In this period of great diversity, imagination and experimentation the Famous Harlem Renaissance Poets, Artists, Singers, Photographers, Writers, Actors, Musicians, Dancers and Sports heroes captured the imagination of the whole nation bringing pride to African Americans.

The Famous Harlem Renaissance Figures were inspired to create innovative works rooted in their own culture instead of imitating the styles of white Americans. The Famous Harlem Renaissance Figures created a flowering of Black American culture embracing literary, musical, theatrical, and visual arts..

Famous Harlem Renaissance Figures for kids: List of Harlem Renaissance Poets
The list of Harlem Renaissance Poets include Langston Hughes, Claude McKay,  Arna Wendell Bontemps, Marcus Garvey, Countee Cullen, James Weldon Johnson, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Sterling Brown, Gwendolyn Brooks, Angelina Weld Grimké and Gwendolyn B. Bennett  For short descriptions of all of the Poets, their poetry and poems refer to Harlem Renaissance Poets.

Famous Harlem Renaissance Figures for kids: List of Harlem Renaissance Artists
The list of Harlem Renaissance Artists include Aaron Douglas, Lois Mailou Jones, Laura Wheeler Waring, Charles Alston, Meta Fuller, Archibald Motley, Augusta Savage, Jacob Lawrence, Palmer C. Hayden, William Johnson, and photographer James Van Der Zee. For short descriptions of all of the Artists refer to Harlem Renaissance Artists.

Famous Harlem Renaissance Figures for kids: List of Harlem Renaissance Musicians
The list of Harlem Renaissance Musicians include Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Cab Calloway, James P. Johnson, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, "Jelly Roll" Morton, King Oliver, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum and Fats Waller. For short descriptions of all of the Musicians, their songs and music refer to Harlem Renaissance Musicians.

Famous Harlem Renaissance Figures for kids: List of Harlem Renaissance Writers, Authors and Books
The list of Harlem Renaissance Writers and Authors include Langston Hughes, ‎Alain LeRoy Locke, ‎Zora Neale Hurston, Arnaud "Arna" Wendell Bontemps, Dorothy West, Rudolph Fisher, W.E.B. Du Bois, Nella Larsen, Jessie Redmon Fauset, James Weldon Johnson, Jean Toomer, James Baldwin, ‎Countee Cullen, George Schuyler, Gwendolyn B. Bennett, Walter White, A. Philip Randolph, Wallace Thurman, Chandler Owen and Georgia Douglas Johnson. For short descriptions of all of the writers and authors and their books refer to Harlem Renaissance Writers.

Famous Harlem Renaissance Figures for kids: List of Harlem Renaissance Singers
The list of Harlem Renaissance Writers and Authors include Ella Fitzgerald, Adelaide Hall, Lottie Gee, Cab Calloway, Ethel Waters, Avon Long, Aida Ward, Edith Wilson, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Paul Robeson, Bill "Bo jangles" Robinson, Josephine Baker,Fats Waller, Billie Holiday and Lena Horne. For short descriptions of all of the Singers, their songs and music refer to Harlem Renaissance Singers.

Famous Harlem Renaissance Figures for kids: List of Harlem Renaissance Dancers
The list of Harlem Renaissance Dancers include Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Josephine Baker, George Snowden, Herbert White, Earl "Snakehips" Tucker, Mildred Dixon and Florence Mills, The Nicholas Brothers, Stepin Fetchit, Butterbeans and Suzy and Evelyn Welch.

Famous Harlem Renaissance Figures for kids: List of Harlem Renaissance Leaders and Civil Rights Activists
The list of Harlem Renaissance Leaders and political activists include Marcus Garvey, Oscar DePriest, A. Philip Randolph, L.S. Alexander Gumby, Madam C.J. Walker, Alain LeRoy Locke "Father of the Harlem Renaissance", W.E.B. Du Bois, Walter White and James Weldon Johnson.

Famous Harlem Renaissance Figures for kids: List of Harlem Renaissance Sports Stars
The list of Harlem Renaissance Sports Stars include Oscar Charleston, Satchel Paige, Joe Lewis, Henry McDonald and Jesse Owens.