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Jack Daniel

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Entrepreneur

The Resume

    (circa 1849-October 9, 1911)
    Birth name was Jasper Newton Daniel
    Died from blood poisoning
    5'2
    Awarded the World's Fair Gold Medal for his Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey (1904)

Why he might be annoying:

    He bought his whiskey distillery when he was thirteen.
    He broke his toe when he forgot the combination to his safe and angrily kicked it. He caught an infection in his toe and died six years later.
    No one really knows why he named his whiskey 'Old No. 7.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He started working at age seven.
    He was one of 13 siblings.
    He was the first to register a distillery in the United States (1866).
    Since he never married and never had children, he handed the distillery over to his nephew, Lem Motlow, who incorporated it in 1944.
    He makes Coke a better drink.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 14 Votes: 7.14% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 33 Votes: 18.18% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 25 Votes: 28.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 110 Votes: 52.73% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 40 Votes: 35.00% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 167 Votes: 44.31% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 58 Votes: 32.76% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 114 Votes: 44.74% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 179 Votes: 40.78% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 317 Votes: 41.96% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 619 Votes: 41.68% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 643 Votes: 43.08% Annoying