Charpentier () is the

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Carpentier Carpentier is a Norman-Picard surname, variant form of French Charpentier and is similar to the English Carpenter, that is borrowed from Norman. In Basse Normandie, the most common form is Lecarpentier. The words ''carpentier, charpentier, car ...

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"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 Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier (1856–1909) was a French sculptor, medalist, craftsman, and cabinet-maker. Life and work From working-class origins and apprenticed to an engraver as a young man, he became a studio assistant to the innov ...

(1856–1909), French sculptor *

Constance Marie Charpentier Constance Marie Charpentier (born 4 April 1767 Paris, – 3 August 1849 Paris) was a French painter. She specialized in genre scenes and portraits, mainly of children and women. She was also known as Constance Marie Blondelu. Life and career ...

(1767–1849), French painter * Elisa Beetz-Charpentier (1859-1949), French sculptor *

Jean-Marie Charpentier Jean-Marie Charpentier (27 April 1939 – 24 December 2010) was a French architect and urban planner. He founded ''Arte Charpentier'' in Paris in 1969. Biography Jean-Marie Charpentier was born in Paris, France. Jean-Marie Charpentier gradu ...

(1939-2010), French architect *

Marguerite Charpentier Marguerite Charpentier (1 March 1848 – 30 November 1904) was a French salonist and art collector who was one of the earliest champions of the Impressionists, especially Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Biography She was born Marguerite Louise Lemonnier ...

(1848-1904), French art collector and salonist

Composers & musicians

Marc-Antoine Charpentier Marc-Antoine Charpentier (; 1643 – 24 February 1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. One of his most famous works is the main theme from the prelude of his ''Te Deum'' ''H.146, Marche en rondeau''. This theme is st ...

(1643–1704), French composer of much sacred vocal music including

Te Deum (Charpentier) Marc-Antoine Charpentier composed six Te Deum settings, but only four of them have survived (H.145, H.146, H.147, H.148). Largely because of the great popularity of its prelude, the best known is the Te Deum in D major, H.146, written as a '' gra ...

, and Molière's last collaborator *

Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier (28 June 1734 – 6 May 1794) was a celebrated French organist and composer. He was born in Abbeville. From 1763, he was a member of the Académie des Beaux Arts de Lyon (now École des Beaux-Arts). Then, from ...

(28 June 1734 – 6 May 1794) French organist and composer, father of

Jacques-Marie Jacques-Marie or Jacques Marie may refer to: *Jacques-Marie, vicomte Cavaignac (1773–1855), French general *Jacques Marie (footballer) (1945–1999), French footballer *Jacques-Marie d'Amboise (1538–1611), French hellenist *Jacques-Marie Beauva ...

(1766–1834), also an organist and composer *

Gustave Charpentier Gustave Charpentier (; 25 June 1860 – 18 February 1956) was a French composer, best known for his opera ''Louise (opera), Louise''.Langham Smith R., "Gustave Charpentier", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 19 ...

(1860–1956), French composer of

Louise (opera) ''Louise'' is a "musical novel", or "", in four acts and five scenes by Gustave Charpentier. It can be considered an opera. The composer himself penned the French libretto with contributions from Saint-Pol-Roux, a symbolist poet and the inspirat ...

* Gabriel Charpentier (born 1925), Canadian composer (se
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Jacques Charpentier Jacques Charpentier (18 October 1933 in Paris, France – 15 June 2017 in Lézignan-Corbières, France) was a French composer and organist. He is unrelated to either of two other eminent French musicians with the same surname (Marc-Antoine Charpe ...

(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

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Scientists

Augustin Charpentier Pierre Marie Augustin Charpentier (15 June 1852 – 4 August 1916) was a French physician and professor of the University of Nancy. He is known for his work on human vision and optics, including the discovery of the size–weight illusion. Li ...

(1852–1916), French physician, investigator of size-weight illusion *

Emmanuelle Charpentier Emmanuelle Marie Charpentier (; born 11 December 1968) is a French professor and researcher in microbiology, genetics, and biochemistry. As of 2015, she has been a director at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin. In 2018, sh ...

(born 1968), French researcher in Microbiology, Genetics and Biochemistry *

François Charpentier François Charpentier (; 15 February 1620 – 22 April 1702) was a French archaeologist and man of letters. Biography Charpentier was born in Paris, and intended for the bar, but was employed by Colbert, who had determined on the foundation of a ...

(1620–1702), French archaeologist and scholar *

François-Philippe Charpentier François-Philippe Charpentier (b. Blois, 1734; d. there 22 July 1817) was a French engraver and inventor. His father was a bookbinder, a poor man who reportedly made many sacrifices so that his son might attend the Jesuit college at Blois; but a ...

(1734–1817), French engraver and inventor * Johann von or

Jean de Charpentier Jean de Charpentier or Johann von Charpentier (8 December 1786 – 12 December 1855) was a German-Swiss geologist who studied Swiss glaciers. He was born in Freiberg, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire and died in Bex, Switzerland. Life ...

(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 Toussaint von Charpentier (22 November 1779 – 4 March 1847) was a German geologist and entomologist. He was the author of ''Libellulinae europaeae descriptae e depictae'' (1840). Biography Toussaint von Charpentier was born in Freiberg, Saxony ...

(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 Gabriel André Joseph Charpentier (born 17 May 1999) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Parma and the Congo national team. Career After being released from French top flight club Nantes, Charpentier decided ...

(born 1999), Congolese-born French association football player

Other

* Henri Charpentier (183?-1888), namesake of a lake and town in

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Georges Charpentier Georges Charpentier (December 22, 1846 - November 15, 1905) was a 19th-century French publisher who became known as a champion of Naturalism (literature), naturalist writers, especially Émile Zola, Gustave Flaubert, and Guy de Maupassant. He also ...

(1846-1905), 19th century French publisher

References

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