- Source: Dexter (surname)
Dexter is a surname that may be derived from the Old English word deagestre, meaning "dyer of cloth". Dexter is also a Latin term meaning "skillful" or "right-handed".
Notable people with the surname include:
Al Dexter (1905–1984), American country musician and songwriter
Andrew Dexter Jr. (1779–1837), American financier and speculator
Barrie Dexter (1921–2018), Australian former senior 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
George E. Dexter (1823–1894), American politician in Wisconsin and Minnesota
Gervon Dexter (born 2001), American football player
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
Julie Dexter, British singer, songwriter and producer
Kristen Dexter (born 1961), American politician from Wisconsin
Mark Dexter (born 1973), English actor
Maury Dexter (1927—2017), American producer and director
Maxine Dexter (born 1972), American politician
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
See also
Dexter (given name)
Dex (disambiguation)