A miser is a person who is reluctant to spend money, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts. The term derives from the Latin miser, meaning "poor" or "wretched," comparable to the modern word "miserable".Famous misers in historyRaf "Scheef" De Lange - a famous alcoholic.Ephraim Lópes Pereira d'Aguilar, 2nd Baron d'Aguilar - an eccentric nobleman.Andrew Carnegie - Scottish born American industrialist, was notoriously "thrifty" until his old age,