The Resume

(3317 BC-2348 BC)
Lived to age 969
Name means 'Man of the dart'
First mentioned in Genesis 5:27

Why he might be annoying:

His father, Enoch, was 65 when he had Methuselah.
He was 187 when he had his son.
He named his son Lamech.
His entire presence in the Bible is limited to 6 passages. Had he not been the oldest person in there (and he only accomplished that by 7 years), most people would have no knowledge of him.
Some say that he wasn't as old as he says the Bible says he was.

Why he might not be annoying:

If the Bible is to be believed, he is the oldest person in history.
He is a namesake for a rare syndrome that causes accelerated aging in children.
He makes Jean-Louise Calment look like a teenager.
His name has become associated with longevity.
He has been referenced on 'The Simpsons,' 'Star Trek,' 'Blade Runner,' 'RahXephon,' 'Redwall,' 'Trinity Blood,' 'and 'Witch Hunter Robin.'
He shares his name with the oldest living thing on the planet, a 4700-year old bristlecone pine.
He also shares his name with a large champagne bottle.
He is an ancestor of Noah, Abraham, Moses, King David, King Solomon, and Jesus.
There is an award in his name for science dedicated to anti-aging research.

Credit: Lorg Skyegon

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alta Cockers
• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor
• Ancient Times
• Ancient Times: Middle East
• Award Namesakes
• God Spoke to Me
• I Am in the Bible
• I Am in the Old Testament
• I Gave My Kid a Ridiculous Name
• I Lived in Three Centuries
• I Lived to 100 (Ranked: 969)
• Known By a Single Name
• Long Names
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands Up
• Look at Me, I'm Preachin'
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Lorg Skyegon's Profiles
• Musical Names
• Nobody Told Me I'm Old
• Old Dads
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 214)
• Profiles 15501-15750 (Ranked: 15559)
• Religious Icons
• Satirized on the Simpsons
• Silver Foxes [Gray and Don't Care]
• Wizard Beards

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 79 Votes: 50.63% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 153 Votes: 69.28% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 31 Votes: 64.52% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 37 Votes: 40.54% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 107 Votes: 46.73% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 156 Votes: 47.44% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 209 Votes: 41.63% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 92 Votes: 40.22% Annoying