Carnot may refer to:
People
- Carnot Posey (1818–1863), American lawyer and military officer
People with the surname
- Lazare Carnot (1753-1823), French mathematician and politician of the French Revolution
- Louis Carnot (born 2001), French French footballer
- Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796-1832), French military scientist and physicist; son of Lazare Carnot, namesake of Carnot Cycle.
- Hippolyte Carnot (1801-1888), French politician; son of Lazare Carnot
- Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837-1894), French politician; President of France from 1887 to 1894 and son of Hippolyte Carnot
- Marie-Adolphe Carnot (1839-1920), French mining engineer and chemist; son of Hippolyte Carnot
- Paul Carnot (1869-1957), French physician; son of Marie-Adolphe Carnot
- Stéphane Carnot (born 1972), former French footballer
Places
- Carnot, Central African Republic, a city
- Carnot, Wisconsin, United States
- Carnot-Moon, Pennsylvania, United States
Other uses
- Carnot cycle, in thermodynamics
- Carnot engine (intuitive explanation)
- Carnot heat engine, an idealised thermodynamic engine based on the Carnot cycle
- Carnot (crater), a crater on the far side of the Moon
- French battleship Carnot
See also
- Carnot's theorem (disambiguation)
- Carnotite, a mineral
- Lycée Carnot, a school in Paris
- Karnaugh