Louis Bruyas (24 April 1738, Lyon - 14 June 1807, Friedland, now known as Pravdinsk, near Kaliningrad, Russia), stage and pen-name Bursay, was a French actor and playwright.
Pravdinskoye Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the town of district significance of Pravdinsk in Pravdinsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia is incorporated as
The first pastor was the hymnist George Weissel from Domnau (1590-1635), previously pastor in Friedland.
Jonas Bretkūnas, Johann(es) Bretke, also known as Bretkus (born 1536 in Bammeln near Friedland – 1602 Königsberg) was a Lutheran pastor and was one of the best known developers of the written Lithuanian language.