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 Hackman (born 1930), American actor
• Gene Makowsky, Canadian Football League player
• Gene Miles, 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, Canadian football player
• Gene Roddenberry, (1921-1991), American television screenwriter and producer
• Gene Samuel, Trinidad and Tobago road bicycle racer and track cyclist
• Gene Simmons (born 1949), Israeli-American musician, singer and songwriter
• Gene Siskel (1946–1999), American film critic
• Gene Smith (athletic director), athletic director at Ohio State University
• Gene Stuart, (1944-2016), Irish singer
• Gene Ween, American musician
• Gene Weingarten (born 1951), American humor writer and journalist
• Gene Wolfe (1931–2019), American science fiction author

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 Kelly, American dancer and film star
• Gene Kranz (born 1933), American aerospace engineer and NASA Flight Director and manager
• Gene Moore (outfielder), right fielder in Major League Baseball
• Gene Moore (pitcher), left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball
• Gene Moore (basketball) (born 1945), American Basketball Association player
• Gene Okerlund, American professional wrestling announcer
• Gene Prebola, American football player
• Gene Snitsky, American professional wrestler who formerly performed for World Wrestling Entertainment
• Gene Sobchuk (born 1951), Canadian ice hockey player
• Gene Upshaw, NFL Hall of Fame guard and former NFL Players Association director

Eugenio

• Gene Sarazen (1902–1999), American golfer born Eugenio Saraceni