Gene (given name)

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

Notable people with the name include:

## Gene

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### Men

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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

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