Paul Harry Lamport (February 3, 1907 – April 2, 1984) was a Hollywood, California, developer and civic leader who was a Los Angeles City Council member between 1965 and 1969.

"[1] His biography states he was a director of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, president of the Hollywood Property Owners Association and was commodore of the Long Beach Yacht Club and president of the Civic Regatta Association, which began the Southern California Mid-Winter Regatta.

He was "part owner or in several business partnerships involving real estate holdings" and was director of the Metropolitan Bank of Hollywood.

[4] In that era, the 13th District included Hollywood, Silver Lake, Echo Park and portions of Los Feliz and Lincoln Heights.

[5] Lamport's principal opponent in the election that followed later that year was Mary Tinglof, a former president of the city Board of Education, and a liberal.

[7] It was also revealed that Lamport had been arrested and fined in September 1938 for the illegal possession of two slot machines in a restaurant at 10271 Pico Boulevard, but Mayor Sam Yorty vociferously defended Lamport and threatened to walk out of a news conference and cancel any more as long as reporters insisted on asking him about the situation.