Who was the most annoying person in all of human history?

Answer 1

Matthew Parker.
Parker was Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Elizabeth I and presided over the transition of the Anglican Church from Catholicism to Protestantism.

Parker attended Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and was ordained a priest in 1527. He obtained favour with Henry VIII, becoming chaplain to Anne Boleyn and the Master of his College. When Parliament allowed the king to dissolve the monasteries, Parker petitioned Henry VIII to save the Cambridge colleges and they were allowed to continue. Parker had Lutheran sympathies and, during the reign of the Catholic Mary I, was obliged to retire in obscurity.

When Elizabeth I came to the throne, Parker’s stalwart Protestantism was rewarded. He was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury and was charged with ensuring that there was no backsliding into Catholicism. Parker organised the translation of the bible into English, The Bishops’ Bible. Parker personally translated, Genesis, Matthew and some epistles.

But Parker’s main task was to supervise the clergy. He enquired into every aspect of clerical affairs and interfered with the administration of the diocese with detailed notes giving instructions on how church affairs were to be conducted. He became so tiresome to the clergy that he earned the nickname ‘Nosy Parker’, a term which has gone down in history as a term for a busybody.

Answer 2

That's not an easy question; I mean there were thousands of political, religious and other leaders and their helpers throughout history, that were more or less annoying...I think every nation has in its own history such a person, however the figure that most dramatically interrupted all positive courses in human history was in my opinion Adolf Hitler, the German "fuhrer".
He and his party were in fact a gang of lunatics and criminals,helped to political power by ruthless aristocracy which just wanted him to finish off the communists that were gaining power in Germany; it turned out there weren't just communists who were to be wiped out, but also millions of Jews and innocent people and finally the aristocracy itself, not to mention millions of dead - victims of world war II and - consequently even of atomic bombs that fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki...

Answer 3

Europe does have a prosperous history, and its all around you once you're there, rather in the historic towns. yet, the human beings are not cultured. And the history is a history full of war, distress making, hate, pogroms, exterminations, plague, conquest, slavery, and an unpleasant church and monarchies exploiting human beings ruthlessly.

Answer 4

During Julius Caesar's lifetime, his most annoying opponent was a self-professed Stoic - Cato. The die-hard leader of the hard line conservative faction in the Senate. Porcius Cato was a man in whom sharp intellect and high moral stature were made sinful by the fierceness of his zealotry.

Answer 5

Jar Jar Binks

Answer 6

Gilbert Godfreid and Joan Cusak!

Answer 7

A toss-up between Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein. Oh, I forget, include Osama Bin Laden.

Answer 8

Paris Hilton or Star Jones!

Answer 9

Don Rickles, maybe? Or Galileo Galilei.

Answer 10

Although, I thoroughly enjoyed "Friend's" answer... I feel the key word should be "is" for George W. Bush...and "was" for General George Armstrong Custer. Hmmmmm? Both first names are George? Coincidence? I wonder...