People
- David ben Aryeh Leib of Lida (ca. 1650-1696), Ashkenazi rabbi
- Yitzchak Yaacov Reines rabbi of Lida and founder of Mizrakhi Jewish religious Zionist movement
- Konstanty Gorski (1859–1924), Polish composer and violinist
- Stefan E. Warschawski (1904–1989), mathematician
- Pola Raksa (1941–), Polish movie star
- Birthplace of artist Aleksander Zyw (1905–1995).
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