The Resume

(November 7, 1867-July 4, 1934)
Birth name is Maria Sklodowska
Discovered radioactivity comes from atoms
Born Maria Sklodowska, but best known as Madame Curie
Won the Nobel for Physics (1903)
Won the Nobel for Chemistry (1911)
Discovered the elements polonium and radium
Isolated pure radium
Received 19 degrees and 15 gold medals
Appears on French and Polish commemorative postage stamps
Craters on the Moon and on Mars are named for her
Nasa named their Mars rover in her honor

Why she might be annoying:

She was raised Catholic, but after meeting her husband, Pierre, she dropped her religion.
She unwittingly caused her own death when her exposure to radiation gave her leukemia.

Why she might not be annoying:

She is the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
She is the first Polish person to win a Nobel Prize.
She is the first person to win a second Nobel Prize.
She is the first European woman to receive a doctorate in science.
Her eldest daughter, Irene Joliot-Curie, also won a Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1935).
She was the first female professor at the Sorboune.
Albert Einstein said 'Marie Curie is, of all celebrated beings, the one whom fame has not corrupted' (1937).
She said: 'Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.'
She also said: 'One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.'
She helped discover X-Ray machines.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 19th Century Scientists
• 20th Century Scientists
• A & E Biographies of the Millennium (Ranked: 53)
• About.com Top 100 Women of History [2009] (Ranked: 18)
• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 7000)
• Animated Heroes Classics Series
• C/Net-UK's Top 10 Girl Geeks [November 2006] (Ranked: 8)
• Clone High
• D.J.'s and M.C.'s
• Google Modified Its Logo For My Birthday (Google Doodles)
• Greer Garson Portrayed Me
• I am a Citizen of France
• I Am Buried at the Pantheon in Paris
• I am of Polish Extraction
• I Attended University of Paris
• I Died in 1934 (Ranked: 67)
• I Died on the Fourth of July (Ranked: 1934)
• I Earned a Doctorate
• I Got an Element Named After Me
• I Have Leukemia
• I Have Tuberculosis
• I Turned Down the Legion of Honor
• I was Home Schooled
• Ladies Home Journal's 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century
• Life Magazine's 100 People Who Changed the World [2010] (Ranked: 52)
• Life Magazine's Top 100 People of the Millennium [2000] (Ranked: 75)
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Man's World
• My Corpse was Exhumed
• My Name Became a Unit of Measurement
• Nippon TV's Top 100 Historical Persons [Japan - 2006] (Ranked: 64)
• Nobel Prize for Chemistry (Ranked: 1911)
• Nobel Prize for Physics (Ranked: 1903)
• Profiles 1751-2000 (Ranked: 1867)
• Religion's 100 Most Influential People (Ranked: 101)
• Scientists

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 11 Votes: 9.09% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 158 Votes: 51.90% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 119 Votes: 67.23% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 112 Votes: 48.21% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 66 Votes: 48.48% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 37 Votes: 45.95% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 87 Votes: 50.57% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 86 Votes: 51.16% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 60 Votes: 38.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 89 Votes: 46.07% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 82 Votes: 59.76% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 83 Votes: 38.55% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 71 Votes: 33.80% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 185 Votes: 43.78% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 413 Votes: 39.95% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 1192 Votes: 45.39% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 1166 Votes: 44.77% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 1424 Votes: 42.28% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 2808 Votes: 42.13% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 9057 Votes: 35.39% Annoying