Charpentier
Charpentier is the French word for "carpenter", and it is also a French surname; a variant spelling is Carpentier. In English, the equivalent word and name is "Carpenter"; in German, "Zimmermann"; in Dutch, "Timmerman".
The origin of the name dates to 900–1000, when the Old French "Charpentier" derived from the Late Latin carpentarius artifex, equivalent to Latin carpent, meaning "two-wheeled carriage", suffixed with arius ; see ER2.
Persons with the surname
Visual arts
- Alexandre Charpentier, French sculptor
- Constance Marie Charpentier, French painter
- Elisa Beetz-Charpentier, French sculptor
- Jean-Marie Charpentier, French architect
- Marguerite Charpentier, French art collector and salonist
Composers & musicians
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer of much sacred vocal music including Te Deum (Charpentier), and Molière's last collaborator
- Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier French organist and composer, father of Jacques-Marie, also an organist and composer
- Gustave Charpentier, French composer of Louise (opera)
- Gabriel Charpentier, Canadian composer
- Jacques Charpentier, French composer and organist
Politicians
- Gilles Charpentier, French politician
- Léon Charpentier, French politician
- Victor-Therese Charpentier, French governor-general of Saint-Domingue
Scientists
- Augustin Charpentier, French physician, investigator of size-weight illusion
- Emmanuelle Charpentier, French researcher in Microbiology, Genetics and Biochemistry
- François Charpentier, French archaeologist and scholar
- François-Philippe Charpentier, French engraver and inventor
- Johann von or Jean de Charpentier, German-Swiss geologist, namesake of the Antarctic Charpentier Pyramid
- Johann Friedrich Wilhelm de Charpentier, the father of both Toussaint and Johann/Jean
- Marie Charpentier, mathematician
- Myriam Charpentier, molecular biologist
- Toussaint de Charpentier, German geologist and entomologist
Soldiers
- Henri François Marie Charpentier, French general of the Napoleonic Wars
Writers
- Fulgence Charpentier, Canadian journalist, editor and publisher
Athletes
- Sébastien Charpentier, French motorcycle racer
- Sébastien Charpentier, Canadian ice hockey player
- Gabriel Charpentier, Congolese-born French association football player
Other
- Henri Charpentier, namesake of a lake and town in North Dakota
- Georges Charpentier, 19th century French publisher