The Resume

(February 14, 1856-August 27, 1931)
Born in Galway, Ireland
Birth name was James Thomas Harris
Edited the newspapers 'Evening News,' 'Fortnightly Review' and 'Saturday Review' and the magazine 'Pearson's'
Wrote 'Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions' (1916) and 'My Life and Loves' (1922)

Why he might be annoying:

His relentless social climbing prompted Oscar Wilde to observe, 'Frank Harris has been invited to all the great houses in England -- once.'
He was expelled from the University of Heidelberg for beating up a student who bumped against him in the street.
As a tabloid journalist, he admitted to blackmailing celebrities for money.
He was a hypochondriac.
He claimed he first had sex at age five.
He had Lloyd's of London insure a card file containing the names of the 1,000 women he claimed to have slept with.

Why he might not be annoying:

Despite Wilde's catty remark, the two were good friends, with Harris offering to arrange for Wilde to escape to France when it became clear that Wilde was about to be convicted of sodomy.
He later petitioned the prison authorities to improve Wilde's conditions, including permitting access to writing materials.
'My Life and Loves' was considered such hot stuff that copies smuggled from Paris sold for $100 in America.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Born on Valentine's Day [February 14th] (Ranked: 1856)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 27]
• I am an Adulterer
• I Attended University of Kansas
• I Claimed to Have Banged Over 1,000 People
• I Died in 1931 (Ranked: 75)
• My Spouse is at Least Ten Years Younger than Me
• Newspaper Journalists/Editors/Publishers
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 487)
• Profiles 28001-28250 (Ranked: 28144)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 34 Votes: 67.65% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 78.57% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 85.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 53 Votes: 67.92% Annoying