# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-ross-roybal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:10:10.278Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-ross-roybal"
name: "Edward Ross Roybal"
slug: "edward-ross-roybal"
description: "Edward Ross Roybal was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first Latino American to be elected to the Los Angeles City Council, serving from 1949 to 1962. He later served 15 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1963 to 1993, representing portions of Downtown and East Los Angeles."
tagline: "American politician (1916-2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_R_Roybal.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1916-02-10"
deathDate: "2005-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.81
  momentum:             1.697115384615385
  historical:           6.166597333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_R._Roybal"
    title: "Edward R. Roybal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A2%D8%B1._%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "ادوارد آر. رويبال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ادوارد آر. رویبال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_R._Roybal"
    title: "Edward R. Roybal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_R._Roybal"
    title: "Edward R. Roybal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_R._Roybal"
    title: "Edward R. Roybal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Roybal"
    title: "Edward Roybal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1115522"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump