Dexter (surname)

Dexter is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Al Dexter (1905–1984), American country musician and songwriter
• Andrew Dexter Jr. (1779–1837), American financier and speculator
• Barrie Dexter (born 1921), former senior Australia diplomat and public servant
• Brad Dexter (1917–2002), Serbian-American actor
• Brad Dexter (ice hockey) (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
• Caroline Dexter (1819–1884), English-Australian writer and feminist
• Charles O. Dexter (1862–1943), American rhododendron hybridizer
• Colin Dexter, OBE (1930–2017), English crime writer
• Darrell Dexter (born 1957), Canadian politician
• Elliott Dexter (1870–1941), American film and stage actor
• Felix Dexter (1961–2013), British actor, comedian, and writer
• Glen Dexter (born 1952), Canadian sailor
• Gregory Dexter, Baptist minister and colonial president of the colony of Rhode Island (Providence and Warwick only)
• Harry Dexter (1910–1973), English composer and arranger
• Henry Martyn Dexter (1821–1890), American clergyman and author
• Iris Dexter (1907 - 1974), Australian journalist and war correspondent
• James Dexter (born 1973), American football offensive tackle
• Jeff Dexter (born 1946), British disc jockey, club promoter, record producer and dancer
• Jerry Dexter (1935–2013), American voice actor
• Kristen Dexter (born 1961), American politician from Wisconsin
• Mark Dexter (born 1973), English actor
• Maury Dexter (born 1928), American producer and director
• Michael Dexter (born 1945), British haematologist
• Nancy Dexter (1923–1983), Australian journalist
• Neil Dexter (born 1984), South African-born English cricketer
• Pete Dexter (born 1943), American novelist
• Sally Dexter (born 1960), English actress of stage and screen
• Samuel Dexter (1761–1816), American politician, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
• Simon Newton Dexter (1785–1862), New York merchant and politician
• Steven Dexter (born 1962), South African theatre director and writer
• Ted Dexter (1935-2021), Sussex and English test cricketer
• Terry Dexter (born 1978), American contemporary R&B singer-songwriter, actress and multi-instrumentalist
• Timothy Dexter (1748–1806), American businessman noted for his writing and eccentricity
• Walter Dexter (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Walter L. Dexter (1841–1920), American politician and farmer

Given name

• Dexter Blackstock (born 1986), English football player
• Dexter Brown (born 1942), British painter
• Dexter Curtis (1828-1898), American inventor and politician
• Dexter Dalwood (born 1960), artist based in London
• Dexter M. Ferry (1833–1907), American businessman from Michigan
• Dexter M. Ferry Jr. (1873–1959), American politician from Michigan
• Dexter Fletcher (born 1966), British actor
• Dexter Fowler (born 1986), American baseball player
• Dexter Gordon (1923–1990), jazz tenor saxophonist
• Dexter Gore Jr (born 1993), American rapper and songwriter
• Dexter Holland (born 1965), lead singer of The Offspring
• Dexter Horton (1825–1904), founder of the first bank in Seattle
• Dexter Lawrence (born 1997), American football player
• Dexter Manley (born 1959), American football player
• Dexter McDougle (born 1991), American football player
• Dexter Roberts (born 1991), American country music singer
• Dexter Vines, American comic book artist and inker
• Dexter Williams (born 1997), American football player

Fictional characters

• Dexter, also known as Dex-Starr, a member of the Red Lantern Corps in the DC Universe
• Dexter, title character from Dexter's Laboratory
• Dexter, a monkey from the Night at the Museum film series, played by Crystal the Monkey
• Dexter, young version of the protagonist in the Space Ace video game
• Dexter "Dex" Barrington, a character in The Country Bears
• Ramone "Ray" Dexter, one half of gunshark duo Sinister Dexter in the British comics anthology 2000 AD
• Dexter Douglas, the alter ego of the title character in Freakazoid!
• Dexter Hartman, a character from EastEnders
• Dexter Jettster, proprietor of Dex's Diner and criminal informant in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
• Dexter Morgan, a fictional serial killer/vigilante and blood spatter analyst created by writer Jeff Lindsay
• Dexter Mulholland, a character from EastEnders
• Dexter Walker, a character in the Australian TV soap opera Home and Away
• Charles Dexter Ward, central character of the cosmic horror novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H. P. Lovecraft
• Dexter Vex, a character from the Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy

See also

• Dex (disambiguation)