John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American stage actor who assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.

John Wilkes Booth (born May 10, 1838, near Bel Air, Maryland, U.S.—died April 26, 1865, near Port Royal, Virginia) was a member of one of the United States’ most distinguished acting families of the 19th century and the assassin who killed U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln.

Oct 27, 2009 · John Wilkes Booth was an actor and Confederate sympathizer who assassinated U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., in April 1865.

Apr 3, 2014 · On April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln while he was watching the play 'Our American Cousin' at Ford Theater in Washington, D.C.

John Wilkes Booth was an actor and a confederate sympathizer who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at the Ford Theater on April 14, 1865. John Wilkes Booth was born on May 10, 1838 in Hartford County, Maryland. His parents came to the U.S. from England in 1821. His father, Junius Brutus Booth was an actor. His mother was Mary Ann Holmes.

On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth became the first person to assassinate an American president when he shot and killed Abraham Lincoln in his box at Ford’s Theater in Washington.

Mar 15, 2024 · On 14 April 1865, an actor by the name of John Wilkes Booth entered Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC, not to perform but to murder the president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. What drove Booth to pull the trigger? And how was he able to evade the law for 12 days? We explore the remarkable manhunt for Abraham Lincoln's assassin…

Discover the intriguing story of John Wilkes Booth, actor turned assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. Unravel the mysteries surrounding his life.

John Wilkes Booth will always be attached to the name of the president he assassinated. As an actor, he knew his way around a theater, but, on the night of April 14, 1865, Booth jumped on stage for a different reason.

May 21, 2018 · One of the most promising American actors of his time, John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865) was the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. John Wilkes Booth was born in Bel Air, Maryland, and attended school sporadically.