Matt or Matthew Carter may refer to:

• Matt Carter (Canadian football) (born 1986), Canadian football wide receiver
• Matt Carter (cricketer) (born 1996), English cricketer
• Matt Carter, guitarist for the band Emery
• Matt Carter (politician) (born 1972), former General Secretary of the British Labour Party
• Matt Carter (racing driver) (born 1981), automobile racer
• Matt Carter (Coronation Street), a character on Coronation Street
• Matthew Carter (born 1937), typeface designer
• Matthew Carter (diver) (born 2000), Australian diver
• Matthew G. Carter (1913–2012), first African-American mayor of Montclair, New Jersey