Booker
Encyclopedia
Places
- Booker, BuckinghamshireBooker, BuckinghamshireBooker is a hamlet within the parish of West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England, which has absorbed into the expanding suburbs of High Wycombe...
, a hamlet in England - Booker, TexasBooker, TexasBooker is a town in Lipscomb and Ochiltree Counties in the U.S. state of Texas and named for B.F. Booker, a civil engineer for the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway. The population was 1,315 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
, a town in the United States - RAF BookerRAF BookerRAF Booker was a Royal Air Force airfield, opened as a flying training school in 1941 on the site of a civilian flying school requisitioned and closed on the outbreak of war in 1939....
, a Royal Air Force airfield from 1941 to 1963
People
Given name- Booker T (disambiguation)Booker T (disambiguation)Booker T may refer to*Booker T. Washington, 19th century political leader*Booker T , ring name of professional wrestler Booker Huffman*Booker T. Jones, musician and frontman of Booker T. and the M.G.'s...
, the name of several people - Booker ErvinBooker ErvinBooker Telleferro Ervin II was an American tenor saxophone player. He was perhaps best known for his association with bassist Charles Mingus....
, jazz saxophone player - Booker LittleBooker LittleBooker Little, Jr was an American jazz trumpeter and composer.-Biography:Despite his premature death from kidney failure at the age of 23, Little made an important contribution to jazz. Stylistically, his sound is rooted in the playing of Clifford Brown, featuring crisp articulation, a burnished...
, jazz trumpet player
Surname
- Chris BookerChris BookerChris Booker is an American radio and TV personality.-Career:Chris Booker is a TV/radio personality. He 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 the Kids Choice Awards." He also served as...
, a U.S. radio/TV personality - Christopher BookerChristopher BookerChristopher John Penrice Booker is an English journalist and author. In 1961, he was one of the founders of the magazine Private Eye, and has contributed to it for over four decades. He has been a columnist for the Sunday Telegraph since 1990...
, an English journalist - Cory BookerCory BookerCory Anthony Booker is the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Booker is a former Newark City Councilman...
, mayor of Newark, New Jersey - Eddie BookerEddie BookerHilton Edward "Eddie" Booker 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 Williams and Jack Chase, avoided by other elite fighters of the era because of their...
, an American boxer - Eric Booker (golfer)Eric Booker (golfer)Eric Booker is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Booker joined the Nationwide Tour in 1990. He then took a hiatus from the Tour until 1997 and won the NIKE Greater Austin Open that year...
, American professional golfer - James BookerJames BookerJames Carroll Booker III was a jazz, New Orleans rhythm and blues and soul musician born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.-Biography:...
, a U.S. piano player and singer - Lorenzo BookerLorenzo BookerLorenzo Booker is an American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State....
, an American football running back - Marty BookerMarty BookerMarty Montez Booker is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 1999 NFL Draft...
, an American football wide receiver - Rod BookerRod BookerRoderick Stewart Booker is an American professional baseball player. He played second base, third base and shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1987 to 1989. He also played with the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1990 and 1991 seasons....
, an American professional baseball player
Entertainment
- Booker (TV series)Booker (TV series)Booker is an American crime drama series starring Richard Grieco that aired on the Fox Network from September 24, 1989 to May 6, 1990. The series was a spin-off of 21 Jump Street...
, a spin off of 21 Jump Street, a fictional character in Case Closed - Booker, a character in the comic strip U.S. AcresU.S. AcresU.S. Acres is a comic strip that originally ran from 1986 to 1989 created by Jim Davis, author of the popular comic strip Garfield. When the strip was launched, Jim Davis expected it to become quickly popular, but it ended after 3 years in 1989...
Other
- Man Booker PrizeMan Booker PrizeThe Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe. The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured of international renown and...
, presented annually for the best original full-length novel - Booking agent, otherwise Talent agentTalent agentA talent agent, or booking agent, is a person who finds jobs for actors, authors, film directors, musicians, models, producers, professional athletes, writers and other people in various entertainment businesses. Having an agent is not required, but does help the artist in getting jobs...
, a person who helps to arrange appearances by entertainers - In professional wrestlingProfessional wrestlingProfessional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
, the booker arranges matches, writes angles and determines outcomes - Booker GroupBooker GroupBooker Group plc is the United Kingdom's largest food wholesale operator, offering branded and private-label goods to over 400,000 customers including independent convenience stores, grocers, pubs and restaurants...
, the United Kingdom 's largest food wholesale operator - Booker'sBooker'sBooker’s bourbon is one of the small batch bourbons produced by the Jim Beam distillery, which is owned by Beam Inc.. Having the highest alcohol content of the brands in the Jim Beam “Small Batch Bourbon Collection”, it is a cask strength bourbon. It was personally selected from barrels by Jim...
, a bourbon produced by the Jim Beam distillery