page_title: East Los Angeles, California
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: East Los Angeles, California / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Lucille Roybal-Allard, member of the United States Congress.
context_page_description: East Los Angeles, or East L.A., known in the 1920s as Belvedere or Belvedere Gardens, is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 126,496. It is 96% Latino—the highest percentage of any neighborhood in Los Angeles County, and the highest of any CDP in the United States with a population of 100,000 or more.
context_section_description: Constance Marie, actress
  Oscar De La Hoya, world boxing champion and 1992 Olympic gold medalist
  Jaime Escalante, educator, subject of the film Stand and Deliver
  Antonia Hernandez, philanthropist, attorney, activist
  Sam Johnson, American football player
  Carlos Mencia, comedian
  Sergio Mora, boxer
  Edward James Olmos, actor, producer, and director
  Lucille Roybal-Allard, U.S. Representative
  Anthony Quinn, actor
  Hope Sandoval, singer and songwriter
  Antonio Villaraigosa, 41st mayor of Los Angeles
  Maria Helena Viramontes, writer and professor
caption: Lucille Roybal-Allard, U.S. Congress member
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