Charpentier (pronounced: [ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tje]) is the French word for carpenter and a French surname. A variant spelling is Carpentier. In English the name is spelled Carpenter (surname) while in German it is Zimmermann.

The origin of the name dates to 900-1000 where Charpentier comes from Old French, Late Latin: carpentarius artifex or wainwright, equivalent to Latin carpent(um) two wheeled carriage ( < Celt; cf. OIr carpad chariot) + arius - ARY; see ER2.^[1]

List of persons with the surname

• Alexandre Charpentier (1856–1909), French sculptor and medallist
• Augustin Charpentier, French physician
• Constance Marie Charpentier (1767–1849), French painter
• François Charpentier (1620–1702), French archaeologist and scholar
• Fulgence Charpentier (1897–2001), Canadian journalist, editor and publisher
• Henri Charpentier (183?-1888), who drowned in a lake which was given his anglicized name. The nearby town of Carpenter was also named for him.
• Gustave Charpentier (1860–1956), French composer
• Jean de Charpentier (1786–1855), German-Swiss geologist
• Jean-Marie Charpentier, French architect
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704), French composer
• Sébastien Charpentier (born 1973), French motorcycle racer
• Sébastien Charpentier (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
• Toussaint de Charpentier (1779–1847), German geologist and entomologist
• Victor-Therese Charpentier (1732–1776), French governor-general of Saint-Domingue.

See also

• Charpentier River River in Northern Quebec (Ungava Peninsula), Canada
• Von Charpentier or de Charpentier, a German family of geologists:
  • Johann Friedrich Wilhelm de Charpentier (1738–1805), the father of Toussaint de Charpentier
• All pages beginning with "Charpentier"
• All pages with titles containing "Charpentier"

References

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