1819 - 1882
Johann Heinrich Alfred Escher vom Glas, also known as Alfred Escher (20 February 1819 – 6 December 1882), was a Swiss politician, business leader and railway pioneer. Thanks to his numerous political posts and his significant role in the foundation and management of the Swiss Northeastern Railway, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Credit Suisse, Swiss Life and the Gotthard Railway, Escher had an unmatched influence on Switzerland's political and economic development in the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Escher has received more than 183,415 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Alfred Escher is the 7,444th most popular politician (up from 7,750th in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 212th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Swiss Politician.
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Among politicians, Alfred Escher ranks 7,444 out of 15,577. Before him are Sidónio Pais, Valdis Zatlers, Antanas Merkys, Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano, Jamasp, and Beatrice of Luxembourg. After him are Henry I of Cyprus, Thomas Bérard, Duncan II of Scotland, Baldwin III, Count of Flanders, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, and Rutilius Claudius Namatianus.
1872 - 1918
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 7,438
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 7,439
1887 - 1955
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 7,440
1743 - 1780
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 7,441
450 - 499
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 7,442
1305 - 1319
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 7,443
1819 - 1882
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 7,444
1217 - 1253
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 7,445
1300 - 1273
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 7,446
1060 - 1094
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 7,447
940 - 962
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 7,448
1966 - Present
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 7,449
420 - 500
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 7,450
Among people born in 1819, Alfred Escher ranks 39. Before him are Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia, Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Christopher Latham Sholes, Felice Orsini, Wilhelm Marr, and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. After him are Estanislao Figueras, Narcís Monturiol, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Gustave de Molinari, and Franz Abt. Among people deceased in 1882, Alfred Escher ranks 32. Before him are Karl-Maria Kertbeny, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Hill Green, Henry Draper, Joachim Raff, and Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont. After him are Estanislao Figueras, John Nelson Darby, Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, János Arany, Berthold Auerbach, and Friedrich von Lütke.
1819 - 1839
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 33
1819 - 1887
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 34
1819 - 1890
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 35
1819 - 1858
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 36
1819 - 1904
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 37
1819 - 1874
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 38
1819 - 1882
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 39
1819 - 1882
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 40
1819 - 1885
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 41
1819 - 1905
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 42
1819 - 1904
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 43
1819 - 1912
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 44
1819 - 1885
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 45
1824 - 1882
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 26
1815 - 1882
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 27
1836 - 1882
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 28
1837 - 1882
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 29
1822 - 1882
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 30
1857 - 1882
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 31
1819 - 1882
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 32
1819 - 1882
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 33
1800 - 1882
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 34
1818 - 1882
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 35
1817 - 1882
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 36
1812 - 1882
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 37
1797 - 1882
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 38
Among people born in Switzerland, Alfred Escher ranks 193 out of 876. Before him are Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (1817), Joachim Raff (1822), Robert Miles (1969), Adolphe Appia (1862), Ruth Dreifuss (1940), and Josias Braun-Blanquet (1884). After him are Joanna of Pfirt (1300), Marc Allégret (1900), Frithjof Schuon (1907), Daniel Peter (1836), Emil Brunner (1889), and Ignazio Cassis (1961).
1817 - 1894
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 187
1822 - 1882
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 188
1969 - 2017
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 189
1862 - 1928
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 190
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 191
1884 - 1980
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 192
1819 - 1882
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 193
1300 - 1351
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 194
1900 - 1973
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 195
1907 - 1998
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 196
1836 - 1919
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 197
1889 - 1966
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 198
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 199
Among politicians born in Switzerland, Alfred Escher ranks 27. Before him are Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (1886), Jonas Furrer (1805), Leonardo Conti (1900), Alexander Schallenberg (1969), Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (1945), and Ruth Dreifuss (1940). After him are Joanna of Pfirt (1300), Ignazio Cassis (1961), Pascal Couchepin (1942), Ubol Ratana (1951), Louis of Cyprus (1436), and Matilda of Habsburg (1253).
1886 - 1934
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 21
1805 - 1861
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 22
1900 - 1945
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 23
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 24
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 25
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 26
1819 - 1882
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 27
1300 - 1351
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 28
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 29
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 30
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 31
1436 - 1482
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 32
1253 - 1304
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 33