List of famous carpenters, with photos, bios, and other information when available. Who are the top carpenters in the world? This includes the most prominent carpenters, living and dead, both in America and abroad. This list of notable carpenters is ordered by their level of prominence, and can be sorted for various bits of information, such as where these historic carpenters were born and what their nationality is. The people on this list are from different countries, but what they all have in common is that they're all renowned carpenters.
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From reputable, prominent, and well known carpenters to the lesser known carpenters of today, these are some of the best professionals in the carpenter field. If you want to answer the questions, "Who are the most famous carpenters ever?" and "What are the names of famous carpenters?" then you're in the right place. (233 items)
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Richard Hauptmann Bruno Richard Hauptmann was a German-born carpenter and criminal who was convicted of the abduction and murder of the 20-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The ...more
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Ben Shepherd Hunter Benedict "Ben" Shepherd is an American musician best known for playing bass in the rock band Soundgarden since 1990.
Alec Campbell Alexander William Campbell was the final surviving Australian participant of the Gallipoli campaign during the First World War. His death broke the last living link of Australians with the ...more
Ed Sanders Ed Sanders is an English carpenter, actor, and television host. Sanders was born in Wimbledon, London. He learned carpentry at his father's behest to help keep himself employed between acting ...more
Ned Glass Ned Glass was a Polish-born American character actor who appeared in more than eighty films and on television more than one hundred times, frequently playing nervous, cowardly, or deceitful ...more
Geoff McQueen Geoffrey "Geoff" McQueen was a television screenwriter. A carpenter and joiner by trade he worked abroad for many years before he began writing in 1978. His first success came in 1982 ...more
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Jay Purvis Jay Purvis is a former model and television host. Purvis was a co-host of Kitchen Equipped, which was shown on Food Network Canada, Purvis also hosted HGTV. Purvis now hosts The Fix which airs ...more
Otto Königsberger Otto H. Königsberger was a German architect who worked mainly in urban development planning in Africa, Asia and Latin America, with the United Nations.
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Thomas Lincoln Thomas Lincoln was an American farmer, carpenter and father of President Abraham Lincoln. Although Thomas descends from colonial Puritans and Quakers, he was a staunch Baptist. Unlike some of ...more
Michael Mulgrew Michael Mulgrew is the fifth President of the United Federation of Teachers, the trade union of teachers in New York City, New York. The union's executive board elected Mulgrew in July 2009. ...more
Jason Cameron Jason Cameron is an American television presenter and actor most notable for his role on the TLC reality show, While You Were Out and is currently hosting Man Caves and Desperate Landscapes for ...more
Wiebo Ludwig Wiebo Ludwig was the leader of a Christian community named Trickle Creek, just outside Hythe, Alberta, Canada. He was best known for his legal problems arising from his conflict with the oil and ...more
Ken Kelash Kenneth "Ken" Kelash is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 63, which includes portions of the city of Minneapolis in Hennepin County. A ...more
Norm Abram Norman L. "Norm" Abram is an American carpenter known for his work on the PBS television programs This Old House and The New Yankee Workshop. He is referred to on these shows as a
David Hough David Hough was an American politician, a farmer, and a United States Representative from New Hampshire.
Michael Mørkøv Michael Mørkøv Christensen is a Danish professional racing cyclist on UCI ProTeam Tinkoff-Saxo. Mørkøv started as a track cyclist, becoming national champion in the ...more
Fabio Sandro Ramella Fabio Sandro Ramella is a Swiss sport shooter.
Grant Young Grant Young was the drummer for the alternative rock band Soul Asylum from 1984-1995. He replaced Pat Morley shortly after the release of Soul Asylum's debut album, Say What You Will, ...more
Tim Johnston Tim Johnston is the author of the story collection Irish Girl and the novel Never So Green.
Paul DiMeo Paul DiMeo in Media, Pennsylvania is an American television personality, philanthropist, building designer, and carpenter who is a regular cast member of the reality television series Extreme ...more
Daniel Kucan Daniel Charles Kucan is a carpenter, artist, interior designer, actor, writer, and television personality on the Emmy Award-winning TV series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
Håkan Nyblom Håkan Erik Nyblom is an amateur Danish Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the featherweight division. He is the twin brother of Anders Nyblom, who also competed in the same category at ...more
Frank H. Maynard Francis Henry Maynard, known as Frank H. Maynard, was an old-time cowboy of the American West who claimed authorship of the revised version of the well-known ballad "The Streets of ...more
Simon Muzenda Simon Vengai Muzenda was a Zimbabwean politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2003 under President Robert Mugabe.
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Patrick Doyle Patrick Doyle was one of six men hanged in Mountjoy Prison on the morning of 14 March 1921. He was aged 29 and lived at St. Mary's Place, Dublin. He was one of The Forgotten Ten.
