Real People
- Alain Carpentier (born 1933) French heart surgeon
- Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980) Cuban writer and musicologist
- Édouard Carpentier (1926-2010) French professional wrestler
- Évariste Carpentier (1845-1922) Belgian painter
- Georges Carpentier (1894–1975) French boxer
- Horace Carpentier (1824–1918) lawyer and first mayor of Oakland, CA
- Jules Carpentier (1851–1921) French engineer and inventor
- Marcel Carpentier (1895–1977) French military officer
- Marguerite Jeanne Carpentier (1886–1965) French painter and sculptor
- Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier (Maritie 1922–2002, Gilbert 1920–2000), married French TV producers
- Patrick Carpentier (born 1971) Canadian race car driver
- Pieter de Carpentier (c. 1586–1659) Dutch or Flemish administrator of the Dutch East India Company
- Prudent Carpentier (born 1922) Canadian politician
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