John Wilkes Booth -LRB- May 10, 1838 -- April 26, 1865 -RRB- was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford 's Theatre, in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
John Wilkes Booth -LRB- May 10, 1838 -- April 26, 1865 -RRB- was an American actor who is most famous for being the man who killed Abraham Lincoln on April 14 1865 in Washington, DC.