'''James Carpenter''' may refer to:
*James Carpenter (actor) (fl. 1980s–2010s), Shakespearean actor in the San Francisco Bay Area *James Carpenter (architect) (born 1949), American light artist and designer *James Carpenter (astronomer) (1840–1899), British astronomer *James Carpenter (offensive lineman) (born 1989), American football offensive lineman *James Carpenter (cricketer) (born 1975), former English cricketer *James Carpenter (defensive tackle) (born 2001), American football player *James Carpenter (fencer) (born 1962), American fencer *James Carpenter (Royal Navy officer) (1760–1845), British navy officer *James C. Carpenter, American engineer; covered-bridge builder *James Edward Carpenter (1841–1901), United States Army officer *James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter Jr. (1867–1932), American architect *James Henry Carpenter (1846–1898), American engineer and industrialist *James Madison Carpenter (1888–1983), American Methodist minister and musicologist *James R. Carpenter (1867–1943), member of the Wyoming Senate *Jimmy Carpenter, American electric blues saxophonist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer
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