Dexter may refer to:

People

  • Dexter (given name)
  • Dexter (surname)
  • Dexter (singer), Brazilian rapper Marcos Fernandes de Omena (born 1973)
  • Famous Dex, also known as Dexter, American rapper Dexter Tiewon Gore Jr. (born 1993)

Places

United States

  • Dexter, Georgia, a town
  • Dexter, Illinois, an unincorporated community
  • Dexter, Indiana, an unincorporated community
  • Dexter, Iowa, a city
  • Dexter Township, Cowley County, Kansas
  • Dexter, Kansas, a city
  • Dexter, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
  • Dexter, Maine, a town
  • Dexter (CDP), Maine, a census-designated place
  • Dexter Regional Airport
  • Dexter Township, Michigan
  • Dexter, Michigan, a city located near, though distinct from, Dexter Township
  • Dexter Township, Mower County, Minnesota
  • Dexter, Minnesota, a city
  • Dexter, Missouri, a city
  • Dexter, New Mexico, a town
  • Dexter, New York, a village
  • Dexter Marsh
  • Dexter City, Ohio, a village
  • Dexter, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Lane County
  • Dexter State Recreation Site, Lane County, Oregon, a state park
  • Dexter Reservoir, also known as Dexter Lake, near Dexter, Oregon
  • Dexter, Wisconsin, a town
  • Dexter (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in the town of Friendship

Canada

  • Dexter, a community in Central Elgin, Ontario

Schools in the United States

  • Dexter High School (Michigan), Dexter, Michigan
  • Dexter Regional High School, Dexter, Maine
  • Dexter School, a private boys' school in Brookline, Massachusetts

Science and technology

  • dexter, an instance of psychometric software
  • Dexter (malware), a computer virus
  • Dexter (robot), a dynamically balancing bipedal humanoid robot research project by Anybots
  • Dexter Award, presented by the American Chemical Society from 1956 until 2001
  • Dexter National Fish Hatchery & Technology Center, Dexter, New Mexico, United States

Ships

  • USCGC Dexter, United States Coast Guard ships
  • USRC Dexter, United States Revenue Cutter Service ships

Structures

  • Dexter Building, Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Dexter Cabin, Leadville, Colorado, United States
  • Dexter House (disambiguation)

Other uses

  • Dexter, Latin for the direction "right"
  • Dexter, in dexter and sinister, a heraldic term referring to the right of the bearer of the arms (to the left for a viewer)
  • Dexter cattle, a breed of cattle
  • Dexter Air Taxi, a Russian air taxi service
  • Dexter (TV series), an American crime drama series that aired on Showtime.
  • Dexter Morgan, the protagonist of the series
  • "Dexter" (Dexter episode), the first episode of the series
  • Dexter (film), a 2025 Indian Tamil-language film
  • Tropical Storm Dexter (2025), the fourth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season

See also

  • Dexterville (disambiguation)
  • Dextral, a scientific term
  • Dextre, a robot on the International Space Station