Booth (surname)

Booth is a surname of English origin. 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. The name Booth may refer to:

A

• Aaron Booth, a New Zealand Decathlete
• Agnes Booth, an American actress
• Alan Booth, a British travel writer
• Albert Booth (1928–2010), a British politician
• Alfred Allen Booth (1872–1948), a British shipowner (created a baronet in 1916)
• Andy Booth, an English footballer
• Andrew Booth (Monarch of the Glen), a fictional character from Monarch of the Glen
• Andrew Donald Booth (1918–2009), a British electrical engineer, physicist and computer scientist
• Antony Booth (born 1931), a British actor
• Anthony Clarke Booth (1846–1899), a recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Asia Booth (1835–1888), a poet
• August Wayne Booth, a fictional character from the TV show Once Upon A Time

B

• Ballington Booth (1857–1940), a Salvation Army Officer and co-founder of Volunteers of America
• Barton Booth (1681–1733), a British actor
• Bill Booth, American Inventor
• Brad Booth, a professional poker player
• Bramwell Booth (1856–1929), the 2nd general of The Salvation Army
• Brett Booth, a comics artist
• Brian Booth (born 1933), an Australian cricketer
• Brian Booth (English cricketer) (born 1935), an English cricketer

C

• Calvin Booth, American basketball player
• Catherine Booth (1829–1890), the Mother of The Salvation Army
• Catherine Bramwell-Booth (1883–1987), Salvation Army officer
• 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 (born 1977), British physician, by marriage Claire Windsor, Countess of Ulster
• Connie Booth (born 1944), British writer and actress, former wife of John Cleese
• Constance Gore-Booth, Irish Republican, sister of Eva Gore-Booth

D

• Darren Booth (born 1978), Canadian illustrator, artist and letterer
• David Booth (born 1984), American NHL ice hockey player currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks
• David Booth, English football coach currently coaching the I-League team Mumbai FC
• David G. Booth, co-founder and CEO of Dimensional Fund Advisors
• David Gore-Booth (1943–2004), British diplomat
• Dennis Booth (born 1949) British footballer, manager and coach
• Douglas Booth, British actor
• Douglas Allen Booth (born 1949), otherwise known as Sir Douglas Booth (3rd baronet)

E

• Edwin Booth (1833–1893), American actor
• Edwin Booth (author), wrote Western novels circa 1970s
• Edwina Booth, American actress
• Eugene T. Booth (1912–2004), American nuclear physicist
• Emily Booth (actress) (born 1976), British actress and TV presenter
• Emma Booth (1860–1903), the fourth child of William and Catherine Booth
• Eva Gore-Booth (1870–1926), Irish poet and dramatist
• Evangeline Booth (1865–1950), the 4th General of The Salvation Army

F

• Felix Booth, British gin distiller
• Frank Booth, fictional character from Blue Velvet
• Franklin Booth, artist who worked mainly with ink and a pen
• Frederick Charles Booth (1890–1960), recipient of the Victoria Cross

G

• 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), son and heir of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington and a silver collector
• 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

H

• Hartley Booth, British politician
• Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington (1651–1694), politician
• Henry Booth, British railway pioneer
• Herbert Booth (1862–1926), the third son of William and Catherine Booth
• Hester Booth (c. 1690–1773) the English dancer and actress
• Hubert Cecil Booth, inventor of the vacuum cleaner and designer of the Vienna Prada.

J

• James Booth (1927–2005), British actor
• Jerome Booth, British investor.
• John Booth (died 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, English Rugby League player of the 1940s and 1950s
• Joseph Booth (missionary) (1851–1932), British Baptist missionary
• Joseph Booth (rugby player) (1873–1958), Wales international rugby player
• Joshua Booth (1758–1813), soldier and politician in Upper Canada
• Joshua Booth (rower) (born 1990), Australian rower at the 2012 Olympics
• Junius Brutus Booth (1796–1852), British actor
• Jamie Paul Reece Booth (born 1979), British historian and photographer

K

• Kate Booth (1858–1955), later Booth-Clibborn, eldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth
• Keith Booth, American basketball player
• Kim Booth, Australian politician
• Koka Booth, American mayor
• Kristin Booth, Canadian actress

L

• Lauren Booth, British journalist, half-sister of Cherie Booth
• Lawrence Booth, Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor in the Middle Ages
• 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

M

• Margaret Booth (1898–2002), American film editor
• Marie Booth (1864–1937), the third daughter of William and Catherine Booth
• Marilyn Booth, scholar and Arabic-English translator
• Martin Booth (1944–2004), British writer and poet
• Mary Ann Booth (1843–1922), American microscopist
• Mary Moss Booth (1791–1875), the mother of William Booth
• Mary Louise Booth, American magazine editor
• Matthew Booth, South African footballer
• Maud Ballington Booth (1865–1948), Salvation Army Officer and co-founder of Volunteers of America

N

• Nathaniel Booth, English peer (alias Lord Delamer)
• Newton Booth (1825–1892), American politician

P

• Paul Booth (tattoo artist), American tattoo artist
• Philip Booth (poet) (1925–2007), American poet and educator
• Philip Booth (economist), British economist

S

• 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

T

• Taylor L. Booth, a mathematician specialist of automata theory
• Tim Booth, British singer
• Tommy Booth, English footballer
• Tony Booth, American country singer

W

• Walter Booth (born 1942),American inventor
• Wayne Booth (born 1921), American literary critic
• William Booth (1829–1912), the founder and 1st General of The Salvation Army
• William Booth (archbishop), medieval RC Archbishop of York
• Major William Booth, English cricketer
• William Booth (Anglican clergyman), domestic chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II

See also

• Booth (baseball)
• Booth (first name)
• Booth (disambiguation)
• Boothe, a surname
• Baron Basing
• Gore-Booth