The Resume

(1908-1964)
Created the character James Bond
Wrote 12 Bond novels, including 'Casino Royale,' 'From Russia With Love,' 'Doctor No,' 'The Man With the Golden Gun,' 'You Only Live Twice,' 'Diamonds Are Forever' and 'Live and Let Die'

Why he might be annoying:

He was born into money.
He left college after two years over a girl.
He let himself be caught out after curfew to get kicked out of military school.
He designed his own vacation home with no hot water, window glass, or air conditioning.
His books include negative comments about homosexuality.
He smoked and drank himself to death at 56.

Why he might not be annoying:

He created one of the most famous fictional characters of all time.
His father died when Ian was 8.
Throughout his early life, he fought to establish his own identity outside of his family's fortune.
He worked as an intelligence agent during World War II.
He was noted for the 'Fleming flair,' ensuring exciting reading even in stories with little action or pay off.
He was an avid golfer.
He got the name James Bond from the author of a field guide to birds, because of how nondescript the name was.

Credit: Eegah

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 25 Most Adapted Authors in Film (Ranked: 21)
• Alan Moore Doesn’t Like Me
• Authors Who Make Cameos in Their Book’s Movie
• Birdwatchers
• Cosmopolitan's 20 Best Escape Novels - Jane Clapperton [1980]
• Eegah's Profiles
• Film Threats' Frozen 50 [2002] (Ranked: 42)
• GQ's 50 Best Dressed British Males of All Time [2004] (Ranked: 26)
• I Attended Eton
• I Drive a Bentley
• I Have Lung Cancer
• I Write Pulp Fiction
• Lycos' Top 8 James Searches [May 2003] (Ranked: 1)
• Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum's 5 Most Beloved Heroes of History [1982] (Ranked: 3)
• NPR's 100 Best Literary Characters of the 20th Century [Authors - 2002] (Ranked: 66)
• Playboy Interview Subjects [1960s] (Ranked: 1964)
• Playboy's 55 Most Important People in Sex [2008] (Ranked: 45)
• Profiles 10001-10250 (Ranked: 10108)
• Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time (Ranked: 78)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 26 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 93 Votes: 47.31% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 27 Votes: 40.74% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 120 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 48 Votes: 39.58% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 21.43% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 58 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 52 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 219 Votes: 44.29% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 153 Votes: 49.67% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 298 Votes: 42.95% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 349 Votes: 41.26% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 88 Votes: 11.36% Annoying