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 ("carpenter" or "wainwright"), equivalent to Latin carpent(um), meaning "two-wheeled carriage" (perhaps ultimately derived from Celtic—consider Old Irish carpad, "chariot"), suffixed with arius ("-ary"); see ER2.Combined from several sources including: "Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary" 1996 by Barnes & Noble Books and "Concise Oxford Dictionary - 10th Edition by Oxford University Press.
Persons with the surname Visual arts Alexandre Charpentier (1856–1909), French sculptor Constance Marie Charpentier (1767–1849), French painter Elisa Beetz-Charpentier (1859–1949), French sculptor Jean-Marie Charpentier (1939–2010), French architect Marguerite Charpentier (1848–1904), French art collector and salonist
Composers & musicians Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704), French composer of much sacred vocal music including Te Deum (Charpentier), and Molière's last collaborator Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier (28 June 1734 – 6 May 1794) French organist and composer, father of Jacques-Marie (1766–1834), also an organist and composer Gustave Charpentier (1860–1956), French composer of Louise (opera) Gabriel Charpentier (born 1925), Canadian composer (see Canadian encyclopedia entry) Jacques Charpentier (1933–2017), French composer and organist
Politicians Gilles Charpentier (born 1927), French politician Léon Charpentier (1859–1945), French politician Victor-Therese Charpentier (1732–1776), French governor-general of Saint-Domingue
Scientists Augustin Charpentier (1852–1916), French physician, investigator of size-weight illusion Emmanuelle Charpentier (born 1968), French researcher in Microbiology, Genetics and Biochemistry François Charpentier (1620–1702), French archaeologist and scholar François-Philippe Charpentier (1734–1817), French engraver and inventor Johann von or Jean de Charpentier (1786–1855), German-Swiss geologist, namesake of the Antarctic Charpentier Pyramid Johann Friedrich Wilhelm de Charpentier (1738–1805), the father of both Toussaint and Johann/Jean Marie Charpentier (1903–1994), mathematician Myriam Charpentier, molecular biologist Toussaint de Charpentier (1779–1847), German geologist and entomologist
Soldiers Henri François Marie Charpentier (1769–1831), French general of the Napoleonic Wars
Writers Fulgence Charpentier (1897–2001), Canadian journalist, editor and publisher
Athletes Sébastien Charpentier (born 1973), French motorcycle racer Sébastien Charpentier (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player Gabriel Charpentier (born 1999), Congolese-born French association football player
Other Henri Charpentier (183?-1888), after whom Carpenter, North Dakota was indirectly named Georges Charpentier (1846–1905), 19th century French publisher
See also
Charpentier River in Northern Quebec, Canada
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