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Booth (surname)

Booth is a surname of northern English and Scottish origin, but arguably of pre 7th century Norse-Viking origins. It is or rather was, topographical, and described a person who lived in a small barn or bothy. Derived from the word "both", the word was used to denote various kinds of shelter, but especially a herdsman's dwelling on a summer pasture. The surname is most popular in Northern England, where early Scandinavian influence was marked, and to some extent in Scotland.

One of the most-recognised persons with the surname Booth is John Wilkes Booth, an American actor, better known for being the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.

At the time of the British Census of 1881, 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.

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  • Aaron Booth (born 1996), New Zealand decathlete
  • Agnes Booth (1843–1910), Australian-born American actress, sister-in-law of Edwin and John Wilkes Booth
  • Alan Booth (1946–1993), British travel writer
  • Albert Booth (1928–2010), British politician
  • Albert A. Booth (1850–1914), American pioneer and politician
  • Albie Booth (1908–1959), American football player
  • Alfred Allen Booth (1872–1948), British shipowner
  • Andy Booth (born 1973), English retired footballer
  • Andrew Donald Booth (1918–2009), British electrical engineer, physicist and computer scientist
  • Annie Booth (born 1989), American jazz pianist
  • Anthony Clarke Booth (1846–1899), English sergeant, recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Asia Booth Clarke (1835–1888), American poet, sister of Edwin and John Wilkes Booth

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  • Calvin Booth (born 1976), American National Basketball Association assistant manager and former player
  • Catherine Booth (1829–1890), co-founder of the Salvation Army with her husband William Booth
  • Catherine Bramwell-Booth (1883–1987), Salvation Army officer née Catherine Booth, granddaughter of Catherine Booth (1829-1890)
  • Charles Booth (social reformer) (1840–1916), English social reformer
  • Charles G. Booth (1896–1949), British-born American writer of detective fiction and Academy Award winner
  • Cherie Blair (born 1954), née Booth, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair
  • Chris Booth (born 1948), New Zealand sculptor
  • Christopher Booth (1924–2012), English clinician and historian
  • Christopher Saint Booth (born 1960) British-Canadian filmmaker and musician known for the rediscovered song "Ulterior Motives"
  • Claire Booth (born 1977), British physician and Countess of Ulster
  • Colin Booth (mycologist) (1924–2003), English mycologist and phytopathologist
  • Colin Booth (1934–2025), English footballer and winner of two League Championship medals
  • Connie Booth (born 1940), American writer, actress and psychotherapist, former wife of John Cleese

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  • Edwin Booth (1833–1893), American actor, brother of John Wilkes Booth
  • Edwin Henry Booth (1828–1899), English founder of Booths supermarkets
  • Edwin J. Booth (born 1955), English businessman, chair of Booths, great-great-grandson of Edwin H.
  • Edwina Booth (1904–1991), American actress born Josephine Woodruff
  • Emily Booth (born 1976), British actress and TV presenter
  • Emma Scarr Booth (1835–1927), British-born American novelist, poet
  • Emma Booth-Tucker (1860–1903), Salvation Army officer, 4th child of William and Catherine Booth
  • Ernest Granville Booth (1898–1959), American criminal and screenwriter
  • Ernie Booth (1876–1935), New Zealand rugby union player and coach
  • Eugene T. Booth (1912–2004), American nuclear physicist
  • Evangeline Booth (1865–1950), 4th General of the Salvation Army, 7th child of William and Catherine Booth
  • Evelyn Booth (1897–1988), Irish botanist

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  • Felix Booth (1775–1850), British gin distiller and promoter of Arctic exploration
  • Franklin Booth (1874–1948), American artist and illustrator
  • Frederick Booth (1890–1960), Rhodesian recipient of the Victoria Cross

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H

  • Hartley Booth (born 1946), British politician
  • Heather Booth (born 1945), American civil rights activist, feminist, and political strategist
  • Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington (1651–1694), supporter of William of Orange, Privy Councillor, Mayor of Chester and author
  • Henry Booth (1788–1869), British businessman, engineer and railway proponent
  • Herbert Booth (1862–1926), third son of William and Catherine Booth
  • Herbert Booth (trade unionist) (died 1977 or 1978), British trade unionist
  • Hester Santlow (c. 1690–1773), married name Hester Booth, English dancer and actress
  • Hope Booth (1878−1933), Canadian-born vaudeville, burlesque, and theatre actress
  • Hubert Cecil Booth (1871–1955), English engineer and inventor of the vacuum cleaner

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  • Lauren Booth (born 1967), British journalist, broadcaster and activist, half-sister of Cherie Booth
  • Laurence Booth (c. 1420–1480), Prince-Bishop of Durham, Lord Chancellor of England and Archbishop of York
  • Lawrence Booth (born 1975), English sports writer and editor of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
  • Lewis Booth (born 1948), British accountant and business executive
  • Lindy Booth (born 1979), Canadian actress
  • Lucy Booth (1868–1953), Salvation Army officer, 8th child of William and Catherine Booth

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  • Major Booth (1886–1916), English cricketer
  • Margaret Booth (1898–2002), American film editor
  • Marie Booth (1864–1937), 3rd daughter of William and Catherine Booth
  • Marilyn Booth (born 1955), author, scholar and translator of Arabic literature
  • Martin Booth (1944–2004), British writer and poet
  • Mary Ann Booth (1843–1922), American microscopist
  • Mary Louise Booth (1831–1889), American editor, translator and writer, first editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar
  • Matthew Booth (soccer) (born 1977), South African footballer
  • Maud Ballington Booth (1865–1948), Salvation Army officer and co-founder of Volunteers of America born Maud Elizabeth Charlesworth

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  • Richard Booth (1938–2019), British bookseller, pioneering second-hand bookseller of Hay-on-Wye

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