{{Infobox surname | name = Charpentier |image= |caption= | pronunciation = shar PAHN' t'yay | meaning = worker or fixer of wood, builder of wood | region = | variant = Carpenter, Timmerman, Zimmermann, Zimmerman, Carpentier, Zimerman | footnotes = }} '''Charpentier''' ({{IPA|fr|ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tje|pron}}) 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.<ref>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.</ref>
==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 [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gabriel-charpentier-emc/ 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), <!-- explorer? -->namesake of a lake and town in North Dakota * Georges Charpentier (1846–1905), 19th century French publisher
==See also== {{Wiktionary|charpentier}} *Charpentier River in Northern Quebec, Canada * {{lookfrom|Charpentier}} * {{intitle|Charpentier}}
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