# Gene (given name)

Gene is a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Eugene and 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 Hackman (1930–2025), American actor
* 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 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 (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

## 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 Roberts (1926–2018), American actress
* Gene Segerblom (1918–2013), American politician
* Gene Visich (1926–2012), American baseball player