Booth (surname)
Booth is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881 [1], its relative frequency was highest in Cheshire (4.2 times the British average), followed by Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Aberdeenshire, Lincolnshire, Staffordshire and Westmorland. In all other British counties, its relative frequency was below national average. The name Booth may refer to:
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- Calvin Booth, American basketball player
- Catherine Booth (1829–1890), the Mother of The Salvation Army
- H. Cecil Booth, British engineer, vacuum cleaner inventor
- Charles Booth (philanthropist) (1840-1916), philanthropist
- Charles G. Booth an American writer of detective fiction
- Cherie Booth (born 1954), wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair
- Claire Booth, British physician, by marriage Claire Windsor, Countess of Ulster
- Connie Booth (born 1944), British writer and actress, former wife of John Cleese
- Conner Booth an American actor and national cross country runner
- Constance Gore-Booth, Irish Republican, sister of Eva Gore-Booth
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- George Booth (cartoonist) (born 1926), American cartoonist
- George H. Booth II (born 1954), owner and president of Tupelo Hardware
- George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (1622–1684), 1st Baron Delamer
- George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675–1758), the son of Henry Booth, Earl of Warrington, and his wife Mary Langham
- George Gough Booth (1864–1949), American publisher and philanthropist
- George Hoy Booth, real name of British performer George Formby
- George Sclater-Booth, British politician
- Graham Booth (1940–2011), British politician
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- James Booth, British actor
- John Booth (d.1812), British Luddite from Cleckheaton
- John Booth (d.1478), English churchman, courtier and Bishop of Exeter
- John Booth (1759-1843), British architect
- John Booth (1822-1898), Australian politician
- John David Booth, Australian politician
- John Rudolphus Booth (1827–1925), Canadian lumber and railway baron
- John Wilkes Booth (1838–1865), American actor and assassin of US President Abraham Lincoln
- John "Jack" Booth, rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s
- Joseph Booth (missionary) (1851-1932), British Baptist missionary
- Joseph Booth (rugby player) (1873-1958), Wales international rugby player
- Joseph James Booth (1829 - 1864), British Builder & Australian Architect in Brisbane
- Joshua Booth, Canadian historical
- Junius Brutus Booth (1796–1852), British actor
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- Lauren Booth, British journalist, half-sister of Cherie Booth
- Lawrence Booth, Archbishop of York
- Lewis Booth (born 1948), president of Asia Pacific and Africa Operations for Ford Motor Company
- Lindy Booth, Canadian actress
- Lucy Booth (1868–1953), the fifth daughter of William and Catherine Booth
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- Samuel Booth (1775-1842), the father of William Booth
- Scott Booth (born 1971), former Scottish football player
- Sean Booth, British musician; see the electronic music group Autechre
- Seeley Booth, fictional character from the TV show Bones
- Shirley Booth (1898–1992), American actress
- Stanley Booth (born 1942), American music journalist
- Stefan Booth, British actor
- Stephen Booth, professor of English literature at the University of California-Berkeley
- Stephen Booth (born 1952), English crime-writer
- Steve Booth, British green anarchist
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