The Resume

(November 18, 1787-July 10, 1851)
Born in Cormeilles, France
Inventor of Daguerreotype photography
Inventor of the Diorama theater

Why he might be annoying:

Daguerreotypes required you to sit absolutely still for nearly ten minutes.
Nobody who was pictured on a daguerreotype could smile.
They also could not capture moving images, so photographs of the streets of Paris look barren and empty of people.
Originally, his invention was supposed to be 'free to the world as a gift from France' but the British still had to pay license fees
Photography would later ruin the idea of painting realistic portraits and lead to bizarre abstract work.

Why he might not be annoying:

His first Diorama was destroyed by a fire.
An asteroid is named after him.
His invention provided for the first time realistic pictures of famous people (rather than artist rendered interpretations that could flatter them).
He is considered the inventor of photography.

Credit: D & Captain Howdy

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• A & E Biographies of the Millennium (Ranked: 90)
• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 3256)
• Captain Howdy's Profiles [Series 6]
• Life Magazine's Top 100 People of the Millennium [2000] (Ranked: 79)
• Photographers
• Profiles 32751-33000 (Ranked: 32968)
• Religion's 100 Most Influential People (Ranked: 47)
• Time's 100 Most Influential Photos of All Time [2016] (Ranked: 2)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 13.33% Annoying