List of female entertainers of the Harlem Renaissance
# 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
