Gene (given name)

Gene is a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Eugene.

Notable people with the name include:

Gene

Men

• Gene Bradley (born 1957), American football player
• 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
• Gene, a genie mythic brawler in mobile game Brawl Stars

Women

• Genė Galinytė (born 1945), Lithuanian rower
• Gene Miles (activist) (1930–1972), political activist from Trinidad and Tobago
• Gene Tierney (1920–1991), American film and stage actress

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