The Resume

(May 6, 1856-February 20, 1920)
Lead first party to reach the North Pole (April 6, 1909)
Wrote 'The North Pole' (1910) and 'Secrets of Polar Travel' (1917)

Why he might be annoying:

His first attempt to reach the North Pole fell 174 miles (280 km) short (1906).
Even today, scientists are still not sure if Peary actually reached the exact North Pole.

Why he might not be annoying:

He proved Greenland was an island and not a continent.
American explorer, Frederick Albert Cook, claimed to have discovered the North Pole five days earlier than Peary, however experts found Cook's claim to be false.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Amputees
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5061856)
• Delta Kappa Epsilon
• Fruity Names
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [M-Q]
• I Died in 1920 (Ranked: 63)
• Mustaches
• Profiles 1751-2000 (Ranked: 1909)
• Satirized on Rocky and Bullwinkle
• Seamen
• Walruses
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19200220)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 35.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 73 Votes: 38.36% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 33 Votes: 51.52% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 71 Votes: 57.75% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 101 Votes: 43.56% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 168 Votes: 48.81% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 304 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 549 Votes: 43.17% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1579 Votes: 45.85% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 4022 Votes: 42.59% Annoying