Editing Courland (section)

== Notable residents ==
*[[Ephraim Deinard]] (1846–1930), born in [[Valdemārpils]], publisher and author.
*[[George Henry Loskiel]] (1740–1814), born in [[Ance, Latvia|Angermuende]] in Courland, [[Moravian Church|Moravian]] [[clergyman]] who obtained complete separation of the European and American branches of the church.<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location = Chicago | year = 1963}}</ref>
*[[Otto Mears]], (1840–1931), pioneering road and railway builder in Colorado, United States; born in Courland.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ferrell |first=Mallory Hope |date=1973 |title=Silver San Juan |location=Boulder, Colorado |publisher=Pruett Press, Inc. |isbn=0-87108-057-5 |page=5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Stone | first = Wilbur Fiske | title = History of Colorado, Illustrated | volume= IV | location = Chicago, Illinois | publisher = The S. J. Clarke publishing company | year = 1919 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=P-hYAAAAMAAJ&q=%22History+of+Colorado%22+otto+mears&pg=PA640 |page=640}}</ref>
*[[Dorothea von Medem]] (1761–1821), Duchess of Courland, wife of the last Duke of Courland
* [[Elisa von der Recke]] (1754–1833), writer and poet