List of female entertainers of the Harlem Renaissance

This is a list of female entertainers of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, in the 1920s.

Dancers, choreographers, and orchestra leaders

 * Hallie Anderson
 * Josephine Baker
 * Anita Bush
 * Olga Burgoyne
 * Ida Forsyne
 * Aurora Greely
 * Norma Miller
 * Aida Overton Walker
 * Elisabeth Welch

Singers and musicians

 * Gladys Bentley
 * May Alix
 * Marian Anderson
 * Lil Hardin Armstrong
 * Lovie Austin
 * Ada Brown
 * Lillyn Brown
 * Blanche Calloway
 * Minto Cato
 * Juanita Stinnette Chappelle
 * Inez Clough
 * Ida Cox
 * Ruby Elzy
 * Adelaide Hall
 * Hazel Harrison
 * Lucille Hegamin
 * Bertha Hill
 * Mattie Hite
 * Billie Holiday
 * Lena Horne
 * Alberta Hunter
 * Caterina Jarboro
 * Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones
 * Sara Martin
 * Rose McClendon
 * Viola McCoy
 * Florence Mills
 * Ma Rainey
 * Bessie Smith
 * Mamie Smith
 * Trixie Smith
 * Valaida Snow
 * Victoria Spivey
 * Florence Cole Talbert
 * Eva Taylor
 * Big Mama Thornton
 * Sippie Wallace
 * Whitman Sisters
 * Edith Wilson
 * Lena Wilson

Actresses and entertainers

 * Etta Moten Barnett
 * Louise Beavers
 * Gladys Bentley
 * Birleanna Blanks
 * Laura Bowman
 * Blanche Dunn
 * Evelyn Ellis
 * Mercedes Gilbert
 * Gertrude Howard
 * Moms Mabley
 * Nina Mae McKinney
 * Ethel Moses
 * Evelyn Preer
 * Gertrude Saunders
 * Ada "Bricktop" Smith
 * Madame Sul-Te-Wan
 * Fredi Washington
 * Ethel Waters