Richard Carpenter may refer to:
- Richard Carpenter (musician) (born 1946), American musician and composer, formerly one half of the Carpenters
- Richard Carpenter (screenwriter) (1929–2012), British screenwriter and actor
- Richard Cromwell Carpenter (1812–1855), British 19th century architect
- Richard Carpenter (architect) (1841–1893), British Victorian architect, son of above
- Richard Carpenter (footballer) (born 1972), English football player
- Richard Carpenter (jazz composer), composer of Miles Davis's "Walkin'"
- Richard Carpenter (theologian) (1575–1627), English clergyman and theological writer
Famous quotes containing the words richard and/or carpenter:
“For every man that Bolingbroke hath pressed
To lift shrewd steel against our golden crown,
God for his Richard hath in heavenly pay
A glorious angel. Then if angels fight,
Weak men must fall; for heaven still guards the right.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“He came home.”
—John Carpenter (b. 1948)