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Herb Alpert was born and raised in the Boyle Heights [3] section of Eastside Los Angeles, [4] California, [5] He was the youngest of three children (a daughter and two sons) [6] born to Tillie (née Goldberg) and Louis Leib (or Louis Bentsion-Leib) Alpert. [7] His parents were Jewish immigrants to the U.S. from Radomyshl (in present-day Ukraine ...
People from the Boyle Heights community of the Eastside Los Angeles district, in the City of Los Angeles, California. Pages in category "People from Boyle Heights, Los Angeles" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total.
Felipe Esparza was born in Sinaloa, Mexico. He lived on his mother's family's ranch in Sinaloa before moving with his family to live with his aunt in Tijuana, where they lived for about two years. His father had left the family to go to the United States alone. Eventually, before President Reagan's amnesty law, Esparza, his two brothers, and ...
Statue of Lucha Reyes, the "Mother of Ranchera" in Mariachi Plaza.. As of the 2000 census, there were 92,785 people in the neighborhood, which was considered "not especially diverse" ethnically, [29] with the racial composition of the neighborhood at 94.0% Latino, 2.3% Asian, 2.0% White (non-Hispanic), 0.9% African American, and 0.8% other races.
Bob Filner, Mayor of San Diego —Pittsburgh. John Stuchell Fisher, 29th Governor of Pennsylvania — South Mahoning Twp. Benjamin Franklin, scientist, diplomat, teacher, and founding father of the United States— Philadelphia. Frank Gaffney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan —Pittsburgh.
Salvador B. Castro (October 25, 1933 – April 15, 2013) was a Mexican-American educator and activist. He was most well known for his role in the 1968 East Los Angeles high school walkouts, a series of protests against unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) schools. After he retired from teaching, he continued to ...
Izetta Jewel – stage actress, women's rights activist and local radio personality [ 2] James Maslow – actor, songwriter and singer. Danica McKellar – actress. Zoe McLellan – actress. Gregory Peck – actor, born in La Jolla. Autumn Reeser – actress ( The O.C. ), born in La Jolla and lived there until age 17.
William Henry Harrison. Marcy Kaptur. Charles Anderson (Ohio governor) (Dayton) Frank J. Battisti (judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio) (Youngstown) Albert J. Beveridge (political leader) (Highland) Ken Blackwell (politician) (Cincinnati) Blue Jacket (Shawnee Indian Chief) (presently known as Ross County) John Boehner ...