Gene (given name)

Gene is a given name, often a short form of Eugene and Genevieve.
Notable people with the name include:

Gene

Gene Abel, American psychiatrist and controversial clinician
Gene Bradley, American football player
Gene A. Cretz, American politician
Gene Davidson, American football and baseball player
Gene Englund, American professional basketball player
Gene F. Franklin, American engineer and control theorist
Gene Makowsky, Canadian Football League player and politician
Gene Miles, Australian rugby league footballer
Gene Moore (window dresser), American designer and store window dresser
Gene Noble, American singer and songwriter
Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter
Gene Rayburn, American radio and television personality
Gene Robillard, Canadian football player
Gene Sarazen, American golfer
Gene Simmons, Israeli-American musician, singer and songwriter
Gene Smith (athletic director), athletic director at Ohio State University
Gene Steratore, former American football official in the National Football League
Gene Ween, American musician
Gene Weingarten, American humor writer and journalist
Gene Wilder, American actor and comedian
Gene Wolfe, American science fiction author

Gene Anderson (actress), English actress
Gene Bradford, American politician
Gene Damon, American writer and publisher
Gene Derwood, American poet and painter
Gene Field Foster, American carpenter, artist, anthropologist, ornithologist, and early Glen Canyon river runner
Genė Galinytė, Lithuanian rower
Gene Grabeel, American mathematician and cryptanalyst
Gene Nora Jessen, 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, English author
Gene Kennicott, recorded her life in Colorado in early 19th century in rare photographic plates
Gene Kloss, American artist
Gene Miles (activist), political activist from Trinidad and Tobago
Gene E. K. Pratter, American judge
Gene-Ann Polk, American physician and hospital administrator, director of pediatric ambulatory care at Harlem Hospital, and a professor of pediatrics at Columbia University
Gene Stratton-Porter, American writer, nature photographer, and naturalist
Gene Solia-Gibb, Samoan New Zealand netball and rugby player
Gene Sherman (art specialist), philanthropist, academic and expert on art, fashion and architecture
Gene Tierney, American film and stage actress
Gene Weltfish, American anthropologist and historian

Gene Cockrell, American football player
Gene Filipski, American football player
Gene Gotti, Italian-American mobster
Gene Hackman, American actor
Gene Kelly, American dancer and film star
Gene Kranz, American aerospace engineer and NASA Flight Director and manager
Gene Mangan, Irish cyclist
Gene Moore (outfielder), right fielder in Major League Baseball
Gene Moore (pitcher), left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball
Gene Moore (basketball), American Basketball Association player
Gene Okerlund, American professional wrestling announcer
Gene Prebola, American football player
Gene Quaw,, American musician
Gene Quill, American jazz alto saxophonist
Gene Quintano, American screenwriter, actor, producer, and director
Gene Roddenberry,, American television screenwriter and producer
Gene Samuel, Trinidad and Tobago road bicycle racer and track cyclist
Gene Siskel, American film critic
Gene Snitsky, American professional wrestler who formerly performed for World Wrestling Entertainment
Gene Sobchuk, Canadian ice hockey player
Gene Stuart,, Irish singer
Gene Upshaw, NFL Hall of Fame guard and former NFL Players Association director