1805 - 1861
Jonas Furrer (3 March 1805 – 25 July 1861) was a Swiss lawyer and politician who served as member of the Federal Council, from 1848 to 1861, and as the first president of the Swiss Confederation from 1848 to 1849, and again in 1852, 1855 and 1858. He was one of the leading figures in the foundation of Switzerland as a federal state. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jonas Furrer has received more than 77,590 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jonas Furrer is the 6,661st most popular politician (down from 6,477th in 2019), the 172nd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 176th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Swiss Politician.
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Among politicians, Jonas Furrer ranks 6,661 out of 15,577. Before him are Ed Miliband, Peter II of Bulgaria, Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Laelianus, Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg, and John IV, Duke of Brittany. After him are Oleg Gordievsky, Vukan Nemanjić, Bethuel, Birendra of Nepal, Neferkahor, and Mahinda Rajapaksa.
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 6,655
1150 - 1197
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 6,656
1894 - 1964
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 6,657
250 - 269
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 6,658
1780 - 1857
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 6,659
1339 - 1399
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 6,660
1805 - 1861
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 6,661
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 6,662
1165 - 1207
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 6,663
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 6,664
1945 - 2001
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 6,665
2150 BC - 2200 BC
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 6,666
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 6,667
Among people born in 1805, Jonas Furrer ranks 24. Before him are Ewelina Hańska, Shirali Muslimov, Cochise, Thomas Graham, 9th Dalai Lama, and August Bournonville. After him are George Müller, Joseph Škoda, Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, Eugène Schneider, Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, and Wilhelm von Kaulbach. Among people deceased in 1861, Jonas Furrer ranks 22. Before him are Ranavalona I, Henri Murger, Lars Levi Laestadius, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, and Heinrich Marschner. After him are Henry Gray, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, Teréz Brunszvik, Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov, Henri Mouhot, and Pierre Berthier.
1805 - 1882
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 18
1805 - 1973
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 19
1805 - 1874
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 20
1805 - 1869
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 21
1805 - 1815
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 22
1805 - 1879
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 23
1805 - 1861
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 24
1805 - 1898
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 25
1805 - 1881
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 26
1805 - 1880
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 27
1805 - 1875
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 28
1805 - 1900
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 29
1805 - 1874
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 30
1788 - 1861
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 16
1822 - 1861
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 17
1800 - 1861
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 18
1834 - 1861
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 19
1818 - 1861
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 20
1795 - 1861
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 21
1805 - 1861
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 22
1827 - 1861
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 23
1802 - 1861
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 24
1775 - 1861
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 25
1777 - 1861
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 26
1826 - 1861
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 27
1782 - 1861
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 28
Among people born in Switzerland, Jonas Furrer ranks 172 out of 876. Before him are Rudolf II, Count of Habsburg (1168), Simonetta Sommaruga (1960), Robert Frank (1924), Grock (1880), Hans Martin Sutermeister (1907), and Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (1886). After him are Pietro Lombardo (1435), Walter H. Schottky (1886), Notker the Stammerer (840), Michel Simon (1895), Umberto Agnelli (1934), and Isaac Casaubon (1559).
1168 - 1232
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 166
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 167
1924 - 2019
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 168
1880 - 1959
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 169
1907 - 1977
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 170
1886 - 1934
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 171
1805 - 1861
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 172
1435 - 1515
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 173
1886 - 1976
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 174
840 - 912
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 175
1895 - 1975
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 176
1934 - 2004
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 177
1559 - 1614
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 178
Among politicians born in Switzerland, Jonas Furrer ranks 22. Before him are Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (1968), Ueli Maurer (1950), Kurt Huber (1893), Simonetta Sommaruga (1960), Hans Martin Sutermeister (1907), and Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (1886). After him are Leonardo Conti (1900), Alexander Schallenberg (1969), Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (1945), Ruth Dreifuss (1940), Alfred Escher (1819), and Joanna of Pfirt (1300).
1968 - Present
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 16
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 17
1893 - 1943
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 18
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 19
1907 - 1977
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 20
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