Sons and daughters of the city •
Andreas Helvigius (1572–1643), philologist, educator •
Friederike Krüger (1789–1858), served disguised as a man during the
Napoleonic Wars, 1813 to 1815 •
Emilie Mayer (1812–1883), composer of
Romantic music •
Rudolf Berlin (1833–1897), ophthalmologist
People who have worked here •
Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783–1850), agriculturist and economist, led the Liepen family in 1806 and married the Friedland mayor and estate owner Helena Sophia Berlin. •
Daniel Runge, (DE Wiki) (1804–1864), theologian and parliamentarian, attended the scholars’ school here •
Ernst Boll (1817–1868), natural scientist, was a house teacher in Friedland •
Fritz Reuter (1810–1874), low German poet, studied at the school in Friedland •
Wilhelm Sauer (1831–1916), organ builder, spent his youth in Friedland ==References==