Scott Joplin – pianist and composer; lived at 133 West 138th Street in 1916, then at 163 West 131st Street until his death in 1917; had a studio at 160 West 133rd Street[5]
Milt Gabler – record producer, responsible for many innovations in the recording industry of the 20th century[17]
George and Ira Gershwin - composers, grew up in Harlem; lived at 108 West 111th and other addresses.[18] George wrote his first hit song, "Swanee", at his home at 520 W. 144 Street in 1919.[8] The pair were living at 501 Cathedral Parkway in 1924, and it was in this apartment that George wrote "Rhapsody in Blue."[19]
Oscar Hammerstein I – inventor and theatrical entrepreneur; lived at 333 Edgecombe Avenue[8]
Oscar Hammerstein II – writer and theatrical producer, addresses on East 116th Street and 112th Street[20]
Seymour Martin Lipset – political sociologist, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and Hazel Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University[24]
Hal Miller – actor (Sesame Street, Law & Order, etc.); also painter, singer, poet, lyricist, lived at 152nd Street & Macombs Place in the 1950s, born in Harlem
Eleanor Holmes Norton – head of the Commission of Human Rights for New York City, now non-voting Delegate from the District of Columbia to the United States House of Representatives[39]
Elaine Parker – community organizer and activist, Chairperson of Harlem C.O.R.E. Director of the Manhattan Borough President's Office, Special Assistant to the City Council President City of NY[66]
Dave Wooley - director, producer, author and entrepreneur
21st-century residentsedit
Bob Dylan - owned a brownstone on Striver’s Row from 1980’s until year 2000. The townhouse is located at 265 West 139th Street and it sold in 2018 for $3.7M[78]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – basketball player, moved into a Mount Morris brownstone at 30 West 120th Street[79] in September 2006[80]
Harold "Hal" Miller – actor ("Gordon" on Sesame Street), lived on 152nd Street & Macombs Place, before going to live and work in China, India and throughout Europe
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^ abcdLangston Hughes, "My Early Days in Harlem", in John Henrik Clarke (ed.), Harlem U.S.A., 1971 edition, p. 58.
^ abcdefghijManhattan African-American History and Culture Guide, Museum of the City of New York
^ abcdefghiHamilton Heights – West Harlem Community Preservation Organization Archived December 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^"Four Men of Harlem – The Movers and the Shakers", in Harlem, U.S.A., John Henrik Clarke, 1971 edition, p. 251.
^ abcdefJohn Henrik Clarke, Harlem U.S.A, introductory essay to 1993 edition, A&B Book Publishers.
^Editors, Blackartstory org (October 14, 2020). "Profile: Lady Bird Strickland (1926-2015)". Black Art Story. Retrieved April 7, 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ abcdefghijklmFrank Hercules, "To Live In Harlem", National Geographic, February 1977, p. 178+.
^"Four Men of Harlem – The Movers and the Shakers", in Harlem, U.S.A., John Henrik Clarke, 1971 edition, p. 256.
^Gray, Christopher. "Streetscapes/409 Edgecombe Avenue: An Address That Drew the City's Black Elite". The New York Times. July 24, 1994. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
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^Johnson, Carolyn D. (2010). Harlem Travel Guide. p. 94. ISBN 9781449915889.
^James Baldwin, "A Talk to Harlem Teachers", in John Henrik Clarke (ed.), Harlem USA, 1971, p. 173.
^Sondra Kathryn Wilson, Meet Me at the Theresa : The Story of Harlem's Most Famous Hotel, 2004.
^Village Voice online Archived October 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, September 7, 2011.
^Jones, Ellen E. (August 13, 2020). "Pat Cleveland: the model who partied with Warhol, lived with Lagerfeld – and took on Vogue". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
^Daniel Lovering, "Evelyn Cunningham, Civil Rights Reporter, Dies at 94," The New York Times, April 29, 2010.
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^"Samuel E Vázquez: Graffiti Was Our Social Network" Karla D. Romero, "Humanize", No. 20, Spring 2013.
^"How Bootsie Was Born", Ollie Harrison, in Harlem U.S.A., John Henrik Clarke, ed., 1971, p. 75 (note, this is a weak source, as it is a reference in a fictional story. A better source should be found).
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^"Kareem's Harlem digs", New York Daily News, September 10, 2006.
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^Louis Tutelian, "A Revised Edition", New York Times, January 5, 2007.
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^Jill Capuzzo, "Between Film Sets, Life on Gossamer Lake", The New York Times, September 14, 2007.
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