Gene (given name) explained
Gene is a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Eugene and Genevieve.
Notable people with the name include:
Gene
Men
- Gene Abel, American psychiatrist and controversial clinician
- Gene Bradley (born 1957), American football player
- Gene A. Cretz (born 1950), American politician
- Gene Davidson (1896–1960), American football and baseball player
- Gene Englund (1917–1995), American professional basketball player
- Gene F. Franklin (1927–2012), American engineer and control theorist
- Gene Makowsky (born 1973), Canadian Football League player and politician
- Gene Miles (born 1959), Australian rugby league footballer
- Gene Moore (window dresser) (1910–1998), American designer and store window dresser
- Gene Noble, American singer and songwriter
- Gene Pitney (1940–2006), American singer-songwriter
- Gene Rayburn (1917-1999), American radio and television personality
- Gene Robillard (1929-2007), Canadian football player
- Gene Sarazen (1902–1999), American golfer
- Gene Simmons (born 1949), Israeli-American musician, singer and songwriter
- Gene Smith (athletic director), athletic director at Ohio State University
- Gene Ween (born 1970), American musician
- Gene Weingarten (born 1951), American humor writer and journalist
- Gene Wilder (1933-2016), American actor and comedian
- Gene Wolfe (1931–2019), American science fiction author
Women
- Gene Anderson (actress) (1931–1965), English actress
- Gene Bradford (1909–1937), American politician
- Gene Damon (1933–2011), American writer and publisher
- Gene Derwood (1909–1954), American poet and painter
- Gene Field Foster (1917–1983), American carpenter, artist, anthropologist, ornithologist, and early Glen Canyon river runner
- Genė Galinytė (born 1945), Lithuanian rower
- Gene Grabeel (1920–2015), American mathematician and cryptanalyst
- Gene Nora Jessen (1937–2024), American aviator and a member of Mercury 13
- Gene Joseph, is a Wet'suwet'en Nadleh'dena First Nations librarian from Nagwilget, British Columbia
- Gene Kemp (1926–2015), English author
- Gene Kennicott (1883–1934), recorded her life in Colorado in early 19th century in rare photographic plates
- Gene Kloss (1903–1996), American artist
- Gene Miles (activist) (1930–1972), political activist from Trinidad and Tobago
- Gene E. K. Pratter (1949–2024), American judge
- Gene-Ann Polk (1926–2015), American physician and hospital administrator, director of pediatric ambulatory care at Harlem Hospital, and a professor of pediatrics at Columbia University
- Gene Stratton-Porter (1863–1924), American writer, nature photographer, and naturalist
- Gene Solia-Gibb (born 1983), Samoan New Zealand netball and rugby player
- Gene Sherman (art specialist) (born 1947), philanthropist, academic and expert on art, fashion and architecture
- Gene Tierney (1920–1991), American film and stage actress
- Gene Weltfish (1902–1980), American anthropologist and historian
Eugene
- Gene Cockrell (born 1934), American football player
- Gene Filipski (1931–1994), American football player
- Gene Gotti (born 1946), Italian-American mobster
- Gene Hackman (born 1930), American actor
- Gene Kelly (1912-1996), American dancer and film star
- Gene Kranz (born 1933), American aerospace engineer and NASA Flight Director and manager
- Gene Moore (outfielder) (1909-1978), right fielder in Major League Baseball
- Gene Moore (pitcher) (1886-1938), left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball
- Gene Moore (basketball) (born 1945), American Basketball Association player
- Gene Okerlund (1942-2019), American professional wrestling announcer
- Gene Prebola (1938-2021), American football player
- Gene Quaw, (1891-1968), American musician
- Gene Quill (1927-1988), American jazz alto saxophonist
- Gene Quintano (born 1946), American screenwriter, actor, producer, and director
- Gene Roddenberry, (1921-1991), American television screenwriter and producer
- Gene Samuel (born 1960), Trinidad and Tobago road bicycle racer and track cyclist
- Gene Siskel (1946–1999), American film critic
- Gene Snitsky (born 1970), American professional wrestler who formerly performed for World Wrestling Entertainment
- Gene Sobchuk (born 1951), Canadian ice hockey player
- Gene Stuart, (1944-2016), Irish singer
- Gene Upshaw (1945-2008), NFL Hall of Fame guard and former NFL Players Association director
Genevieve
- Gene Gauntier (1885–1966), American screenwriter and actress
- Gene George (1927–2002), Canadian baseball player
- Gene Lynch (1891–1960), American painter and art teacher
- Gene Ritchie Monahan (1908–1994), American portrait and landscape artist
- Gene Roberts (1926–2018), American actress
- Gene Segerblom (1918–2013), American politician
- Gene Visich (1926–2012), American baseball player
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