Nicolae Gheorghe Caranfil (also spelled Caramfil; 28 November 1893 – 22 April 1978) was a Romanian fencer.

[1] Born in Galați, he completed his secondary studies at the city's Vasile Alecsandri High School in 1911.

[2] After returning to Romania, Caranfil was mobilized into the Army in 1916 as a second lieutenant and served in an artillery unit during World War I.

From 1922 to 1929 he was director of the Electrica company, founded by fellow engineer Dimitrie Leonida.

[2] From 13 November 1936 to 1 January 1937 Caranfil served as Minister of Air and Marine in the Third Tătărăscu cabinet.