# Eugene (given name)

Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (eugenēs), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (eu), "well" and γένος (genos), "race, stock, kin". Gene is a common shortened form. The feminine variant is Eugenia or Eugenie.
Other male foreign-language variants include:
| Albanian | Eugjen, Eugjeni |
| Arpitan | Eugêne, Genio |
| Asturian | Oxenu |
| Basque | Euken(i) |
| Belarusian | Jaŭhien (Яўген), Jaŭhienij (Яўгеній), Yauhen (Яўген) |
| Breton | Ujan |
| Bulgarian | Евгени (Evgeni) |
| Catalan | Eugeni |
| Croatian | Eugen |
| Czech | Evžen, Eugen |
| Dutch | Eugeen |
| Esperanto | Eŭgeno |
| Estonian | Jevgeni |
| French | Eugène, Yvain |
| Galician | Uxío |
| German | Eugen, Eugine |
| Greek | Ευγένιος (Eugénios) |
| Hungarian | Jenő, Eugén |
| Irish | Eoghan/Eóghan |
| Italian | Eugenio |
| Japanese | ユージーン (romanized as Yūjīn) |
| Korean | 유진 (romanized as Yujin or Yoojin) |
| Latin | Eugenius |
| Latvian | Eižens |
| Lithuanian | Eugenijus |
| Macedonian | Евгениј (Evgenij) |
| Occitan | Eugèni |
| Piedmontese | Genio |
| Polish | Eugeniusz (Gienek) |
| Portuguese | Eugênio (Brazil), Eugénio (Portugal) |
| Romanian | Eugen, Eugeniu |
| Russian | Евгений (transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeniy, Evgeny, Evgenii, Evgueni, Eugeny, Eugeniy, Ievgeny, Jevgeni, Jevgeny, Yevgeny, Yevgeni, Yevgeniy, in German often as Jewgenij or Jewgeni) |
| Scottish Gaelic | Eòghann, Ewan, Euan |
| Serbian | Еуген (Eugen), Евгеније (Evgenije) |
| Sicilian | Eugeniu |
| Slovak | Eugen |
| Slovenian | Evgen |
| Spanish | Eugenio |
| Swedish | Eugen |
| Syriac | ܐܘܓܝܢ (Augin) |
| Ukrainian | Євген (national translit. Yevhen, also occur Ievhen, Yevgen, Ievgen), Євгеній (Yevhenii, also occur Yevgenii, Ievhenii, Ievgenii, Yevheniy, Yevgeniy, Ievheniy), Евген (Evhen), Ївген (Yivhen) |
| Welsh | Owain, Owen, Ouein, Oen, Ewein, Ywein/Ywain, Yuein, |

## People

Notable people with the given name Eugene or Eugène include:

### Christianity

* Eugene or Eugenios of Trebizond, 4th century Christian saint and martyr
* St. Eugene, one of the deacons of saint Zenobius of Florence
* Eugene (Eoghan) (died c. 618), Irish saint
* Pope Eugene I (died 657), Italian pope from 655 to 657
* Pope Eugene II (died 827), Italian pope from 824 to 827
* Pope Eugene III (died 1153), Italian pope from 1145 to 1153
* Pope Eugene IV (1383–1447), Italian pope from 1431 to 1447
* Eugène Philippe LaRocque (1927–2018), Roman Catholic bishop from Canada
* Eugene Antonio Marino (1934–2000), first African-American archbishop in the United States

### Military

* Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736), Austrian general, statesman of the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian monarchy
* Eugène de Beauharnais (1781–1824), stepson and adopted child of Napoleon
* Eugene A. Greene (1921–1942), American sailor, posthumous recipient of the Navy Cross
* Eugène Maizan (1819–1845), French naval lieutenant and explorer
* Eugene Sledge (1923–2001), American World War II Marine and academic
* Eugene Sullivan, (1918-1942), American sailor, one of the Sullivan brothers.
* Eugene Goodman, (born 1980), American United States Capitol Police officer who diverted invading rioters from the United States Senate chamber during the January 6 Capitol attack. Goodman is a U.S. Army veteran who served during the Iraq War. He served as the Acting Deputy Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate from January 20, 2021, to March 2, 2021.

### Television and films

* Gene L. Coon (1924–1973), American screenwriter and television producer
* Eugene Cordero (born 1986), American actor
* Eugene Robert Glazer (born 1942), American actor
* Gene Hackman (1930-2025), American actor
* Gene Kelly (1912–1996), American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer, and choreographer
* Eugene Levy (born 1946), Canadian actor
* Eugene Mirman (born 1974), Russian-born American comedian, writer, and filmmaker
* Gene Rayburn (1917-1999), American radio personality and game show host
* Gene Roddenberry (1921–1991), American scriptwriter and producer
* Eugène Saccomano (1936–2019), French radio journalist and non-fiction author
* Gene Siskel (1946–1999), American film critic

### Music

* Gene Allison (1934–2004), American R&B singer
* Gene Austin (1900–1972), American singer-songwriter
* Gene Clark (1944–1991), American singer, songwriter, founding member of the band The Byrds
* Eugen Doga (born 1937), Moldovan composer
* Wendell Eugene (1923–2017), American jazz musician
* Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893–1962), English conductor and composer
* Eugène Goossens, fils (1867–1958), French conductor and violinist
* Eugène Goossens, père (1845–1906), Belgian conductor
* Eugene Hütz (born 1972), Ukrainian-American singer, composer, disc jockey and actor, frontman of the band Gogol Bordello
* Eugene Izotov (born 1973), Russian-American oboist
* Gene Krupa (1909–1973), American jazz and big band drummer
* Gene McDaniels (1935–2011), American singer-songwriter
* Eugene Ormandy (1899–1985), Hungarian-born conductor
* Eugene Pao (fl. 2000s–2010s), Hong Kong jazz guitarist
* Eugene Tzigane (fl. 2000s–2020s), Japanese-American conductor
* Eugene Wright (1923–2020), American jazz bassist, member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet
* Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931), Belgian violinist, composer and conductor
* Gene Simmons (born 1949), bassist and co-lead singer of rock band Kiss

### Literature

* Eugene Field (1850–1895), American writer, columnist and children's poet
* Eugène Ionesco (1909–1994), Romanian-French playwright and dramatist
* Eugène Marin Labiche (1815–1888), French dramatist
* Eugène Lanti (1879–1947), French Esperantist, socialist and writer
* Eugène Marais (1871–1936), South African writer and poet
* Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953), American playwright
* Eugène Edine Pottier (1816–1887), French revolutionary socialist, poet, and transport worker
* Eugene Trivizas (born 1946), Greek author

### Art

* Eugène Broerman (1861–1932), Belgian painter
* Eugène Boudin (1824–1898), French painter
* Eugène Carrière (1849–1906), French symbolist
* Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863), French painter
* Eugène Grasset (1845–1917), Swiss decorative artist of the Belle Epoque
* Eugène Jansson (1852-1915), Swedish painter
* Eugene Lambert (1928–2010), Irish puppeteer
* Eugene Pandala (born 1954), Indian architect
* Eugene Oliver Palmer (born 1955) Jamaican-born British artist
* Evgenios Spatharis (1924–2009), Greek shadow theatre artist
* Eugene V. Thaw (1927–2018), American art dealer and collector

### Politics

* Eugene H. Belden (1840–1910), Michigan politician
* Eugene "Geno" Chiarelli (born 1994), West Virginian state delegate
* Eugene V. Debs (1855–1926), American socialist
* Eugene Reginald de Fonseka (died 2003), puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
* Eugene D. Lujan (1887–1980), justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court
* Eugene McCarthy (1916–2005), U.S. senator from Minnesota
* Eugene McGehee (1929–2014), Louisiana politician
* Eugene Mitchell (1866–1944), American lawyer and president of the Atlanta Board of Education
* Eugène Paquet (1867–1951), Canadian parliamentarian
* Eugene E. Pratt (c. 1892–1970), justice of the Utah Supreme Court
* Eugène Ruffy (1854–1919), Swiss politician
* Eugene Sawyer (1934–2008), American businessman and politician
* Eugène Terre'Blanche (1941–2010), South African right-wing politician and leader of the AWB

### Sports

* Eugene Laverty (born 1986), Irish professional motorcyclist
* Eugene Galekovic (born 1981), Australian goalkeeper
* Eugene Sseppuya (born 1983), Ugandan football striker
* Eugène Chaboud (1907–1983), Formula One driver from France
* Eugène Christophe (1885–1970), French professional cyclist
* Eugene Lawrence (born 1986), American professional basketball player
* Eugene Selznick (1930–2012), American volleyball player
* Eugene Glazer (fencer) (born 1939), American Olympic fencer
* Gene Cockrell (1934–2020), American football player
* Gene Filipski (1931–1994), American football player
* Gene Moore (outfielder) (1909–1978), right fielder in Major League Baseball
* Gene Moore (pitcher) (1886–1938), left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball
* Gene Okerlund (1942–2019), American professional wrestling announcer
* Gene Prebola (1938–2021), American football player
* Geno Smith (born 1990), American football player
* Gene Snitsky (born 1970), American professional wrestler who formerly performed for World Wrestling Entertainment
* Gene Upshaw (1945–2008), American football player, labor leader, and former NFL Players Association director

### Sciences

* Eugène Michel Antoniadi (1870–1944), Greek astronomer
* Eugen Bleuler (1857–1939), Swiss psychiatrist who coined the terms schizophrenia and autism
* Eugène Charles Catalan (1814–1894), Belgian mathematician
* Eugene Cernan (1934–2017), American astronaut, eleventh person to walk on the Moon
* Eugene Chelyshev (1921–2020), Russian indologist
* Eugene V. Gallagher (born 1950), American religious scholar
* Eugene Goodilin (born 1969), Russian material scientist
* Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882–1955), Belgian astronomer
* Eugene Gu (born 1986), American physician-scientist
* Eugene Guth (1905–1990), Hungarian-American theoretical physicist
* Eugene Lazowski (1913–2006), Polish doctor who saved 8,000 people by creating a fake typhus epidemic in World War II
* Eugene Parker (1927-2022), American solar and plasma physicist, after which the Parker Solar Probe was named
* Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928–1997), American astronomer and geologist
* Eugène Schueller (1881–1957), French chemist, entrepreneur and founder of L'Oréal
* Eugène Simon (1848–1924), French arachnologist
* Eugène Soubeiran (1797–1859), French scientist who served as chief pharmacist at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
* Eugene Stanley (born 1941), American physicist
* Eugene Wigner (1902–1995), Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963

### Other professions

* Eugene Allen (1919–2010), White House butler
* Eugene Burger (1939–2017), American magician and author
* Gene Gotti (born 1946), Italian-American mobster
* Eugene Jarvis (fl. 1970s–2020s), American computer games designer and programmer
* Eugene de Kock (born 1949), South African policeman serving a life sentence
* Gene Kranz (born 1933), NASA Flight Director
* Eugène Minkowski (1885–1972), French psychiatrist
* Gene Moore (window dresser) (1910–1998), American designer and window dresser
* Eugene Murtagh (born 1942), Irish billionaire businessman, founder of Kingspan Group
* Eugene K. Palmer (born 1939) American fugitive
* Eugene Skinner (1809–1864), American pioneer, founder of Eugene, Oregon
* Eugene Stoner (1922–1997), American firearms designer, who designed M16 rifle
* Eugene Tan (born 1970), Singapore political analyst and law lecturer
* Eugene Thuraisingam (born 1975), Singaporean criminal lawyer
* Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814–1879), French architect
* Eugene Lee Yang (born 1986), American filmmaker, actor, author, and internet celebrity

## Fictional characters

* Gene Belcher, a main character in the animated series Bob's Burgers
* Eugene Chaud, in Mega Man Battle Network
* Eugene Fitzherbert, the male protagonist in Tangled, commonly called 'Flynn Rider'
* Eugene "Bling-Bling Boy" Hamilton, antagonist in the animated series Johnny Test
* Eugene Horowitz, in Hey Arnold! media
* Gene Hunt, in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes
* Eugene H. Krabs, in SpongeBob SquarePants media
* Eugene Meltsner, in the Adventures in Odyssey series
* The title character in Eugene Onegin, a novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin also made into an opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
* Eugene (Pokémon) or Eusine, in Pokémon media
* Eugene Tackleberry, in Police Academy
* Eugene "Flash" Thompson, in the Spider-Man comics
* Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch, comic relief in Power Rangers
* Eugene Wrayburn, one of the main characters in Charles Dickens' novel Our Mutual Friend
* Eugene Young, in The Practice
* Gene Evernight, also known as Kyrios, antagonist in ArcheAge
* Eugene Dix, in Final Destination 2
* Eugene Francis, in The Boss Baby
* Eugene Choi, a main character in the Korean drama Mr. Sunshine
* Gene, a former antagonist on Regular Show
* Eugene is an alias under the Halley Labs / LapFox Trax label
* Eugene Hofstadt and Eugene “Gene” Draper, Don Draper’s father-in-law and youngest son in Mad Men
* Eugene, a character from the 2023 indie-adventure RPG Cassette Beasts