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".^[1]

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)