John Carpenter (disambiguation)

John Carpenter (born 1948) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film music composer.

John Carpenter may also refer to:

• John A. Carpenter (1912–1978), American historian
• John Alden Carpenter (1876–1951), American composer
• John Barker Carpenter (born 1930), American basketball coach
• John C. Carpenter (politician) (1930–2016), American businessman, rancher, and politician
• John Henry Carpenter (1928–1998), accused of the 1978 murder of actor Bob Crane
• John Jo Carpenter, pseudonym of John H. Reese, American author of Western and crime fiction
• John M. Carpenter, American nuclear engineer
• John Stilley Carpenter (1849–1925), pioneer settler of Utah
• John W. Carpenter (1881–1959), Texas businessman and agriculturist
• John Wilson Carpenter III (1916–1996), U.S. Air Force general
• John Carpenter, 4th Earl of Tyrconnell (1790–1853), British peer
• John Carpenter (archbishop of Dublin) (died 1786), Roman Catholic archbishop of Dublin
• John Carpenter (athlete) (1884–1933), American athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
• John Carpenter (bishop of Worcester) (1399–1476), bishop of Worcester
• John Carpenter (footballer) (born 1948), Australian rules footballer for Essendon
• John Carpenter (game show contestant) (born 1967), first $1 million winner on the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
• John Carpenter (referee) (1936–2021), Irish football referee
• John Carpenter (town clerk) (died 1442), founder of the City of London School
• John Carpenter (British Army officer) (1894−1967)
• John Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter (1908–1998), British politician