The Resume

(November 30, 1835-April 21, 1910)
Raised in Hannibal, Missouri
Birth name is Samuel Clemens
Wrote 'Tom Sawyer,' 'Prince and the Pauper,' and 'Huckleberry Finn'

Why he might be annoying:

He was a vegetarian.
He smoked a pipe.
He suffered from depression.
He predicted his death in 1910.
He said he was born during Halley's comet and he would die when it returned.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was left handed.
He claimed to have no prejudices, except he was not a fan of the French, because he thought their mistreatment of Dreyfus was a horrible injustice.
He said: 'Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.'

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 10 Books Most Taught in High School (Ranked: 3)
• 100 Most Frequently Banned or Challenged Books [2000-09] (Ranked: 14)
• 25 Most Adapted Authors in Film (Ranked: 17)
• 25 Most Downloaded eBooks on Project Gutenberg (Ranked: 8)
• 25 Most Downloaded eBooks on Project Gutenberg (Ranked: 19)
• Absinthe Drinkers
• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 2362)
• Bankruptcy
• Bloodhoud Gang's 'Fire Water Burn' References
• Camille Paglia Doesn't Like Me
• Carnegie Hall Concerts
• Children's Book Authors
• Game and Puzzle Designers
• Golden Girls References
• Google Modified Its Logo For My Birthday (Google Doodles)
• Greatest Americans [Discovery Channel, 2005] (Ranked: 40)
• Hall of Fame for Great Americans (Ranked: 1920)
• I am an Atheist
• I am Left Handed - Male [Q-Z]
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [R-T]
• I am Religiously Ambiguous
• I Did Not Graduate High School [T-Z]
• I Died in 1910 (Ranked: 74)
• I Got a Pet Cat or Twenty
• I Made a Biased Comment in Public [Some Alleged]
• I Portrayed Mark Twain
• I was Adopted or Orphaned
• I was Falsely Reported Dead
• I was Home Schooled
• I Write Bildungsroman
• I'm Depressed [Reportedly Manic/Bi-polar]
• In Town for The World's Fair at the Columbian Exposition [1893-Chicago]
• Keith Urban's 'John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16' References
• Kids' Top 100 Favorite Books (Ranked: 91)
• Listverse's Top 25 Famous Redheads (Ranked: 19)
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Lycos' Top 20 Historical Figure Searches [1999] (Ranked: 14)
• Male Cigar Smokers
• Male Pipe Smokers
• Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Recipients
• Modern Library's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the 20th Century (Ranked: 43)
• National Endowment for the Arts’ The Big Read Selections [Authors] (Ranked: 2008)
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 348)
• People with Bruce, Marc or Keith in their Names
• Profiles 1751-2000 (Ranked: 1835)
• Red Hot Chili Pepper References
• Redheads - Male
• Residents of the Hotel Chelsea
• Satirists and Wits
• Smithsonian’s 100 Most Significant Americans of All Time [2015] (Ranked: 8)
• Subjects of 'Drunk History'
• The My Hero Project
• World's Top 10 Library Books [2004] (Ranked: 7)
• World's Top 10 Library Books [2005] (Ranked: 7)
• Writers Featured in the Barnes & Noble Authors Mural

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 31 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 13 Votes: 7.69% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 99 Votes: 48.48% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 124 Votes: 42.74% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 63 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 21 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 86 Votes: 63.95% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 22 Votes: 9.09% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 230 Votes: 52.61% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 29 Votes: 55.17% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 89 Votes: 49.44% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 85 Votes: 48.24% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 405 Votes: 50.62% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 237 Votes: 35.44% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 111 Votes: 32.43% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 213 Votes: 44.13% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 520 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 508 Votes: 41.93% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 608 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 2217 Votes: 41.95% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 2809 Votes: 35.28% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 5651 Votes: 40.29% Annoying