John Wilkes Booth

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American actor assassin human stage actor

John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor and Confederate sympathizer best known for assassinating President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.

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Label Occurrences
John Wilkes Booth canonical 57
John Wilkes Booth is the brother of Edwin Booth 1
John Wilkes Booth is the brother of Junius Brutus Booth Jr. 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American actor ⓘ
assassin ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
activeIn 19th-century American theatre ⓘ
allegiance Confederate States of America ⓘ
surface form: Confederate States of America (sympathizer)
burialPlace Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
capturedAt Garrett farm near Port Royal, Virginia, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath gunshot wound ⓘ
committedCrime conspiracy against the United States government ⓘ
murder of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfAssassination 1865-04-14 ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1838-05-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1865-04-26 ⓘ
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
familyName Booth ⓘ
father Junius Brutus Booth ⓘ
fledFrom Ford's Theatre after shooting Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
fullName John Wilkes Booth self-link ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Civil War ⓘ
surface form: American Civil War era
killedBy Boston Corbett ⓘ
languagesSpoken English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath gunshot wound ⓘ
memberOf Booth ⓘ
surface form: Booth theatrical family
mother Mary Ann Holmes Booth ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableEvent assassination of Abraham Lincoln on 1865-04-14 ⓘ
notableFor assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
notableWork performances in Shakespearean plays ⓘ
occupation stage actor ⓘ
theatre actor ⓘ
performedIn Shakespearean tragedies ⓘ
theatres across the United States ⓘ
perpetrated assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
placeOfAssassination Ford's Theatre ⓘ
surface form: Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., United States
placeOfBirth Bel Air, Maryland, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Near Port Royal, Virginia, United States ⓘ
planned kidnapping plot against Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
politicalAlignment Confederate sympathizer ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
sibling Edwin Booth ⓘ
Junius Brutus Booth ⓘ
surface form: Junius Brutus Booth Jr.
targetOfAssassination Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
usedWeapon Derringer pistol ⓘ

Referenced by (61)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abraham → killedBy → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
subject surface form: Abraham Lincoln
Edwin Booth → sibling → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Edwin Booth → relative → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Wilkes Booth, assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln → perpetrator → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln → plannedBy → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
John Wilkes Booth → fullName → John Wilkes Booth self-link ⓘ
Raoul Walsh → portrayed → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Booth → hasNotableBearer → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Booth → relative → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
subject surface form: Edwin Booth
Junius Brutus Booth → child → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Junius Brutus Booth → relative → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
George Atzerodt → conspiredWith → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
David Herold → coConspiratorWith → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
David Herold → assisted → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Derringer pistol → wasUsedBy → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Ford's Theatre → assassin → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Michael O'Laughlen → associatedWith → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Michael O'Laughlen → coConspiratorOf → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Samuel Arnold → conspiredWith → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Garrett farm near Port Royal, Virginia, United States → eventParticipant → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, United States → notableBurial → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
subject surface form: Green Mount Cemetery
Mary Ann Holmes Booth → child → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Mary Ann Holmes Booth → motherOf → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Mary Ann Holmes Booth → notableRelative → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Edwina Booth → relative → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Mary McVicker Booth → relativeByMarriage → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Boston Corbett → killed → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Museum → significantPerson → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Edman Spangler → associatedWithPerson → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Junius → fatherOf → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
subject surface form: Junius Brutus Booth
Junius → notableRelative → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
subject surface form: Junius Brutus Booth
Asia Booth Clarke → sibling → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Asia Booth Clarke → notableFamilyMember → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Booth family → hasNotableMember → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Booth family → hasFamilyRelationship → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Wilkes Booth is the brother of Edwin Booth
Booth family → hasFamilyRelationship → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Wilkes Booth is the brother of Junius Brutus Booth Jr.
Atzerodt → conspiredWith → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
subject surface form: George Atzerodt
Lewis Powell → coConspirator → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Washington Arsenal Penitentiary, Washington, D.C. → associatedWithPerson → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
subject surface form: Washington Arsenal Penitentiary
Surratt Tavern → associatedWith → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Our American Cousin → associatedWith → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Adelaide Delannoy Booth → relativeByMarriage → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
David Edgar Herold → coConspiratorWith → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
David Edgar Herold → aidedEscapeOf → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
David Edgar Herold → traveledWith → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Dr. Samuel Mudd → associatedWith → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
subject surface form: Samuel Mudd
Lincoln assassination conspirators → hasLeader → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Lincoln assassination conspirators → hasMember → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Lincoln assassination conspirators → hasMemberRole → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Wilkes Booth – principal assassin of Abraham Lincoln
Green Mount Cemetery → hasBurial → John Wilkes Booth ⓘ