The Resume

(September 30, 1928-July 2, 2016)
Survived Buna, Gleiwitz, Buchenwald, and Auschwitz (1944-1945)
Wrote of his experiences in 'Night'
Also wrote 'A Beggar in Jerusalem,' 'The Testament' and 'The Fifth Son'
Appointed by Jimmy Carter as Chairman of the President's Commission on the Holocaust (1978)
Founded the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity (1986)
Won the Nobel Peace Prize (1986)
Supporter of Israel

Why he might be annoying:

He charged $25,000 to show up and give a speech.
He refused to give lectures unless transported in a chauffeured limousine.
His hair was usually in disarray.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was only fifteen years old when he was deported to Auschwitz by the Nazis.
His parents and younger sister died in the concentration camps.
He was hit by a car, leaving him in a wheelchair for a period of time (1956).
He was one of the world's foremost speakers on the Holocaust.

Credit: Ratman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 100 Greatest American Speeches of the 20th Century (Ranked: 95)
• Bad Hair - Male
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [September] (Ranked: 9301928)
• Hungary for a Bagel [Hungarian Jews]
• I am Hungarian
• I Attended University of Paris
• I Died in 2016 (Ranked: 87)
• I Have a Perfect Jew Score on Jew or Not Jew.com
• I Write Bildungsroman
• I'm Buried at Kensico Cemetery [Valhalla, New York]
• Nobel Peace Prize (Ranked: 1986)
• Oprah's Book Club Selections (Ranked: 2006)
• Profiles 11751-12000 (Ranked: 11877)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 1]
• Ravaged Faces
• Satirized on American Dad
• Save Darfur Spokespeople
• Served in World War II
• Silver Foxes [Gray and Don't Care]
• Stand Up Men
• Taken by Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme
• Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2006 [May 2006]
• TV Guide Magazine’s Top 25 Best Oprah Show Moments [2012] (Ranked: 10)
• U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20160702)
• World Series - Honorary First Pitches (Ranked: 1986)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 11 Votes: 18.18% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 33 Votes: 42.42% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 31 Votes: 45.16% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 103 Votes: 37.86% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 65 Votes: 50.77% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 112 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 174 Votes: 41.38% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 277 Votes: 43.68% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 230 Votes: 41.30% Annoying