The Resume

(April 3, 1934- )
Studied chimpanzees at Gombe National Park in East Africa (1960)
Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education, and Conservation (1977)
Author of 'Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours,' 'My Life with the Chimpanzees' and 'The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior'

Why she might be annoying:

She is divorced.
She has written at least three autobiographies.
Some of her best friends are monkeys.
She is a vegetarian.

Why she might not be annoying:

She is extremely patient, spending months on end watching chimpanzees and taking notes.
She is one of the foremost fighters for the environment and against pollution, animal testing, poaching, and overpopulation.
Much that we know about chimpanzee behavior comes from her.
She dedicated her entire life to saving animals.

Credit: Ratman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• About.com Top 100 Women of History [2009] (Ranked: 48)
• Animal Experts
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [April] (Ranked: 4031934)
• Gallery of the Absurd
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Women [2015] (Ranked: 7)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Women [2017] (Ranked: 7)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Women [2019] (Ranked: 7)
• Golden Girls References
• I Attended University of Southern California
• I Gave a TED Talk
• I Got a Monkey
• I Was the Rose Parade Grand Marshall (Ranked: 2013)
• I'm Depressed [Reportedly Manic/Bi-polar]
• Influenced by Teilhard de Chardin
• Ladies Home Journal's 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century
• Look at Me and My Pet
• Look at Me, I'm Smooching
• My Name is Good or Bad
• Profiles 11251-11500 (Ranked: 11305)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 1]
• The My Hero Project
• Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2019 [April 2019]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 121 Votes: 56.20% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 22 Votes: 40.91% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 148 Votes: 41.89% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 67 Votes: 49.25% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 62 Votes: 64.52% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 77 Votes: 76.62% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 55 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 46.43% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 98 Votes: 36.73% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 136 Votes: 32.35% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 122 Votes: 45.90% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 165 Votes: 41.21% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 336 Votes: 42.26% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 902 Votes: 41.24% Annoying