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John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. A member of the prominent 19th-century Booth theatrical family from Maryland, he was a noted actor who was also a Confederate sympathizer; denouncing President Lincoln, he lamented the recent abolition of slavery in the United States.

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Born	John Wilkes Booth 10 May 1838 Bel Air, Maryland USA
Died	26 April 1865 (aged 26) Port Royal, Virginia USA
Zodiac	Taurus
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Junius Brutus Booth · Father · 1796-1852 · Stage actor edit info

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Junius Brutus Booth, Jr. · Brother · 1821-1883 · Actor edit info

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Edwin Booth · Brother · 1833-1893 · American actor edit info

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Asia Booth · Sister · 1835-1888 · American writer edit info

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Mary Surratt · Associate · 1823-1865 · American boarding house owner convicted as a conspirator to murder edit info

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George Atzerodt · Associate · 1835-1865 · American assassin edit info

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Michael O'Laughlen · Friend · 1840-1867 · Conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln edit info

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Lucy Lambert Hale 1841-1915 Socialite info edit view couple »

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