Who is the closest living descendent of John Wilkes Booth?
Booth never had children, so he never had any living descendents. If you’re looking for “indirect” descendents, here are a few according to Wikipedia: # Booth’s uncle Algernon Sydney Booth is the great great great grandfather of Cherie Blair (née Booth), wife of the current British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. # Booth’s brother, Edwin Booth, saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son, Robert Todd Lincoln, when the latter slipped on a train platform in Jersey City and nearly fell into the path of an oncoming train. # Booth is sometimes connected to historical assassin Marcus Junius Brutus, for whom Booth’s father was named. On 1864-11-25, Booth acted in a version of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar where he played Mark Anthony. His brother, played the larger role of Brutus.
