John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was the American actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. He was a member of the prominent 19th-century Booth theatrical family from Maryland and a well-known actor in his own right. He was also a Confederate sympathizer, vehement in his denunciation of Lincoln and strongly opposed to the abolition of slavery in the United States.
| Full name at birth | John Wilkes Booth
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| Claim to fame | murdered Abraham Lincoln to avenge The South
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| Date of birth | 10 May 1838
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| Place of birth | Bel Air, Maryland USA
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| Date of death | 26 April 1865
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| Place of death | Port Royal, Virginia USA
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| Cause of death | Gunshot wound
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| Resting place | Green Mount Cemetery,Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
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| Occupation | Stage actor
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| Height | 5' 6" (168 cm)
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| Distinctive feature | Mustache
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| High school | St. Timothy`s Hall, Catonsville, Maryland
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