Source of the place names in the city of Los Angeles, California.

Place Name	Source
Abbot Kinney Boulevard	Abbot Kinney founder of Venice, California.
Aliso Street	Named after the Aliso, the old sycamore that stood at the entrance of Jean-Louis Vignes' winery.
Alvarado Street	Juan Bautista Alvarado, Mexican Governor of Alta California.
Baldwin Hills neighborhood	E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin mining and real estate investor.
Beaudry Avenue	Prudent Beaudry, Los Angeles mayor.
Bel-Air neighborhood	Alphonzo E. Bell, Sr., owner of the "Buenos Aires Ranch".
La Brea Avenue	La Brea, the Spanish name for the oil fields near present-day Hancock Park, meaning tar.
Cahuenga Boulevard Cahuenga Pass	Cahuenga, the Spanish name for the Tongva village of Kawengna, meaning place of the mountain.
César E. Chávez Avenue	César Chávez Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist.
La Cienega Boulevard	Rancho Las Ciénegas, a rancho in the West Los Angeles area, from the Spanish term ciénaga meaning marsh or bog.
Crenshaw neighborhood Crenshaw Boulevard	George Crenshaw banker and real estate developer.
Los Feliz neighborhood Los Feliz Boulevard	Rancho Los Feliz, originally granted to José Vincente Feliz.
Figueroa Avenue Figueroa Street	José Figueroa Mexican Governor of Alta California.
Glassell Park neighborhood	Andrew Glassell real estate lawyer and owner.
Griffith Park and Griffith Observatory	Griffith J. Griffith Welsh-American industrialist and philanthropist.
Huntington Drive	Henry E. Huntington railroad magnate and business man.
Lankershim Boulevard	Isaac B. Lankershim
Leimert Park	Walter H. "Tim" Leimert
Micheltorena Street	Manuel Micheltorena Mexican Governor of Alta California.
Mulholland Drive Mulholland Highway	William Mulholland a water-services engineer in Southern California.
Olvera Street	Augustín Olvera early Los Angeles judge.
Olympic Boulevard	Named as part of the L.A.'s failed bid for the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Pico Boulevard	Pío Pico last Mexican Governor of Alta California.
Rosecrans Avenue	William Rosecrans Civil War general and owner of Rancho San Pedro.
Sepulveda Boulevard Sepulveda Pass	Sepúlveda family.
Sherman Oaks neighborhood Sherman Way	Moses Sherman land developer and streetcar line owner.
Silver Lake neighborhood Silver Lake Boulevard Silver Lake Reservoir	Herman Silver.
Slauson Avenue	J. S. Slauson land developer.
Tarzana neighborhood	Tarzana Ranch, owned by the creator of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Tujunga neighborhood Tujunga Avenue	From the Tongva term Tuyunga, meaning mountain range from tu'xuu = old woman tu'xuunga =place of the old woman.
Van Nuys neighborhood Van Nuys Boulevard	Isaac Newton Van Nuys businessman, banker and real estate developer.
Vignes Street	Jean Louis Vignes French settler in Los Angeles who planted European grapes.
Watts neighborhood	C. H. Watts real estate developer.
Wilmington neighborhood	Wilmington, Delaware, birthplace of founder Phineas Banning.
Wilshire Boulevard	H. Gaylord Wilshire land developer, publisher and outspoken socialist.
Workman Street, Lincoln Heights	William H. Workman, Los Angeles mayor.