Langston Hughes

James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "the Negro was in vogue", which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue."

1 February 1902

Born on the same birth date (1 February 1902): Therese Brandl

Born on the same birth day (1 February): Austin Jackson (baseball) • Burkhard Ziese • Denise Robins • Exene Cervenka • Galway Kinnell • Marquard Gude • Moises Henriques • Talanoa Hufanga • Walter McCarty

Born in the same month (February 1902): Ansel Adams • Charles Lindbergh • Cyril Vincent • Demchugdongrub • Gene Sarazen • George Brunies • Harold Lasswell • Hartley Shawcross • Jean Bruller • John Steinbeck • John Tonkin • Kay Boyle • Lúcio Costa • Newbold Morris • Thelma Ritter • Therese Brandl • Walter Houser Brattain