Jonas Furrer

Jonas Furrer 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. He was a member of the Radical Party.

3 March 1805

Born on the same birth day (3 March): Anri Sakaguchi • Brent Tate • John Matteson • Johnny Moore (basketball) • Julius Malema • Katherine Waterston • Keith Fergus • Mike Pender • Raúl Alcalá • Santonio Holmes • Thom Hoffman • Tyler Florence • Umika Kawashima • Vlado Janković • Willie Wise

Born in the same month (March 1805): Ernst von Lasaulx • Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann • Thomas Cooper (poet)