Dexter

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