Dexter is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
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
Bernie Dexter, American model and fashion designer
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 (born 1930), English crime writer
Darrell Dexter (born 1957), Canadian politician
Elliott Dexter (1870–1941), American film and stage actor
Felix Dexter (1961–2013), English 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)
Henry Martyn Dexter (1821–1890), American clergyman and author
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
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 (born 1935), 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 L. Dexter (1841–1920), American politician and farmer
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 Gordon (1923–1990), jazz tenor saxophonist
Dexter Holland (born 1965), lead singer of The Offspring
Dexter Horton (1825–1904), founder of the first bank in Seattle
Dexter Roberts (born 1991), American country music singer
Dexter Vines, American comic book artist and inker
Dexter Morgan, a fictional serial killer/vigilante and blood spatter analyst created by writer Jeff Lindsay
Ramone "Ray" Dexter, one half of gunshark duo Sinister Dexter featured in the British comics anthology 2000 AD
Dexter, young version of the protagonist in the Space Ace video game
Dexter "Dex" Barrington, a character in The Country Bears
Dexter, now known as Dex-Starr, a member of the Red Lantern Corps in the DC Comics universe
Dexter Walker, a character in the Australian TV soap opera Home and Away
Dexter Mulholland, a character from EastEnders
Dexter Hartman, a character from EastEnders
Dexter, a character from Dexter's Laboratory from cartoon network
Dexter Douglas, the alter ego of the title character Freakazoid!
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