The Resume

(October 29, 1923-January 30, 2015)
Lead a team of chemists to create the first steroid oral contraceptive (October 15, 1951)
Wrote 'The Man's Pill'

Why he might be annoying:

His birth control pill sparked the sexual revolution of the 1960s and '70s.
He was the self proclaimed prime developer of 'the pill.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He created a simple birth control method that puts sexually active people at ease (most preferred form of contraception in many countries).
He became a professor of chemistry at Stanford University (1959).
He promoted international cooperation in science.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• I am from Vienna, Austria
• I Died in 2015 (Ranked: 91)
• Insured Body Parts
• Inventors
• Look at Me, I'm Preachin'
• Nixon's Enemies List
• Profiles 2751-3000 (Ranked: 2901)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20150130)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 73 Votes: 42.47% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 130 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 57 Votes: 38.60% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 36 Votes: 47.22% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 63 Votes: 60.32% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 142 Votes: 45.77% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 240 Votes: 44.58% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 259 Votes: 44.79% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 663 Votes: 44.34% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1589 Votes: 45.69% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 247 Votes: 38.06% Annoying