# 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)

## Less ambiguous notable individuals
### 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
* Audrey T. Carpenter (PhD 1959), British biographer
* 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

* Edward Frederick Carpenter (1910–1998), Anglican priest and author
* 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
* Iris Carpenter (c. 1904–1997), British journalist
* 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
* Richard Carpenter (musician) (born 1946), singer and musician, half of The Carpenters
* 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

### Z
## Families

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

## Fictional characters
### 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