The Resume

Auguste Lumière (October 19, 1862-April 10, 1954)
Louis Lumière (October 5, 1864-June 6, 1948)
Invented the cinematographe (1895), a machine that project films onto a screen to an audience
Filmed 'Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895),' 'Watering the Gardener,'

Why they might be annoying:

Their film making careers spanned less than a decade.
They saw no future for the film industry that they helped create.
Auguste lost interest in the cinematographe immediately after it was completed.

Why they might not be annoying:

Many historians believe that December 28, 1895 is the birth of cinema; the day that Louis first unveiled to the general public a series of short films that he photographed (considered the world's first film projected screening to an audience).
They popularized a documentary style of film making, then known as actualities.
Louis has been considered the 'Father of Cinema.'

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [October] (Ranked: 10051864)
• Channel 4's 100 Greatest Scary Moments [Britain - October 2003] (Ranked: 100)
• Documentarians
• Dual Profiles
• Film Pioneers [Silent Era]
• His and Hers
• I am a Citizen of France
• I Died in 1948 (Ranked: 83)
• I Died in 1954 (Ranked: 92)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[J-L]
• I Speak Esperanto
• Inventors
• Profiles 1751-2000 (Ranked: 1895)

Year In Review:

In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 10.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 42 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 93 Votes: 47.31% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 144 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 183 Votes: 39.34% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 243 Votes: 42.80% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 666 Votes: 42.19% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1556 Votes: 40.87% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 10495 Votes: 58.65% Annoying