George L. Crenshaw

George Lafayette Crenshaw (c. 1855 – 1937) was an American real estate developer and banker who helped develop several upscale residential developments in mid-city Los Angeles and Southern Los Angeles neighborhoods in the early 1900s including Lafayette Square and Wellington Square. He was the owner of C.H. Brown Banking Company in Missouri and the Crenshaw Security Company in Los Angeles, California. Crenshaw Boulevard, as well as the eponymous Crenshaw neighborhood, are named after him.