Gene (given name)

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

Notable people with the name include:

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