About the Tap Dance Hall of Fame

General information about the American Tap Dancing Foundation's International Tap Dance Hall of Fame.

The International Tap Dance Hall of Fame is an online entity established by the American Tap Dance Foundation in 2002 to remember, recognize, and honor the top professional tap dancers of the 20th and 21st centuries. The hall of fame features bios and photos of legendary individual tap dancers and famous tap duos, trios, quartets, and ensembles.

2002 Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Eleanor Powell Fred Astaire Jeni LeGon John Bubbles Laurence Jackson Nicholas Brothers Steve Condos 2003 Charles "Honi" Coles Chuck Green 2004 Ann Miller Donald O'Connor Gregory Hines 2005 Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates Sammy Davis, Jr. 2006 Bunny Briggs 2007 Eddie Brown Leon Collins 2008 Cook and Brown Jimmy Slyde Mable Lee Stump and Stumpy

2009 Class Act Brenda Bufalino 2010 Maurice Hines 2011 Cholly Atkins 2012 The Whitman Sisters 2013 James "Buster" Brown Paul Draper 2014 Carnell Lyons Gene Kelly 2015 Henry LeTang Ray Bolger 2016 Apollo #1 Chorus Line Copasetics Harriet Browne Ludie Jones Master Juba / William Henry Lane

Resources

Books About Legendary Tap Dancers
- Tap: The Greatest Tap Dance Stars and Their Stories 1900-1955
- Mr. Bojangles: The Biography of Bill Robinson
- Miller's High Life by Ann Miller
- Tappin' at the Apollo: The African American Female Tap Dance Duo Salt and Pepper

American Tap Dance Foundation
New York based organization that established the International Tap Dance Hall of Fame.