John Carpenter (disambiguation)

John Carpenter (born 1948) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film music composer.

John Carpenter may also refer to:


 * John A. Carpenter (1912–1978), American historian
 * John Alden Carpenter (1876–1951), American composer
 * John Barker Carpenter (born 1930), American basketball coach
 * John C. Carpenter (politician) (1930–2016), American businessman, rancher, and politician
 * John Henry Carpenter (1928–1998), accused of the 1978 murder of actor Bob Crane
 * John Jo Carpenter, pseudonym of John H. Reese, American author of Western and crime fiction
 * John M. Carpenter, American nuclear engineer
 * John Stilley Carpenter (1849–1925), pioneer settler of Utah
 * John W. Carpenter (1881–1959), Texas businessman and agriculturist
 * John Wilson Carpenter III (1916–1996), U.S. Air Force general
 * John Carpenter, 4th Earl of Tyrconnell (1790–1853), British peer
 * John Carpenter (archbishop of Dublin) (died 1786), Roman Catholic archbishop of Dublin
 * John Carpenter (athlete) (1884–1933), American athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
 * John Carpenter (bishop of Worcester) (1399–1476), bishop of Worcester
 * John Carpenter (footballer) (born 1948), Australian rules footballer for Essendon
 * John Carpenter (game show contestant) (born 1967), first $1 million winner on the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
 * John Carpenter (referee) (1936–2021), Irish football referee
 * John Carpenter (town clerk) (died 1442), founder of the City of London School
 * John Carpenter (British Army officer) (1894−1967)
 * John Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter (1908–1998), British politician

See more

 * List of people with surname Carpenter, for real and fictional Carpenters
 * Carpenter (disambiguation), for Carpenter named communities, natural features, and man-made features
 * Historic Carpenter Houses, for houses, homes, shops, homesteads, farmsteads, or other partially named or hyphenated named places with "Carpenter" or a similar meaning name