The Resume

(December 28, 1955-July 13, 2017)
Born in Changchun, China
Human rights activist
Jailed multiple times by the Chinese government (1989-91,1995-96,1996-99,2009- )
Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (2010)

Why he might be annoying:

He ticked off a lot of Chinese patriots when he told an interviewer it would take '300 years of colonialism' to transform the country (1988).
He ignored his wife's pleas to not work on the Charter 08 manifesto that led to his 2009 arrest.
The Chinese government news agency said that his win 'defiled' the Nobel Peace Prize and 'may harm China-Norway relations.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He was the first citizen of China to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
People who nominated him include the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu and Vaclav Havel.
There was less debate about whether he had earned the Nobel Prize than with the previous winner.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 32]
• Famous Campaigns to Get Me Out of Jail
• I Died in 2017 (Ranked: 61)
• I Earned a Doctorate
• I Was Buried at Sea
• Nobel Peace Prize (Ranked: 2010)
• On Trial 2009
• Profiles 30001-30250 (Ranked: 30072)
• The Onion's 20 People Who Mattered in 2010 (Ranked: 9)
• Time Magazine's People Who Matter [2010]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 62 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 68 Votes: 61.76% Annoying