The Resume

(June 25, 1903-January 21, 1950)
Wrote '1984' and 'Animal Farm'
Birth name was Eric Arthur Blair
Died of tuberculosis at 46 years old

Why he might be annoying:

He constantly questioned history.
He felt that the official/authorized history is written one sided.

Why he might not be annoying:

His primary goal was to attack totalitarians.
He coined the phrase 'Big Brother is watching you.'
He fought against fascists in Spain (1937).
He said the language of politics '...is designed to make lies sound truthful' which he called 'Newspeak.'
He adopted a son.
1984 was a reversal of 1948, the year he wrote the book.
He developed the scary idea of thought police and thought crimes.
He said: 'If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.'

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 2002 - 100 Most Annoying (Ranked: 90)
• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 11020)
• AOL's Top 10 George Searches [2003] (Ranked: 10)
• BBC Big Read: The UK's Top 200 Novels [2003] (Ranked: 8)
• BBC Big Read: The UK's Top 200 Novels [2003] (Ranked: 46)
• Bed Wetters
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [June] (Ranked: 6251903)
• Channel 4's 100 Greatest Scary Moments [Britain - October 2003] (Ranked: 79)
• Conspiracy Theorists
• Entertainers Loved by Depressed Teens
• Fahrenheit 9/11
• I Adopted a Child
• I Attended Eton
• I Died in 1950 (Ranked: 46)
• I Don't Pull Punches
• I Have Tuberculosis
• Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century [1999] (Ranked: 22)
• Lycos' Top 10 George Searches [October 2000] (Ranked: 5)
• Modern Library's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the 20th Century (Ranked: 42)
• Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century [1998] (Ranked: 13)
• Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century [1998] (Ranked: 31)
• Mustaches
• New York Public Library’s 10 Most Frequently Checked Out Books of All Time (Ranked: 3)
• NPR's 100 Best Literary Characters of the 20th Century [Authors - 2002] (Ranked: 59)
• Profiles 1751-2000 (Ranked: 1984)
• Ratman's Least Annoying (Ranked: 13)
• Satirists and Wits
• Teachers
• Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels [Authors]
• Writers Featured in the Barnes & Noble Authors Mural

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 25 Votes: 12.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 129 Votes: 44.96% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 100 Votes: 42.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 238 Votes: 61.34% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 26 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 62 Votes: 45.16% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 57 Votes: 38.60% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 72 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 109 Votes: 49.54% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 99 Votes: 35.35% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 93 Votes: 35.48% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 187 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 268 Votes: 41.04% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 451 Votes: 43.02% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 598 Votes: 42.81% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 939 Votes: 42.17% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 39463 Votes: 77.93% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 9228 Votes: 44.25% Annoying