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:

A

• Agnes Booth, American actress
• Alan Booth, British travel writer
• Albert Booth (1928–2010), British politician
• Andy Booth, English footballer
• Andrew Booth (Monarch of the Glen), fictional character from Monarch of the Glen
• Andrew Donald Booth (1918–2009), British scientist
• Anthony Booth (born 1931), British actor
• Anthony Clarke Booth (1846–1899), recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Asia Booth (1835-1888), poet

B

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

D

• 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

E

• Edwin Booth (1833–1893), American actor
• Edwina Booth, American actress
• Emily Booth (actress) (born 1976), British actress
• 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), 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

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, 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

K

• Kate Booth (1858-1955), the oldest 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
• 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 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

• Newton Booth (1825–1892), American politician

P

• Paul Booth, American tattoo artist
• Philip Booth, American poet
• Powers Boothe, American actor

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

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

See also

• Booth (first name)
• Booth
• Baron Basing