The Resume

(March 1, 1810-October 17, 1849)
Birth name was Fryderyk Franciszek Szopen
Resided in Paris
Wrote polonaises, mazurkas, etudes, preludes, nocturnes, scherzos, impromptus and many other piano works
Boyfriend of the (female) novelist George Sand

Why he might be annoying:

He was girlish and wimpy.
He was too frail to play the piano loudly.
He was a child prodigy.
He sometimes wore a beard on just one side of his face.
He detested the English.
He was paranoid about being buried alive.
His girlfriend was named ‘George.’
After he died, the girlfriend told people he never had sex in his life.

Why he might not be annoying:

Many consider him to be the greatest piano composer in history.
He broke up with George Sand because he was falsely told that she was cheating on him.
He suffered from tuberculosis.
He died at 39.
He wrote the famous ‘Funeral March’ that played during President Kennedy’s funeral procession.
Hugh Grant portrayed him in a movie.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Adults Who Probably Died a Virgin
• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 3784)
• Bob Dylan References
• Classical Top 100 (Ranked: 38)
• Google Modified Its Logo For My Birthday (Google Doodles)
• I am a Citizen of France
• I am of Polish Extraction
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 39)
• I Have Tuberculosis
• I'm Buried in the Pere Lachaise in Paris
• I'm Depressed [Reportedly Manic/Bi-polar]
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Monty Python's Decomposing Composers
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2006)
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1998)
• Nippon TV's Top 100 Historical Persons [Japan - 2006] (Ranked: 95)
• Opera Singers and Composers
• Profiles 15001-15250 (Ranked: 15146)
• Roman Polanski Films
• Sissies
• They Named an Airport in My Honor
• Wannabe Jews
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 6]

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 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 23 Votes: 26.09% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 121 Votes: 61.98% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 100 Votes: 57.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 45 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 32 Votes: 59.38% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 74 Votes: 43.24% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 115 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 341 Votes: 67.45% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 318 Votes: 68.55% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 305 Votes: 64.59% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 137 Votes: 51.82% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 154 Votes: 47.40% Annoying