Eugene Williams (born 1918), one of the nine teenage African-American Scottsboro Boys falsely convicted of raping two white women in 1931 and sentenced to death (later exonerated)
Eugene Williams (1902âÂÂ1919), a 17-year-old African American killed after unintentionally swimming in a segregated area, which triggered the Chicago race riot of 1919
Eugene Williams III (born 1960), pro football player, Seattle Seahawks 1982âÂÂ1984 (drafted in 1982)