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Jonas Furrer

1805 - 1861

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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 78,645 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Jonas Furrer is the 7,056th most popular politician (down from 6,645th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 172nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Swiss Politician.

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  • 56.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jonas Furrers by language

Over the past year Jonas Furrer has had the most page views in the with 11,230 views, followed by German (6,410), and French (3,550). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (81.72%), Quechua (65.05%), and Tajik (63.84%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jonas Furrer ranks 7,056 out of 19,576. Before him are Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica, Friedrich Ebert Jr., Isabella of France, Queen of Navarre, Leo Tindemans, Tabinshwehti, and Ana Brnabić. After him are Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver, Gilukhipa, Kim Jae-ryong, Salah Jadid, Cynane, and Felipe Calderón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Jonas Furrer ranks 25. Before him are Thomas Graham, 9th Dalai Lama, August Bournonville, Shirali Muslimov, Cochise, and Joseph Škoda. After him are George Müller, Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Wilhelm von Kaulbach, Princess Amalia of Sweden, and Eugène Schneider. Among people deceased in 1861, Jonas Furrer ranks 23. Before him are Lars Levi Laestadius, Henri Murger, Teréz Brunszvik, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, and Heinrich Marschner. After him are Henri Mouhot, Henry Gray, Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, and Eugène de Mazenod.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jonas Furrer ranks 184 out of 1,015. Before him are Notker the Stammerer (840), Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803), Isabelle Eberhardt (1877), Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (1968), Joanna of Pfirt (1300), and DJ BoBo (1968). After him are Hans Martin Sutermeister (1907), Billy Meier (1937), Simonetta Sommaruga (1960), Joachim Raff (1822), Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (1886), and Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (1718).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Jonas Furrer ranks 22. Before him are Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1919), Kurt Huber (1893), Ueli Maurer (1950), Viola Amherd (1962), Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (1968), and Joanna of Pfirt (1300). After him are Hans Martin Sutermeister (1907), Simonetta Sommaruga (1960), Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (1886), Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou (1420), Leonardo Conti (1900), and Alfred Escher (1819).

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