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Wilhelm Matthias Naeff

1802 - 1881

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Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (19 February 1802 – 21 January 1881) was a Swiss politician and one of the seven initial members of the Swiss Federal Council (1848–1875). Naeff was born in Altstätten into a long-established Rhine-Valley's family. Already, his father was an influential merchant. Naeff studied law in Heidelberg (Germany), and, after his return to Switzerland, he was elected to the cantonal (state) government of St. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Matthias Naeff is the 14,832nd most popular politician (down from 14,124th in 2019), the 520th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 489th in 2019) and the 98th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wilhelm Matthias Naeff ranks 14,832 out of 19,576Before him are Robert Abela, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, Muhammad Mian Soomro, Juan Manuel Gálvez, Uchida Kōsai, and Mario Cuomo. After him are Mukhu Aliyev, Darius Khondji, Lothar Bolz, Tamara Rylova, Otto Winzer, and Raimundo Pereira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1802, Wilhelm Matthias Naeff ranks 54Before him are Yuriy Venelin, Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Alexander Odoevsky, Richard Thomas Lowe, Sylvain Van de Weyer, and Charles-Mathias Simons. After him are Nicholas Wiseman, Édouard Ménétries, Dorothea Dix, Lydia Maria Child, Manuel María Lombardini, and David Octavius Hill. Among people deceased in 1881, Wilhelm Matthias Naeff ranks 74Before him are Florian Ceynowa, Theodor Benfey, Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, Salvador Jovellanos, Gustav von Alvensleben, and Jānis Cimze. After him are George Borrow, Gustav Neumann, Isaac Israel Hayes, Samuel Palmer, Kolyu Ficheto, and Maurice Raynaud.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Wilhelm Matthias Naeff ranks 520 out of 1,015Before him are Gottfried Honegger (1917), Kurt Furgler (1924), Ludwig von Moos (1910), Pier Francesco Mola (1612), Willy Jäggi (1906), and Heinrich Schmid (1921). After him are Giuseppe Lepori (1902), Eugen Meier (1930), James of Saint George (1230), Severino Minelli (1909), Walter Steiner (1951), and Albert Eschenmoser (1925).

Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Wilhelm Matthias Naeff ranks 98Before him are Jakob Stämpfli (1820), Numa Droz (1844), Daniel Risch (1978), Rudolf Gnägi (1917), Kurt Furgler (1924), and Ludwig von Moos (1910). After him are Giuseppe Lepori (1902), Ernst Wetter (1877), Louis Ruchonnet (1834), Eugen Huber (1849), Pierre Graber (1908), and Albert Rösti (1967).