The Resume

(August 5, 1908-December 17, 1967)
Born in Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia
Prime Minister of Australia (1966-67)
Disappeared while swimming and presumed drowned

Why he might be annoying:

His wife admitted that her twins from her first marriage had actually been fathered by Holt.
He was a workaholic who put in 16-hour days.
On taking office, he declared that Australia would not increase its involvement in the Vietnam War, but a month later he tripled the country's troop commitment.
He ignored advice from his doctor not to swim until a shoulder injury healed.
His disappearance inspired numerous rumors, including that he had committed suicide, he was murdered, he had been abducted by a UFO, or he was a Communist spy who had rendezvoused with a sub and been taken to China.
Ironically, a swimming pool complex in Melbourne was named after him.

Why he might not be annoying:

In college, he was president of the Sports Club, the Social Club and the Law Students' Society.
He was named one of Australia's six best-dressed men (1954).
He began breaking down the racist 'White Australia' policy by eliminating distinctions between European and Asian immigrants.
He established the Australian Council for the Arts.
The destroyer escort USS Harold E. Holt was the first American warship named after a foreign leader (1969).

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 19]
• I Adopted a Child
• I am an Adulterer
• I am Missing
• I Come from Oz
• I Died by Drowning
• I Died in 1967 (Ranked: 59)
• I Fathered Children Out of Wedlock
• Look at Me, I'm Wet
• Parents of Twins
• People with Tom, Dick or Harry in their Names
• Profiles 25501-25750 (Ranked: 25516)
• Wife Thieves

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 277 Votes: 60.29% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 34 Votes: 67.65% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 30 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 55.17% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 52 Votes: 67.31% Annoying