Carpenter (* 1981), American racing driver
- Eddie Carpenter (1890–1963), American-Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Edmund Nelson Carpenter (1865–1952), American politician
- Edward Carpenter (1844-1929), British author and poet
- Edwin Frances Carpenter (1898–1963), American astronomer
- Ellie Carpenter (* 2000), Australian soccer player
F.
- Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1830–1900), American painter
- Frank M. Carpenter (1902-1994), American paleontologist and entomologist
H
- Humphrey Carpenter (1946-2005), British biographer and children's book author
J
- Jake Burton Carpenter (1954–2019), American entrepreneur
- James Carpenter (astronomer) (1840–1899), British astronomer
- James Carpenter (born 1989), American football player
- Jennifer Carpenter (born 1979), American actress
- Jesse Fairfield Carpenter (1852-1901), American engineer
- John Carpenter (athlete) (1884–1933), American sprinter
- John Carpenter (* 1948), American director, actor and film music composer
- John Alden Carpenter (1876–1951), American composer
- John Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter (1908-1998), British politician (Conservative Party)
- John Carpenter (Game Show Candidate) (* 1967), first winner of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- Johnny Carpenter (1914–2003), American actor
K
- Karen Anne Carpenter (1950–1983), American singer, see Carpenters
- Keion Carpenter (1977-2016), American football player
- Keith Carpenter (born 1941), Canadian tennis player
- Ken Carpenter (track and field athlete) (1913–1984), American discus thrower
- Ken Carpenter (cyclist) (born 1965), American cyclist
- Kenneth Carpenter (also Ken Carpenter ; * 1949), American paleontologist
- Kip Carpenter (* 1979), American speed skater
L.
- Leonard Carpenter (1902-1994), American rower
- Levi D. Carpenter (1802-1856), American politician
- Lew Carpenter (1932-2010) American football player
- Lewis C. Carpenter (1836–1908), American politician
- Louis George Carpenter (1861–1935), American hydraulic engineer and university professor
M.
- Malcolm Scott Carpenter (1925-2013), American astronaut and aquanaut, see Scott Carpenter
- Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793–1872), English painter
- Mary Carpenter (educator) (1807–1877), British educator and social reformer
- Mary Carpenter (actress) (born 1957), American actress
- Mary Chapin Carpenter (* 1958), American singer
- Matthew H. Carpenter (1824–1881), American politician
- Michael E. Carpenter (* 1947), American politician
P
- Percy Carpenter (1820–1895), English painter
- Pete Carpenter (1914–1987), American composer
- Philip Pearsall Carpenter (1819–1877), British Presbyterian, social reformer, and conchologist
R.
- Randolph Carpenter (1894–1956), American politician
- Rhys Carpenter (1889–1980), American classical archaeologist
- Richard Carpenter (Author) (1929–2012) British novelist, screenwriter and actor
- Richard Carpenter (* 1946), American musician and composer, see Carpenters
- Rolla C. Carpenter (1852-1919), American engineer
- Rollo Carpenter (* 1965), British computer scientist
- Russell Carpenter (born 1950), American cameraman and photographer
- Ryan Carpenter (born 1991), American ice hockey player
S.
- Sabrina Carpenter (* 1999), American actress and singer
- Scott Carpenter ( Malcolm Scott Carpenter ; 1925-2013), American astronaut and aquanaut
- Stephen R. Carpenter (* 1952), American ecologist
T
- Tanya Carpenter (* 1975), German writer
- Terry Carpenter (1900–1978), American politician
- Thelma Carpenter (1922–1997), American jazz singer and actress
W.
- Wade Carpenter (born 1973), American actor
- William Carpenter (1818–1899), English painter
- William Benjamin Carpenter (1813–1885), English physiologist