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".γένος
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus Gene is a common shortened form. The feminine variant is Eugenia or Eugenie.

Egon Egon is a variant of the male given name Eugene. It is most commonly found in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, Hungary, Slovakia, Sweden, Denmark, and parts of the Netherlands and Belgium. The name can also be derived from the ...

, a common given name in parts of central and northern Europe, is also a variant of Eugene / Eugine. Other male foreign-language variants include:

People

Notable people with the given name Eugene or Eugène include:

Christianity

Pope Eugene I Pope Eugene I ( la, Eugenius I; died 2 June 657) was the bishop of Rome from 10 August 654 to his death. He was chosen to become Pope after the deposition and banishment of Martin I by Emperor Constans II over the dispute about Monothelitism. ...

(died 657), Italian pope from 655 to 657 *

Pope Eugene II Pope Eugene II ( la, Eugenius II; died 27 August 827) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 6 June 824 to his death. A native of Rome, he was chosen by nobles to succeed Paschal I as pope despite the clergy and the people ...

(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 *Eugene or Eugenios of Trebizond, 4th century Christian saint and martyr *St. Eugene, one of the deacons of saint

Zenobius of Florence Saint Zenobius ( it, San Zanobi, Zenobio) (337–417) is venerated as the first bishop of Florence. His feast day is celebrated on May 25. Life Born of a Florentine noble family, Zenobius was educated by his pagan parents. He came under the ...

Eugene (Eoghan) Eugene may refer to: People and fictional characters * Eugene (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Eugene (actress) (born 1981), Kim Yoo-jin, South Korean actress and former member of the sin ...

(died c. 618), Irish saint * 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 Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy–Carignano, (18 October 1663 – 21 April 1736) better known as Prince Eugene, was a Generalfeldmarschall, field marshal in the army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty during the 17th a ...

(1663–1736), Austrian general, statesman of the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian monarchy *

Eugène de Beauharnais Eugène Rose de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg (; 3 September 1781 – 21 February 1824) was a French nobleman, statesman, and military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Through the second ma ...

(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 Eugene Bondurant Sledge (November 4, 1923 – March 3, 2001) was a United States Marine, university professor, and author. His 1981 memoir ''With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa'' chronicled his combat experiences during World War I ...

(1923–2001), American World War II Marine and academic

Television and films

Gene L. Coon Eugene Lee Coon (January 7, 1924 – July 8, 1973) was an American screenwriter, television producer and novelist. He is best remembered for his work on the original ''Star Trek'' as a screenwriter, story editor, and showrunner from the mid ...

(1924–1973), American screenwriter and television producer * Eugene Cordero, American actor *

Eugene Robert Glazer Eugene Robert Glazer (born December 16, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of "Operations" on the TV show A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a televisi ...

(born 1942), American actor *

Gene Hackman Eugene Allen Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is an American retired actor and former novelist. In a career that has spanned more than six decades, Hackman has won two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes, one Screen Actors Guild Award, two BAFTAs ...

(born 1930), American actor *

Gene Kelly Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, singer, filmmaker, and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style and sought to create a new form of American dance accessibl ...

(1912–1996), American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer, and choreographer *

Eugene Levy Eugene Levy (born December 17, 1946) is a Canadian actor and comedian. From 1976 until 1984, he appeared in the Canadian television sketch comedy series '' SCTV''. He has also appeared in the '' American Pie'' series of films and the Canadian ...

(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 Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter, producer, and creator of '' Star Trek: The Original Series'', its sequel spin-off series '' Star Trek: The Animated Series,'' and '' ...

(1921–1991), American scriptwriter and producer * Eugène Saccomano (born 1936), French radio journalist and non-fiction author *

Gene Siskel Eugene Kal Siskel (January 26, 1946 – February 20, 1999) was an American film critic and journalist for the '' Chicago Tribune''. Along with colleague Roger Ebert, he hosted a series of movie review programs on television from 1975 until his ...

(1946–1999), American film critic

Music

Gene Allison Gene Allison (born Versie Eugene Allison; August 29, 1934 – February 28, 2004) was an American R&B singer. Allison was born in Pegram, Tennessee, and he grew up in Nashville, Tennessee singing in the church choir with his brother Leevert. ...

(1934–2004), American R&B singer * Gene Austin (1900–1972), American singer-songwriter *

Gene Clark Harold Eugene Clark (November 17, 1944 – May 24, 1991) was an American singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk rock band the Byrds. He was the Byrds' principal songwriter between 1964 and early 1966, writing most of the band's best ...

(1944–1991), American singer, songwriter, founding member of the band The Byrds * Eugen Doga (born 1937), Moldovan composer * 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 Eugene Hütz (; uk, Євген Гудзь, Yevhen Hudz, ; born Yevgen Oleksandrovych Nikolayev-Symonov, ua, Євген Олександрович Ніколаєв-Симонов, on 6 September 1972) is a Ukrainian-born singer, composer, disc ...

(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 Eugene Pao is a jazz guitarist Jazz guitarists are guitarists who play jazz using an approach to chords, melodies, and improvised solo lines which is called jazz guitar playing. The guitar has fulfilled the roles of accompanist (rhythm guitar) a ...

, Hong Kong jazz guitarist * Eugene Tzigane, Japanese-American conductor * Eugene Wright (1923–2020), American jazz bassist, member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet *

Eugène Ysaÿe Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe (; 16 July 185812 May 1931) was a Belgian virtuoso violinist, composer, and conductor. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tsar". Legend of the Ysaÿe violin Eugène Ysa ...

(1858–1931), Belgian violinist, composer and conductor

Literature

Eugene Field Eugene Field Sr. (September 2, 1850 – November 4, 1895) was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. He was known as the "poet of childhood". Early life and education Field was born in St. Louis, Missouri ...

(1850–1895), American writer, columnist and children's poet *

Eugène Ionesco Eugène Ionesco (; born Eugen Ionescu, ; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre in the 20th century. Ionesco inst ...

, Romanian-French playwright and dramatist * Eugène Marin Labiche, French dramatist *

Eugène Lanti Eugène Lanti was a pseudonym of Eugène Adam (19 July 1879 in Normandy, France – 17 January 1947 in Mexico). Lanti was an Esperantist, socialist and writer. He was a founder of Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, and a longtime editor of the intern ...

, French Esperantist, socialist and writer *

Eugene Marais Eugene may refer to: People and fictional characters * Eugene (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Eugene (actress) (born 1981), Kim Yoo-jin, South Korean actress and former member of the si ...

, South African writer and poet *

Eugene O'Neill Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of realism, earli ...

, American playwright * Eugène Edine Pottier, French revolutionary socialist, poet, and transport worker *

Eugene Trivizas Eugene Trivizas ( Greek: Eυγένιος Τριβιζάς; born 1946) is a Greek sociologist and writer of children's books. For his lasting contribution as a children's writer, Trivizas was a finalist for the biennial, international Hans Ch ...

, Greek author

Art

* Eugène Broerman, Belgian painter * Eugène Boudin, French painter *

Eugène Carrière Eugène Anatole Carrière (16 January 1849 – 27 March 1906) was a French Symbolist artist of the fin-de-siècle period. Carrière's paintings are best known for their near-monochrome brown palette and their ethereal, dreamlike quality. He ...

, French symbolist *

Eugène Delacroix Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix ( , ; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.Noon, Patrick, et al., ''Crossing the Channel: Britis ...

, French painter * Eugène Grasset, Swiss decorative artist of the Belle Epoque *

Eugene Lambert Eugene Lambert (1928 – 22 February 2010) was an Irish puppeteer and actor from County Sligo. He was owner of the Lambert Puppet Theatre in Monkstown, County Dublin. He was noted for co-starring as O'Brien in the RTÉ television series ''Wan ...

, Irish puppeteer *

Eugene Pandala Eugene Pandala is an Indian architect, known for building with values of environmental sustainability. Education and career Pandala completed his Bachelor's in Architecture from College of Engineering Trivandrum. Pandala studied for a Master ...

, Indian architect * Evgenios Spatharis, Greek shadow theatre artist * Eugene V. Thaw (1927–2018), American art dealer and collector

Politics

* Eugene V. Debs, American socialist * Eugene Reginald de Fonseka (died 2003), puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka *

Eugene J. McCarthy Eugene Joseph McCarthy (March 29, 1916December 10, 2005) was an American politician, writer, and academic from Minnesota. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the United States Senate from 1959 to 1971. ...

, U.S. senator from Minnesota *

Eugene McGehee Eugene Webb McGehee (March 19, 1929 – April 11, 2014) was an American judge and politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. McGehee was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He attended Louisiana St ...

, Louisiana politician *

Eugene Mitchell Eugene Muse Mitchell (October 16, 1866 - June 17, 1944) was an American lawyer, politician, and historian. He served as the President of the Atlanta Board of Education from 1911 to 1912, during which time he eliminated the use of corporal punish ...

, American lawyer and president of the Atlanta Board of Education * Eugène Paquet, Canadian parliamentarian *

Eugène Ruffy Eugène Ruffy (2 August 1854, in Lutry – 25 October 1919) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 14 December 1893 and resigned on 31 October 1899. He was affiliated with the Free Democratic Party of Switzerlan ...

, Swiss politician * Eugene Sawyer, American businessman and politician * Eugene Terre'Blanche (1941–2010), South African right-wing politician and leader of the AWB

Sports

Eugene Laverty Eugene Laverty (born 3 June 1986) is a professional motorcycle road racer from Northern Ireland, the brother of Michael and John. For 2022, Laverty is contracted to ride for satellite BMW team Bonovo in World Superbike Championship. Midway ...

, Irish professional motorcyclist *

Eugene Galekovic Eugen Josip Galekovic ( ; hr, Eugen Josip Galeković, ; born 12 June 1981) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current goalkeeper coach for Adelaide United. Biography Club career Galekovic's j ...

, Australian goalkeeper *

Eugene Sseppuya Andrew Eugene Sseppuya (born 1 April 1983) is a Ugandan football striker. Sseppuya is a former international for the Uganda national team. Biography Sseppuya played college soccer at Alabama A&M from 2001 to 2004, during which time he played ...

, Ugandan football striker *

Eugène Chaboud Marius Eugène Chaboud (12 April 1907 – 28 December 1983) was a French racing driver. He participated in three Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, scoring one championship point. He also participated in numerous non-Championship ...

, Formula One driver from France * Eugène Christophe, French professional cyclist * Eugene Lawrence (born 1986), American professional basketball player * Eugene Selznick (born 1930), American volleyball player * Eugene Glazer (fencer), American Olympic fencer * Gene Cockrell (born 1934), American football player *

Gene Filipski Eugene C. Filipski (June 14, 1931 – August 23, 1994) was an American football halfback who played two seasons with the New York Giants of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the seventh round of the 1953 NF ...

(1931–1994), American football player * Gene Moore (outfielder), right fielder in Major League Baseball * Gene Moore (pitcher), left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball * Gene Okerlund, American professional wrestling announcer *

Gene Prebola Eugene Nicholas Prebola (June 30, 1938 – December 10, 2021) was an American football tight end who played four seasons in the American Football League (AFL) with the Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the ...

, American football player * Geno Smith, American football player * Gene Snitsky, American professional wrestler who formerly performed for World Wrestling Entertainment * Gene Upshaw, American football player, labor leader, and former NFL Players Association director

Sciences

* Eugène Michel Antoniadi, Greek astronomer *

Eugen Bleuler Paul Eugen Bleuler (; ; 30 April 1857 – 15 July 1939) was a Swiss psychiatrist and humanist most notable for his contributions to the understanding of mental illness. He coined several psychiatric terms including " schizophrenia", "schizoid" ...

, Swiss psychiatrist who coined the terms schizophrenia and autism * Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician *

Eugene Cernan Eugene Andrew Cernan (; March 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. During the Apollo 17 mission, Cernan became the eleventh human being t ...

(1934–2017), American astronaut, eleventh person to walk on the Moon * Eugene Chelyshev (1921–2020), Russian indologist * Eugene Goodilin, Russian material scientist *

Eugène Joseph Delporte Eugène Joseph Delporte (10 January 1882 – 19 October 1955) was a Belgian astronomer born in Genappe. He discovered a total of sixty-six asteroids. Notable discoveries include 1221 Amor (which lent its name to the Amor asteroids) and ...

, Belgian astronomer * Eugene Gu, American physician-scientist * Eugene Guth, Hungarian-American theoretical physicist * Eugene Lazowski, Polish doctor who saved 8,000 people by creating a fake typhus epidemic in World War II *

Eugene Merle Shoemaker Eugene Merle Shoemaker (April 28, 1928 – July 18, 1997) was an American geologist. He co-discovered Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 with his wife Carolyn S. Shoemaker and David H. Levy. This comet hit Jupiter in July 1994: the impact was televi ...

, American astronomer and geologist *

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4 ...

, French arachnologist * Eugène Soubeiran, French scientist who served as chief pharmacist at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital * Eugene Stanley, American physicist * Eugene Paul Wigner, Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963

Other professions

* Eugene Allen, White House butler *

Eugene Burger Eugene Burger (June 1, 1939 – August 8, 2017) was an American magician. He was born in 1939 and was based in Chicago, Illinois. He was reputed for his close-up skills and his work in mentalism and bizarre magic. Burger was also a philosop ...

, American magician and author * Gene Gotti, Italian-American mobster * Eugene Jarvis, American computer games designer and programmer *

Eugene de Kock Eugene Alexander de Kock (born 29 January 1949) is a former South African Police colonel, torturer, and assassin, active under the apartheid government. Nicknamed "Prime Evil" by the press, De Kock was the commanding officer of C10, a counterins ...

(born 1949), South African policeman serving a life sentence * Gene Kranz, NASA Flight Director *

Eugène Minkowski Eugène (Eugeniusz) Minkowski (; 17 April 1885 – 17 November 1972) was a French psychiatrist of Jewish Polish origin, known for his incorporation of phenomenology into psychopathology and for exploring the notion of "lived time". A student of E ...

, French psychiatrist *

Gene Moore (window dresser) Gene Moore (June 10, 1910 – November 23, 1998) was an American designer and window dresser. Moore joined Tiffany & Company in 1955, as its Artistic Director and Vice President. Biography Gene Moore is often cited as pioneer in the history ...

, American designer and window dresser *

Eugene Murtagh Eugene Murtagh (born 23 June 1942) is an Irish billionaire businessman, and the founder and chairman of Kingspan Group, a building materials manufacturer. Early life Eugene Murtagh was born on 23 June 1942, in Kingscourt, County Cavan, Ireland, ...

, Irish billionaire businessman, founder of Kingspan Group *

Eugene Skinner Eugene Franklin Skinner (September 13, 1809 – December 15, 1864) was an early American settler in Oregon and the founder of the city of Eugene, Oregon, which is named after him. Skinner was born in Essex, New York. His father was Major John ...

, American pioneer, founder of Eugene, Oregon *

Eugene Stoner Eugene Morrison Stoner (November 22, 1922 – April 24, 1997) was an American firearms designer who is most associated with the development of the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle that was redesigned and modified by Colt's Patent Firearm Company (now known ...

(1922–1997), American firearms designer, who designed M16 rifle *

Eugene Thuraisingam Eugene Singarajah Thuraisingam (born 10 June 1975) is a lawyer from Singapore. He is the founder of the law firm Eugene Thuraisingam LLP, a law firm that specialises in international arbitration and criminal and commercial litigation. He is al ...

, Singaporean criminal lawyer *

Eugène Viollet-le-Duc Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (; 27 January 181417 September 1879) was a French architect and author who restored many prominent medieval landmarks in France, including those which had been damaged or abandoned during the French Revolution. H ...

, French architect *

Eugene Wigner Eugene Paul "E. P." Wigner ( hu, Wigner Jenő Pál, ; November 17, 1902 – January 1, 1995) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who also contributed to mathematical physics. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 "for his co ...

, Hungarian physicist

Fictional characters

Gene Belcher This is a list of characters from the American animated television series ''Bob's Burgers''. Appearances Belcher family The Belcher family is a family who runs the family business called Bob's Burgers. Loren Bouchard described their ethnicity ...

, a main character in the animated series ''

Bob's Burgers ''Bob's Burgers'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard that premiered on Fox on January 9, 2011. The show centers on the Belcher family—parents Bob and Linda and their three children, Tina, Gene, and Louise—wh ...

'' *Eugene Chaud, in

Mega Man Battle Network is a tactical role-playing video game series created by Masahiro Yasuma and developed and published by Capcom as a spin-off of the ''Mega Man'' series; it premiered in 2001 on the Game Boy Advance and takes place in an alternate continuity wh ...

*Eugene Fitzherbert, the male protagonist in '' Tangled'', commonly called 'Flynn Rider' *Eugene "Bling-Bling Boy" Hamilton, antagonist in the animated series ''

Johnny Test ''Johnny Test'' is an animated television series created by Scott Fellows, originally produced in the United States by Warner Bros. Animation and later produced in Canada by Cookie Jar Entertainment. It premiered on Kids' WB on September 17 ...

'' * Eugene Horowitz, in ''Hey Arnold!'' media *

Gene Hunt DCI Gene Hunt is a fictional character in BBC One's science fiction/police procedural drama ''Life on Mars'' and its sequel, '' Ashes to Ashes''. The character is portrayed by Philip Glenister in both ''Life on Mars'' and ''Ashes to Ashes'', ...

, in ''Life on Mars'' and ''Ashes to Ashes'' *

Eugene H. Krabs Eugene Harold Krabs, better known as simply Mr. Krabs, is a fictional character in the American animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. He is voiced by actor Clancy Brown and first appeared in the series' pilot episode " Help Wa ...

or Mr. Krabs, in ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' media *

Eugene Meltsner The following is a partial list of characters from the radio program ''Adventures in Odyssey''. Major characters (currently active) *John Avery Whittaker, voiced by Hal Smith (1987–1994), Paul Herlinger (1996–2008), and Andre Stojk ...

, in the ''Adventures in Odyssey'' series *The title character in ''

Eugene Onegin ''Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse'' (Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Евгений Оне́гин, ромáн в стихáх, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈnʲeɡʲɪn, r=Yevgeniy Onegin, roman v stikhakh) is ...

'', 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 ''Power Rangers'' is an entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live-action superhero television series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise '' Super Sentai''. Produced first by Saban Entertainment, second by BVS E ...

*Eugene Wrayburn, one of the main characters in Charles Dickens' novel ''

Our Mutual Friend ''Our Mutual Friend'', written in 1864–1865, is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining savage satire with social analysis. It centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, quo ...

'' * Eugene Young, in ''The Practice'' *Gene Evernight, also known as Kyrios, antagonist in

ArcheAge ''ArcheAge'' is an MMORPG developed by Korean developer Jake Song (former developer of '' Lineage'') and his development company, XL Games. The game was released in Korea on January 15, 2013, Europe and North America on September 16, 2014. ''ArcheA ...

* 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 ''Regular Show'' (known as ''Regular Show in Space'' during its eighth season) is an American animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network. It ran from September 6, 2010, to January 16, 2017, over the course of eight seasons a ...

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