The Resume

Born in Paris, France
Frederic Joliot (March 19, 1900-August 14, 1958)
Irene Curie (September 12, 1897-March 17, 1956)
Joined their last names after marrying (1926)
Irene was daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie
Recipients of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering artificial radiation (1935)

Why they might be annoying:

They were hired by the Radium Institute founded by Irene's parents.
They discovered the positron and neutron without realizing it; two other physicists would win Nobels for those achievements.
After a French physicist working on the Anglo-American atomic bomb project told Frederic of their progress, he passed the information on to the Soviet Union.
Frederic was removed from the French atomic reactor program for being a Communist (1950).
Like Marie, Irene died from leukemia caused by exposure to radiation during her experiments.

Why they might not be annoying:

During World War I, Irene helped her mother run x-ray machines at mobile field hospitals.
During World War II, Frederic was a member of the French resistance movement.
They were both awarded the Legion of Honor.
They gave the Curie family its fourth and fifth Nobel Prizes, by far the record for any family.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 27]
• Daughters of Celebrities
• Dual Profiles
• From St. Patricks to St. Peter [Died on March 17th] (Ranked: 1956)
• Hyphenated Names
• I am a Citizen of France
• I Died in 1956 (Ranked: 58)
• I Died in 1958 (Ranked: 58)
• I Died in the City I Was Born In
• I Have Leukemia
• I'm a Communist
• Nobel Prize for Chemistry (Ranked: 1935)
• Profiles 28251-28500 (Ranked: 28366)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19580814)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 31 Votes: 48.39% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 119 Votes: 59.66% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 18.18% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 26.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 31 Votes: 41.94% Annoying