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Winston Churchill

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The Resume

    (November 30, 1874-January 24, 1965)
    Conservative Prime Minister of The United Kingdom (1940-45, 51-55)
    First Honorary Citizen of the United States (April 9, 1963)
    He was knighted (April 24, 1953)
    Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature (1953)
    Was a freemason (1901-1912)
    He died, exactly seventy years, to the day, after his father died
    Boyhood pony was named Rob Roy

Why he might be annoying:

    He smoked cigars (starting in 1895).
    He looked like a British bulldog.
    He suffered from depression, calling it black dogs.
    He had an anchor tattoo.
    He was hit by a car in New York City (1931).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He popularized the phrase 'Iron Curtain' to explain Russia's hold on Eastern Europe.
    He said of his soldiers during World War II: 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few (May 30, 1940).'
    He was left handed.
    Nearing his death, he quipped: 'I am ready to meet my Maker, whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.'
    He started his hobby of painting after he was 40, he created over 500 paintings.
    He and his wife Clementine were married 57 years.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 31 Votes: 48.39% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 87 Votes: 54.02% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 101 Votes: 45.54% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 89 Votes: 44.94% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 69 Votes: 46.38% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 411 Votes: 50.61% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 55 Votes: 47.27% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 316 Votes: 50.32% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 71 Votes: 74.65% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 159 Votes: 50.94% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 253 Votes: 42.69% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 179 Votes: 43.58% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 224 Votes: 52.23% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 197 Votes: 48.22% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 1265 Votes: 31.54% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 1684 Votes: 35.33% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 444 Votes: 31.98% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 584 Votes: 44.35% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 301 Votes: 41.20% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 738 Votes: 60.98% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 843 Votes: 41.99% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1497 Votes: 42.95% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 3798 Votes: 44.21% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 1676 Votes: 24.88% Annoying