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Edwin Booth

1833 - 1893

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Edwin Thomas Booth (November 13, 1833 – June 7, 1893) was an American stage actor and theatrical manager who toured throughout the United States and the major capitals of Europe, performing Shakespearean plays. In 1869, he founded Booth's Theatre in New York. He is considered by many to be the greatest American actor of the 19th century. However, his achievements are often overshadowed in modern discourse by his relationship with his younger brother, actor John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin Booth is the 6,304th most popular actor (down from 398th in 2024), the 9,757th most popular biography from United States (down from 717th in 2019) and the 2,906th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Edwin Booth ranks 6,304 out of 13,578. Before him are David Hess, Jack Davenport, Okan Yalabık, Takahiro Sakurai, Mary Miles Minter, and Kathryn Crosby. After him are Michelle Ryan, Leila Lopes, Spottiswoode Aitken, Nathalie Cardone, Olivier Gruner, and Kathryn Beaumont.

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Among people born in 1833, Edwin Booth ranks 86. Before him are Petre S. Aurelian, Antonio Flores Jijón, Duncan Stewart, Melville Fuller, Luis Cordero Crespo, and Josipina Turnograjska. After him are Sophus Bugge, and J. Donald Cameron. Among people deceased in 1893, Edwin Booth ranks 81. Before him are Ali bin Said of Zanzibar, Constantin von Wurzbach, Ion Emanuel Florescu, Aleksey Pleshcheyev, Hamilton Fish, and John William Casilear. After him are Edmund Kirby Smith, John Ballance, Aleksandra Potanina, Francis Parkman, Fanny Kemble, and John Addington Symonds.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edwin Booth ranks 9,759 out of 20,380. Before him are Tim Ryan (1973), John Varley (1947), Terry McDermott (1940), Michael Novak (1933), John Kander (1927), and Kathryn Crosby (1933). After him are Julian Casablancas (1978), August Dvorak (1894), Daniel Brandenstein (1943), Tom Heinsohn (1934), Daniel Everett (1951), and Lou Pearlman (1954).

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Among actors born in United States, Edwin Booth ranks 2,907. Before him are Sam Robards (1961), Aline MacMahon (1899), Greg Grunberg (1966), David Hess (1936), Mary Miles Minter (1902), and Kathryn Crosby (1933). After him are Helen Slater (1963), Edgar Bergen (1903), Brad Garrett (1960), Scott Brady (1924), John Shea (1949), and Anita Stewart (1895).

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