Fredro Aleksander (1793 – 1876) – the most prominent Polish comedy writer, the author of  Zemsta and Śluby panieńskie. His father, Jacek Fredro, was born in 1770 in Hoczew and later he became its owner. Aleksander Fredro visited his family in the Bieszczady very often. A travel to Hoczew and Cisna he described in the diary  Trzy po trzy.