The Resume

(December 12, 1892-December 20, 1972)
Born in Oak Park, Illinois
Son of Frank Lloyd Wright
Architect and toy designer
Designed the Hoover-Timme House (1929), Arcades Cabin Hotel (1930), John and Isabel Burnham House (1934) and George and Adele Jaworowski House (1946)
Invented Lincoln Logs (patented in 1920)
Wrote a biography about Frank Lloyd Wright, ‘My Father Who Is On Earth’ (1946)

Why he might be annoying:

He dropped out of the University of Wisconsin.
His own architectural designs tended to be derivative of his father’s.
He was married three times, divorced twice.
He left his second wife for one of his clients.

Why he might not be annoying:

He worked as an assistant to his father for several years, but left over his father’s frequent failure to pay him a salary.
Most of his records and designs were destroyed in a house fire after his car caught fire in his garage (1939).
Lincoln Logs were one of the original inductees of the National Toy Hall of Fame (1999).

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Architects
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 64]
• College Drop Outs
• I Attended University of Wisconsin-Madison
• I Died in 1972 (Ranked: 80)
• I Named My Kid After Myself
• I was Estranged From My Parents
• Inventors
• My House Burned Down
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Profiles 38751-38951 (Ranked: 38884)
• Sons of Celebrities
• Toy Makers

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 131 Votes: 51.15% Annoying