Famous People with Name Dexter

Dexter Ryan Cambridge            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dexter Ryan Cambridge: is a Bahamian professional basketball player. A 6'7" 224 lb forward, he had a brief career in the National Basketball Association in early 1993[1] when he played for the Dallas Mavericks. Cambridge attended American institutions Lon Morris Junior College (in Jacksonville, Texas) and the University of Texas.

Dexter Gordon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dexter Gordon: was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, and an Academy Award-nominated actor. He is considered one of the first bebop tenor players. A famous photograph by Herman Leonard of Gordon smoking a cigarette during a set at the Royal Roost in New York City in 1948 is one of the more iconic images in the history of jazz.

Dexter Manley Bussey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dexter Manley Bussey: is a former American football Running Back for the Detroit Lions (1974-1984). He attended Oklahoma and Texas-Arlington.Currently ranks third on the Lions’ all-time rushing list with 5,105 yards in 1,203 carries with 18 TDs

Dexter Anthony Carter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dexter Anthony Carter: is the running backs coach at his alma mater, Florida State University. Carter was also a former American Football running back who played for the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Jets in the National Football League for seven seasons from 1990 to 1996

Dexter Keith Manley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dexter Keith Manley: is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, Phoenix Cardinals, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an eleven year career from 1981 to 1991. He also played in the Canadian Football League for the Ottawa Rough Riders. Manley played college football at Oklahoma State University.

Thomas Dexter T. D. Jakes Sr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Dexter T. D. Jakes Sr.: is an American pastor of the The Potter's House, a 30,000 member church in Dallas, Texas.[1] It is a primarily African-American non-denominational megachurch.

Walter Friar Dexter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Walter Friar Dexter: was an American educator and politician. He was born November 21, 1886 in Chicago. He served as president of Whittier College from 1923 to 1934. He was the author of Herbert Hoover's 1932 campaign biography. After a stint as secretary to Governor Frank Me

Samuel Dexter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Samuel Dexter: was an early American statesman who served both in Congress and in the Presidential Cabinet. He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and served 1788 to 1790. He was elected to the 3rd Congress by way of the United States House of Repr

Darrell Dexter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Darrell Dexter: is a Canadian lawyer, journalist and former naval officer who is serving as the 27th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. A member of the New Democratic Party, he has led the Nova Scotia NDP since 2001. He was elected Premier in 2009 after defeating Progressive Conservative Premier Rodney MacDonald in a landslide. He is the first NDP premier from a province east of Ontario. Dexter was elected to the Nova Scotia Legislature as MLA for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour in 1998 and served as critic for Economic Development and Health. He was re-elected in 1999, 2003, 2006 and 2009.