I have skimmed through websites and books on Greenwich Village to start a list of its prominent people. This is just to get you started and give you some sense of where you might look. Add more to the list if you come across good topics.
Activists and Radicals
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| Hippolyte Havel |
Eastman, Crystal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Eastman]
Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gurley_Flynn]
Gayle, Margot [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_Gayle]
Goldman, Emma [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Goldman]
Hapgood, Hudson [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchins_Hapgood]
Havel, Hippolyte [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyte_Havel]
Hayes, Shirley [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/washington-square-park/highlights/9763]
Hoffman, Abbie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbie_Hoffman]
Jacobs, Jane [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Jacobs]
Riis, Jacob [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Riis]
Roosevelt, Eleanor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt]
Rodman, Henrietta [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Rodman]
Sanger, Margaret [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Sanger]
Simkowitch, Mary Kingsbury [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kingsbury_Simkhovitch]
Stokes, Rose Pastor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Pastor_Stokes]
Weathermen, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weatherman_%28organization%29]
Actors and Performers and Theatre
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| Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven |
Anderson, John Murray [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Murray_Anderson]
Beck, Julian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Beck]
Bruce, Lenny [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Bruce]
Cook, George Cram [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cram_Cook]
Glaspell, Susan [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Glaspell]
Malina, Judith [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Malina]
Stewart, Ellen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_stewart]
Washington Square Players [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Square_Players]
Arts
Abbott, Berenice [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenice_Abbott]
Andersen, Eric [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Andersen]
Carhill, Holger [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holger_Cahill]
Chase, Wiliam Merritt [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Merritt_Chase]
deKooning, Willem [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeKooning]
Demuth, Charles [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Demuth]
Duchamp, Marcel [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp]
Duncan, Isadora [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan]
Hoffman, Hans [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Hoffman]
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| Stanford White |
Homer, Winslow [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winslow_Homer]
Hopper, Edward [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hopper]
Hunt, William Morris [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morris_Hunt]
Johnson, Eastman [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastman_Johnson]
Kline, Franz [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kline]
Leibovitz, Annie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Leibovitz]
Matter, Mercedes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Matter]
Miller, Dorothy Canning [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Canning_Miller]
Rogers, Lou [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Rogers]
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Saint-Gaudens]
Sloan, John [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sloan]
Strasberg, Lee [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Strasberg]
von Freytag-Loringhosen, Elsa [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_von_Freytag-Loringhoven]
Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Whitney]
White, Stanford [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_White]
Business Leaders
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| Albert Gallatin |
Anderson, Margaret [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Anderson]
Astor, John Jacob [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor]
Cino, Joe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cino]
D'Lugoff, Art [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_D%27Lugoff]
Gallant, Barney [http://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/bookshopdoor/signature.cfm?item=126#1]
Holladay, Polly [https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/pollys-macdougal-street-hangout/]
Johnston, John Taylor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taylor_Johnston]
Marchand, "Romany Marie" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romany_Marie]
Palmer, Alice
Vanderbilt, Cornelius [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Vanderbilt]
Young, Izzy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izzy_Young]
Characters
Botta, Anne Lynch [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Charlotte_Lynch_Botta]
Bruno, Guido [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_Bruno]
Clapp, Henry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clapp]
Gould, Joe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gould_%28Bohemian%29]
Luhan, Mabel Dodge [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Dodge_Luhan]
Education
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| Leontyne Price |
Beard, Charles A. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Beard]
Cooper, Peter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cooper]
Dewey, John [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey]
Gallatin, Albert [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gallatin]
Lee, Algernon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Lee]
Matthews, James M. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Matthews]
Robinson, James Harvey [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harvey_Robinson]
Veblen, Thorsten [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorstein_Veblen]
Music
Baez, Joan [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Baez]
Browne, Jackson [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Browne]
Dylan, Bob [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan]
Farina, Richard [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Farina]
Havens, Richie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Havens]
Hendrix, Jimi [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix]
Kingston Trio, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Trio]
Mamas and the Papas, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamas_and_the_Papas]
Mitchell, Joni [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell]
Muldaur, Maria [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Muldaur]
Nyro, Laura [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Nyro]
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| The Village People |
Ochs, Phil [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Ochs]
Paxton, Tom [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_paxton]
Peter, Paul, and Mary [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter,_Paul_and_Mary]
Price, Leontyne [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leontyne_Price]
Simon and Garfunkel [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel]
Simone, Nina [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Simone]
Streisand, Barbra [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbra_Streisand]
Taylor, James [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Taylor]
Velvet Underground, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Underground]
Village People, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_people]
Weavers, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weavers]
Politics and Law
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| George Templeton Strong |
Allen, Stephen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Allen]
Darrow, Clarence [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Darrow]
Milholland, Inez [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inez_Milholland]
Paine, Thomas [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_paine]
Strong, George Templeton [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Templeton_Strong]
Van Twiler, Wouter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouter_van_Twiller]
Warren, Sir Peter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Peter_Warren]
Religious Leaders
Judson, Edward [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Judson]
Writers, Poets, Playwrights
Baldwin, James [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin_%28writer%29]
Bodenheim, Max [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell_Bodenheim]
Bourne, Randolph [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Bourne]
Boyce, Neith [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neith_Boyce]
Burroughs, William [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burroughs]
Cather, Willa [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willa_Cather]
Cowley, Malcolm [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Cowley]
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| Edgar Allen Poe |
Crane, Hart [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_Crane]
Cummings, E. E. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings]
Day, Dorothy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Day]
Dell, Floyd [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Dell]
Dos Passos, John [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dos_Passos]
Dreiser, Theodore [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreiser]
Eastman, Max [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Eastman]
Ginsberg, Allen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Ginsberg]
Gold, Michael [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gold]
Hammett, Dashiell [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashiell_Hammett]
Heap, Jane [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Heap]
Irwin, Inez Haynes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inez_Haynes_Gilmore]
Kaleko, Mascha [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascha_Kal%C3%A9ko]
James, Henry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_james]
Kemp, Harry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Kemp]
Kerouac, Jack [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_kerouac]
McKay, Claude [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_McKay]
McKuen, Rod [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_McKuen]
Melville, Herman [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Melville]
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| Walt Whitman |
Millay, Edna St. Vincent [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_St._Vincent_Millay]
Moore, Marrianne [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Moore]
O'Neill, Eugene [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill]
Poe, Edgar Allan [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe]
Reed, John [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Reed_%28journalist%29]
Steffens, Lincoln [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Steffens]
Thomas, Dylan [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Thomas]
Twain, Mark [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_twain]
Van Vechten, Carl [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Van_Vechten]
Whitman, Walt [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_whitman]
Wolfe, Thomas [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wolfe]