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 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 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

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