Poindexter

Poindexter is a North American family name .

Origin and meaning

The name is derived from the Poingdestre family from Jersey . The name meaning is "right fist".

Name bearer

family name

• Alan Goodwin Poindexter (1961–2012), American astronaut (son of John)
• George Poindexter (1779-1853), American politician
• Hildrus Poindexter (1901-1987), epidemiologist
• John Poindexter (* 1936), American nuclear physicist, Navy admiral and senior staff member at the US Department of Defense
• Joseph Boyd Poindexter (1869–1951), federal judge and territorial governor of Hawaii from 1934 to 1942
• Larry Poindexter (born 1959), American actor
• Miles Poindexter (1868-1946), American politician
• Pony Poindexter (1926–1988), American jazz musician

stage name

• Buster Poindexter, pseudonym of rock musician David Johansen

Fictional characters

• Poindexter, a character in Felix the Cat
• Arnold Poindexter, a character in the film Revenge of the Nerds
• Sydney Poindexter, a character in the Danny Phantom comic

Others

• Poindexter Peak , mountain in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica