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Henri Charriere

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Murderer

The Resume

    (November 16, 1906-July 29, 1973)
    Born in Ardeche, France
    Convicted of murdering a pimp and sent to the penal colony on Devil’s Island in French Guiana (1931)
    Escaped from Devil’s Island (1941)
    Settled in Venezuela and Spain
    Wrote the autobiography ‘Papillon’ (1969)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was nicknamed ‘Papillon’ after a tattoo of a butterfly on his chest.
    He was sentenced to eight years in solitary confinement for murdering a fellow prisoner who had informed the authorities about one of his escape plans.
    Many of the events in his autobiography may have actually happened to other prisoners or been invented.
    One French minister attributed the ‘moral decline’ of the country to the miniskirt and the publication of ‘Papillon.’

Why he might not be annoying:

    He enlisted in the French navy at age 17.
    On Devil’s Island, he allegedly risked his life to rescue a drowning girl named Lissette from shark-infested waters.
    He was portrayed by Steve McQueen in the movie ‘Papillon.’

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 65.62% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 35 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 49 Votes: 61.22% Annoying