The Resume

(May 29, 1920-August 9, 2000)
Born in Budapest, Hungary
Studied the application of game theory to economics
Developed analyses for games with incomplete information
Wrote 'Rational Behavior and Bargaining Equilibrium in Games and Social Situations' (1977), 'Papers in Game Theory' (1982) and 'A General Theory of Equilibrium Selection in Games' (1988)
With John Nash and Reinhard Selten won the Nobel Prize in Economics (1994)

Why he might be annoying:

Although he wanted to study mathematics and philosophy, he yielded to his parents' wishes and majored in pharmacology so he could take over the family drugstore.
He met his future wife, Anne Klauber, when she was one of his students at the University of Budapest.
He and Anne married after immigrating to Australia (1951); they understood so little English that he explained that she had promised to improve her cooking.

Why he might not be annoying:

When he was in a railway station waiting to be deported to a concentration camp, he removed the armband identifying him as Jewish and quietly slipped out of the station (1944).
He spent the rest of WWII sheltered in a Jesuit monastery.
He was forced to resign from the faculty of the University of Budapest because of his anti-Marxist opinions (1948).
While accepting his Nobel Prize, he said he hoped his theories would help governments and corporations make better decisions and create a more peaceful world.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Brothers and Sisters, I Have None
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 49]
• Catholics who are Partially Jewish
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5291920)
• Google Modified Its Logo For My Birthday (Google Doodles)
• I am an Atheist
• I am Hungarian
• I Attended Stanford
• I Died in 2000 (Ranked: 80)
• I Earned a Doctorate
• I Have Dementia/Alzheimer's
• I Was Hot For My Student
• Nobel Prize for Economics (Ranked: 1994)
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Profiles 34501-34750 (Ranked: 34735)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying