List of people with surname Carpenter

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.

Common combinations of given name and surname Carpenter

 * Aaron Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Andrew Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Arthur Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Bobby or Bob Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Brian Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Charles Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Chris Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Christine Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Christopher Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Daniel Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * David or Dave Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Donald Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Ed Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Edmund Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Francis Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Frank Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Franklin Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * George Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Harry Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Henry Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Horace Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Isaac Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Jack Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * James Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * John Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Joseph Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Ken Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Lewis or Lew Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Louis Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Maggie Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Margaret Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Mary Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Matthew Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Michael Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Nathaniel Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Paul Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Philip Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Richard Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Robert Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Ron Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Sam or Samuel Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Scott Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Stephen Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Ted Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * Thomas Carpenter (disambiguation)
 * William Carpenter (disambiguation)

A

 * Albert J. Carpenter (1911–1999), Rear Admiral in the United States Coast Guard
 * Alan Carpenter (born 1957), Australian politician
 * Alex Carpenter (born 1994), American ice hockey player
 * Alexander Carpenter, Latinized as Fabricius (fl.1429)
 * Alfred Carpenter (1881–1955), British naval officer, Vice-Admiral and Victoria Cross recipient
 * Allan Carpenter (1917–2003), American non-fiction writer
 * Allie May "A.M." Carpenter (1887–1978), artist and art educator
 * Almeria Carpenter (1752–1809) British courtier and mistress of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
 * Amanda Carpenter (born 1982), American author and columnist for The Washington Times
 * Archibald Boyd-Carpenter (1873–1937), British politician
 * Aurelius O. Carpenter (1836–1919), American photographer, writer and abolitionist

B

 * B. Platt Carpenter (1837–1921), Governor of Montana Territory from 1884 to 1885
 * Benajah Carpenter (1748–1776), founding member of the US Army Field Artillery Corps
 * Benjamin Carpenter (1725—1804), Revolutionary War Colonel, leader of colonial Vermont constitution and Lt. Governor.
 * Benjamin Carpenter (British Army officer) (c. 1713/14–1788), British army officer
 * Bill Carpenter (born 1937), American football player and army officer
 * Boyden Carpenter (1909–1995), American Hillbilly and Bluegrass musician

C

 * Cameron Carpenter (born 1981), American organist
 * Candi Carpenter (fl. 2010s), American country music singer-songwriter
 * Carleton Carpenter (1926–2022), American movie, TV and stage actor, magician, author, and songwriter
 * Catherine "Kate" Carpenter (c. 1730s–1784), Virginia pioneer for whom Kate's Mountain is named
 * Cecelia Svinth Carpenter (1924–2010), historian of the Nisqually people
 * Chad Carpenter (born c. 1968), American cartoonist
 * Charisma Carpenter (born 1970), American actor
 * Christina Carpenter (fl. 1329–1332), 14th-century anchoress
 * Clarence E. "Pete" Carpenter (1914–1987), American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and television theme song scorer
 * Clarence Ray Carpenter (1905–1975), American primatologist
 * Claude E. Carpenter (1904–1976), American set decorator
 * Cliff Carpenter (1915–2014), American actor
 * Connie Carpenter-Phinney (born 1957), American professional cycle racer and speed skater
 * Constance Carpenter (1904–1992), English-born American film and musical theatre actor
 * Coy Cornelius Carpenter (1900–1971), physician and dean of the School of Medicine of Wake Forest University
 * Cyrus C. Carpenter (1829–1898), Civil War veteran, Republican governor of Iowa, U.S. Representative from Iowa

D

 * Dan Carpenter (born 1985), American football placekicker
 * Daniel C. Carpenter (1815–1866), early New York police detective
 * David Aaron Carpenter, New York violist
 * Davis Carpenter (1799–1878), U.S. Representative from New York
 * Delphus E. Carpenter (1877–1951), Colorado state senator and water rights lawyer
 * Don Carpenter (1931–1995), American writer
 * Don Carpenter (fl. 1960s), electrical engineer, discoverer of the plasmasphere
 * Donald F. Carpenter (1899–1985), American businessman and government official
 * Doug Carpenter (born 1942), hockey coach
 * Drew Carpenter (born 1985), American baseball pitcher
 * Dudley Newcomb Carpenter (1874–1955), doctor, U.S. Navy officer, writer

E

 * Edwin Francis Carpenter (1898–1963), American astronomer
 * Elbert L. Carpenter (1862–1945), lumberman who helped organize the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, namesake of Elbert L. Carpenter House
 * Ellen Maria Carpenter (1830–1908), American painter
 * Ellie Carpenter (born 2000), Australian footballer
 * Elisabeth Carpenter Satterthwait (born 1856), author
 * Eliza Carpenter (1851–1924), early African-American race horse owner
 * Elizabeth Carpenter (born 1953), American writer, designer, and game developer
 * Ensley A. Carpenter (c. 1819–before 1910), doctor for whom the town of Carpenter, Kentucky was named
 * Ernie Carpenter (1907–1997), West Virginia fiddle player

F

 * Flavius Josephus Carpenter (1851–1933), Arkansas veteran of the Civil War, steamboat captain, entrepreneur
 * Florence Carpenter Dieudonné (1850–1927), early science fiction and fantasy writer
 * Frances Carpenter (1890–1972), American photographer and author
 * Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1830–1900), 19th century American painter
 * Francis M. Carpenter (1834–1919), New York politician
 * Frank G. Carpenter (1855–1924), 1920s travel guide author
 * Frank M. Carpenter (1902–1994), paleoentomologist & curator of fossil insects at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
 * Franklin R. Carpenter (1848–1910), 19th century American mining engineer
 * French Carpenter (1899–1965), West Virginia fiddle player

G

 * Gail Carpenter (born 1948), a cognitive scientist, neuroscientist, mathematician and adaptive resonance theory pioneer
 * Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter (1882–1953), British entomologist and evolutionary biologist
 * Gordon Carpenter (1919–1988), American basketball player
 * Grace Carpenter Hudson (1865–1937), American painter
 * Grant Carpenter (1865–1936), American newspaperman, lawyer, and writer
 * Guy Carpenter (1869–1935), founder of Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, a global risk and reinsurance specialist

H

 * Harlean Carpenter, better known as Jean Harlow (1911–1937), American film actor
 * Harriet Frances Carpenter (1868/75 - 1956), American educator and writer
 * Harry Carpenter (1925–2010), BBC sports commentator
 * Harry Carpenter (bishop) (1901–1993), warden of Keble College, Oxford and 37th Bishop of Oxford
 * Helen Knipe Carpenter (1881–1959), illustrator and writer
 * Henry Bernard Carpenter (1840–1890), Unitarian clergyman and poet
 * Herbert Carpenter (1869–1933), English cricketer
 * Hermon P. Carpenter (1877–1958), early Florida educator
 * Hick Carpenter (1855–1937), American Major League Baseball third baseman
 * Holly Carpenter (born 1991), Miss Ireland 2011
 * Horace B. Carpenter (1875–1945), American actor, director, and screenwriter
 * Horace Thompson Carpenter (1857–1947), artist and illustrator
 * Humphrey Carpenter (1946–2005), English biographer, author and radio broadcaster

I

 * Imogen Carpenter (born Mary Imogene Carpenter; 1912–1993), American musician and actress
 * Isaac Carpenter (drummer) (born 1979), American drummer, percussionist, producer, audio engineer and session musician
 * Isaac M. Carpenter (1920–1998), 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 (American football) (1923–2005), American football player
 * Jake Burton Carpenter (1954–2019), owner of Burton Snowboards
 * Jay Hall Carpenter (born 1961), sculptor
 * Jean Anne Carpenter, also known as Jean Carnahan (born 1933), American politician and writer
 * Jeanne Carpenter (1917–1994), American child actor of the silent era
 * Jeff Carpenter (fl. 2000s–2010s), Native American musician
 * Jennifer Carpenter (fl. 1990s–2020s), American actor
 * Joel Carpenter, pseudonym of Arnold Manoff (1914–1965), American screenwriter
 * Joseph Estlin Carpenter (1844–1927) Unitarian minister and pioneer in the study of comparative religion
 * Josh Carpenter (born 1979), American actor
 * Jot D. Carpenter (1938–2000), American landscape architect
 * Joyce Carpenter (1923−2016), New Zealand diver
 * Juliet Winters Carpenter (born 1948), translator of modern Japanese literature into English
 * Julius Angelo Carpenter (1827–1880), American manufacturer and politician
 * Justin Carpenter (fl. 2010s), a game developer known for making Harms Way (video game)

K

 * Karen Carpenter (1950–1983), singer and musician, half of The Carpenters
 * Kathleen E. Carpenter (1891–1970), British freshwater ecologist
 * Katie Carpenter (fl. 2010s–2020s), American actress, costume designer, and film producer
 * Keion Carpenter (1977–2016), American football defensive back
 * Keith Carpenter (born 1941), Canadian tennis player
 * Kent E. Carpenter (fl. 1970s–2010s), professor of biological sciences
 * Kerry Carpenter (born 1997), American baseball player
 * Kip Carpenter (born 1979), American speed skater
 * Kyle Carpenter (born 1989), Medal of Honor recipient for actions in combat in Operation Enduring Freedom

L

 * Lant Carpenter (1780–1840), English educator and Unitarian minister
 * Larry Carpenter (born 1948), American television soap opera director
 * Lauren Carpenter, New York violinist, sister of David Aaron Carpenter
 * Lea Carpenter (fl. 2000s–2010s), American writer and editor
 * Lemuel Carpenter (c. 1808–1859), Anglo-American California pioneer
 * Leonard Carpenter (born 1948), technical writer and author of fantasy and science fiction
 * Leonard Carpenter (rower) (1902–1994), American Olympic rower
 * Lester Carpenter (born 1970), Republican member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
 * Levi D. Carpenter (1802–1856), United States Representative from New York
 * Little Carpenter, nickname of Attakullakulla (c. 1708–1777), influential Cherokee leader and the tribe's First Beloved Man from 1761 to c. 1775
 * Liz Carpenter (1920–2010), feminist writer, reporter, and public relations expert
 * Loren Carpenter (born 1947), computer graphics researcher and developer
 * Louisa d'Andelot Carpenter (1907–1976), du Pont heiress, Jazz Age socialite, and aviator
 * Lucy Carpenter (born 1969), Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of York and Director of the Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory
 * Lyn Carpenter (born 1965), English netball administrator and former player

M

 * Malcolm Scott Carpenter, better known as Scott Carpenter (1925–2013), astronaut
 * Malinda Carpenter (fl. 1990s–2020s), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, child development psychology researcher
 * Margaret Carpenter (born 1950), member of the North Carolina House of Representatives 2001–2002
 * Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793–1872), née Geddes, British artist
 * Margaret Seymour Carpenter (1893–1987), novelist
 * Marion Carpenter (1920–2002), White House news photographer
 * Marion Carpenter Yazdi (1902–1996), Bahá'í writer
 * Marnee Carpenter (born 1990), American actress
 * Mary Carpenter (1807–1877), English educational and social reformer
 * Mary Chapin Carpenter (born 1958), country music singer-songwriter
 * Matt Carpenter (baseball) (born 1985), Major League Baseball third baseman
 * Matt Carpenter (runner) (born 1964), American trail runner
 * Matthew H. Carpenter (1824–1881), 19th century Republican Senator for Wisconsin
 * Melanie Carpenter (1971–1995), abducted and murdered Canadian woman
 * Meriva M. Carpenter (1802–1887), American artist
 * Merlin Carpenter (born 1967), English artist
 * Michael Carpenter (politician) (fl. 1840s–1850s), 19th-century mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
 * Michael Carpenter (tennis) (born 1936), Canadian tennis player
 * Michael E. Carpenter (born 1947), American lawyer and politician from Maine
 * Moses Carpenter (1854–1889), Native American who died in England

N

 * Nathanael Carpenter (1588/9?–1628), English author and geographer
 * Nathaniel L. Carpenter (1805–1892), entrepreneur and businessman of antebellum Natchez, Mississippi
 * Neil Carpenter (born 1944), Canadian pair skater
 * Nicholas Carpenter (fl. 2000s–2010s), film director, son of Scott Carpenter
 * Novella Carpenter (fl. 2000s–2010s), writer and gardener, or gardener and writer

P

 * Patricia Carpenter (music theorist) (1923–2000), an American professor of music theory at Barnard College and Columbia University
 * Patricia Carpenter (psychologist) (fl. 1990s–2000s), professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University
 * Paul Carpenter (actor) (1921–1964), Canadian actor and singer
 * Paul Carpenter (baseball), minor league baseball player
 * Paul B. Carpenter (1928–2002), Californian politician
 * Percy Carpenter (1820–1895), British artist
 * Peter Carpenter (1891-1971), Welsh pilot
 * Peter F. Carpenter (born 1940), American philanthropist
 * Philip Herbert Carpenter (1852–1891), 19th Century British naturalist
 * Philip Pearsall Carpenter (1819–1877), malacologist
 * Philo Carpenter (1805–1886), Chicago's first pharmacist, and an outspoken abolitionist
 * Preston Carpenter (1934–2011), American football player

R

 * R. R. M. Carpenter (1877–1949), American business executive
 * R. R. M. Carpenter Jr. (1915–1990), owner and club president of the Philadelphia Phillies
 * Ralph Carpenter (1909–2009), expert on Colonial American design
 * Ramsey Carpenter-Bearse (born 1990), Miss Kentucky 2014, competitor for the title of Miss America 2015
 * Randolph Carpenter (1894–1956), U.S. Representative from Kansas
 * Rene Carpenter (1928–2020), American newspaper columnist and television host
 * Rhys Carpenter (1889–1980), classical art historian and professor at Bryn Mawr College
 * Rita (Carpenter) Jenrette (born 1949), better known Rita Jenrette American celebrity, actor, television journalist, and real estate executive
 * Rolla C. Carpenter (1852–1919), American engineer
 * Rollo Carpenter (born 1965), creator of Jabberwacky AI software
 * Ron Carpenter (defensive back) (born 1970), American football player
 * Ron Carpenter (defensive lineman) (born 1948), American football player
 * Ron Carpenter (designer) (born 1950), British type designer
 * Ruly Carpenter (1940–2021), principal owner and club president of the Philadelphia Phillies
 * Russell Carpenter (born 1950), American cinematographer
 * Ryan Carpenter (born 1991), American professional ice hockey center
 * Ryan Carpenter (baseball) (born 1990), American professional baseball pitcher

S

 * Sabrina Carpenter (born 1999), actress and singer
 * Scott Carpenter (1925–2013), Mercury program astronaut and aquanaut
 * Scott Carpenter (water polo) (born 1988), British water polo player
 * Sean Carpenter, New York violinist, brother of David Aaron Carpenter
 * Shawn Carpenter (fl. 2000s), American Navy veteran
 * Shelt Carpenter (1862–1937), West Virginia outdoorsman and fiddle player
 * Simon Carpenter (fl. 2000s–2010s), British entomologist
 * Stanley Jennings Carpenter (1904–1984), US Army colonel and medical entomologist
 * Steve Carpenter (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
 * Steve Carpenter (American football) (born 1958), American football defensive back
 * Sue Carpenter (born 1956), former UK TV presenter
 * Susan Carpenter (fl. 1990s–2010s), American writer and pirate radio personality

T

 * Tariq Carpenter (born 1998), American football player
 * Teresa Carpenter (born 1948), Pulitzer-prize-winning American author
 * Terry Carpenter (1900–1978), Nebraska politician
 * Thelma Carpenter (1922–1997), jazz singer and actress
 * Thelma Carpenter (billiards player) (1911–1986), English billiards and snooker player
 * Theodore Carpenter (1898–1975), jazz musician
 * Tim Carpenter (born 1960), Democrat member of the Wisconsin Senate

V

 * Vivian Carpenter (born 1952), accounting academic and business executive

W

 * Walker Carpenter (1893–1956), American football tackle for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado
 * Walter Cecil Carpenter (1834–1904), born Walter Cecil Talbot, Royal Navy officer
 * 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), American Major League Baseball third baseman
 * Wendi B. Carpenter (born 1956), Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy
 * Whitney Carpenter, American journalist
 * Willie C. Carpenter (fl. 1970s–2020s), American actor

Families

 * The Carpenters, 20th century American singing duo
 * The Carpenters (violinists), three sibling violinists

No first name

 * Dr. Carpenter, British spy in Ice Station Zebra (novel)
 * "Mr. Carpenter", alias of Klaatu 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 (author)
 * 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
 * Henry Carpenter, the title character of The Book of Henry

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
 * Julia Carpenter, the second Spider-Woman and Madame Web in Marvel Comics

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
 * Michael Carpenter, a major side character in The Dresden Files book series by Jim Butcher

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