Genet (surname)
Genet or Genêt is a French surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:
- Alexis Genet, French footballer
- Edmond Genet, American aviator
- Edmond-Charles Genêt or Citizen Genêt French envoy to the United States appointed by the Girondins during the French Revolution
- Guy Genet, French footballer
- Henry W. Genet, New York politician
- Jean Genet, French writer
- Jean-Philippe Genet, French historian
- Joseph Genet, New Zealand wrestler
- Michael Genet, American actor and screenwriter
- Ray Genet or Pirate, Alaskan mountaineer
- Russell Merle Genet, American astronomer