Gene (given name)

Gene is a unisex given name. It is often a short form (hypocorism) of Eugene or 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 Spafford (born 1956), American computer scientist and cybersecurity pioneer
• Gene Steratore (born 1963), former American football official in the National Football League
• 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 (1934–2020), American football player
• Gene Filipski (1931–1994), American football player
• Gene Gotti (born 1946), Italian-American mobster
• Gene Hackman (1930–2025), 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 Mangan (1936–2025), Irish cyclist
• 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 Segerblom (1918–2013), American politician
• Gene Visich (1926–2012), American baseball player

See also

• Gene (disambiguation)
• Jean (disambiguation)