Gordon Ryerson Hahn was a member of the Los Angeles City Council and California State Assembly in the mid-20th Century.

Gilbert William Lindsay was an American politician who worked his way up from Los Angeles City Hall janitor to become the city's first black City Council member and one of its most powerful elected officials. He helped fashion downtown Los Angeles into a major metropolitan center but was accused of turning his back on the people in his district who elected him to 27 years on the city's governing body from 1963 to 1990.