Booker is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Charles Booker (American politician)
Charles Booker (born October 20, 1984) is an American politician from the commonwealth of Kentucky. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing the 43rd district from 2019 to 2021. During his term, he was Kentucky's younges ...
, (born 1984) member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
* Charles Booker (Australian politician) (1865-1925), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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Charles Dawson Booker
Major Charles Dawson Booker (sometimes hyphenated into Dawson-Booker) (21 April 1897 – 13 August 1918) was an English World War I fighter ace credited with 29 victories. He was promoted to high rank while relatively young as a result of his g ...
(1897–1918), English World War I ace fighter pilot
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Charles Goodenough Booker Charles Goodenough Booker (April 24, 1859 – April 3, 1926) was the mayor of Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which include ...
(1859–1926), Canadian politician, mayor of Hamilton, Ontario
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Chris Booker
Chris Booker (born May 20, 1971) is an American radio and TV personality.
Career
Booker has worked as a correspondent for TV Guide Channel covering red carpet events such as "Live at the Grammys with Joan and Melissa Rivers," and "Live at th ...
(born 1971), American radio and television personality
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Chris Booker (baseball)
Christopher Scott Booker (born December 9, 1976) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is currently the pitching coach for the Billings Mustangs.
Booker was drafted in the 20th round of the amateur draft by the Chicago Cubs. He'd ...
(born 1976), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
* Chris Booker (basketball) (born 1981), American former basketball player
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Christopher Booker
Christopher John Penrice Booker (7 October 1937 – 3 July 2019) was an English journalist and author. He was a founder and first editor of the satire, satirical magazine ''Private Eye'' in 1961. From 1990 onward he was a columnist for ''The Su ...
(1937–2019), English journalist and author
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Cory Booker
Cory Anthony Booker (born April 27, 1969) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the junior United States senator from New Jersey since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Booker is the first African-American U.S. se ...
(born 1969), American politician, U.S. Senator from New Jersey and former mayor of Newark, New Jersey
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Devin Booker (basketball, born 1991)
Devin Booker (born February 28, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague.
Booker's brother, Trevor, also played college basketball at Clemson and played ...
, American basketball player
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Devin Booker
Devin Armani Booker (born October 30, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the son of former basketball player Melvin Booker. After playing college basketba ...
(born 1996), American basketball player in the NBA
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Devontae Booker
Devontae Booker (born May 27, 1992) is an American football running back who is a free agent. He played college football at the University of Utah. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft.
Early years
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(born 1991), American football player
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Eddie Booker
Hilton Edward Booker (November 5, 1917 – January 26, 1975) was an American boxer who was active during the 1930s and 1940s.
Booker was one of the famous " Murderers Row" group of black boxers, along with the likes of Charley Burley, Holman Wil ...
(1917–1975), American boxer
* Eric Booker (born c. 1969), American hip-hop artist and competitive eater
* Eric Booker (golfer) (born 1963), American professional golfer
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George Booker
George William Booker (December 5, 1821 – June 4, 1883) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer, teacher, judge and justice of the peace from Virginia.
Biography
Born near Stuart, Virginia, Booker attended common schools as a child, t ...
(1821-1883) of Virginia, American politician, lawyer, teacher, judge
* Hassan Booker (born 1975), American basketball player and coach
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James Booker
James Carroll Booker III (December 17, 1939 – November 8, 1983) was a New Orleans rhythm and blues keyboardist born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Booker's unique style combined rhythm and blues with jazz standards. Musician Dr. J ...
(1939–1983), American pianist and singer
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Kenny Booker
Kenneth Arnold Booker (born November 20, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins from 1969 to 1971, winning a national championship in each of his two seasons of play. He played ...
(born c. 1948), American basketball player
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Lorenzo Booker
Lorenzo Adarryll Booker (born June 14, 1984) is a former American football running back. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State.
Booker has also been a member o ...
(born 1984), American football running back
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Marty Booker
Marty Montez Booker (born July 31, 1976) is a former American football wide receiver who played for eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for Louisiana-Monroe, he was drafted by the Chicago Bear ...
(born 1976), American football wide receiver
* Peter Jeffrey Booker (born 1924), British engineer and technological-drawing historian
* Rod Booker (born 1958), American professional baseball player
* Squire Booker (born 1965), American biochemist
* Thomas Booker (born 1999), American football player
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Trevor Booker
Trevor Fitzgerald Booker (born November 25, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player who played eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted 23rd overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2010 NB ...
(born 1987), American basketball player
* Trevor Booker (footballer) (born 1969), English former footballer
Given name
* Booker Brown (born 1952), American football offensive tackle
* Booker T. (wrestler) (born 1965), American professional wrestler
* Booker Ervin (1930–1970), American jazz tenor saxophone player
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Booker T. Jones
Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. (born November 12, 1944) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known art ...
(born 1944), American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger
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Booker Little
Booker Little Jr. (April 2, 1938 – October 5, 1961) – accessed June 2010 was an American
(1938–1961), American jazz trumpet player
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Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American c ...
(1856–1915), American educator, author, orator, and advisor