According to the Bible, the Apostle who was a tentmaker was Paul. Acts 18:3 says Paul stayed and worked with Priscilla and Aquila because they shared the same trade. This detail appears during Paul’s missionary work in Corinth, where he supported himself while preaching.
Paul, also known as Saul of Tarsus, was a major early Christian missionary and author traditionally associated with several New Testament letters. Although he was not one of the original Twelve Apostles, Christian tradition and the New Testament frequently identify him as an apostle because of his calling to spread Christianity among the Gentiles.
The word commonly translated as “tentmaker” may have referred more broadly to someone who worked with leather or similar materials, but “tentmaker” is the standard English answer. A common mix-up is assuming that every prominent apostle belonged to the original group of twelve; Paul became one of Christianity’s most influential apostles after his conversion and missionary journeys.