Eugene (given name)
Eugene / Eugine is a common masculine given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής, "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ, "well" and γένος, "race, stock, kin". Gene is a common shortened form. The feminine variant is Eugenia or Eugenie.
Egon, a common given name in parts of central and northern Europe, is also a variant of Eugene / Eugine. Other male foreign-language variants include:
| Albanian | Eugjeni |
| Arpitan | Eugêne, Genio |
| Asturian | Euxeniu |
| Asian | Eugine |
| Basque | Euken |
| Belarusian | Jaŭhien, Jaŭhienij, Yauhen |
| Breton | Ujan |
| Bulgarian | Евгени |
| Catalan | Eugeni |
| Chinese | 叶甫盖尼, 尤金, 欧根 |
| Croatian | Eugen |
| Czech | Evžen |
| Dutch | Eugeen |
| Esperanto | Eŭgeno |
| Estonian | Eugen |
| French | Eugène, Yvain |
| Galician | Uxío |
| German | Eugen, Eugine |
| Greek | Ευγένιος |
| Hungarian | Jenő, Eugén |
| Irish | Eóghan,, Eoin |
| Italian | Eugenio |
| Japanese | ユージーン、ユージィン |
| Korean | 유진 |
| Latin | Eugenius |
| Latvian | Eugenijs/Eižens, Jevgēņijs/Jevgeņijs/Jevgenijs |
| Lithuanian | Eugenijus |
| Macedonian | Евгениј |
| Occitan | Eugèni |
| Piedmontese | Genio |
| Polish | Eugeniusz |
| Portuguese | Eugênio, Eugénio |
| Romanian | Eugen, Eugeniu |
| Russian | :ru:Евгений|Евгений |
| Scottish Gaelic | Eoghann, Ewan, Euan |
| Serbian | Еуген, Евгеније |
| Sicilian | Eugeniu |
| Slovak | Eugen |
| Slovenian | Evgen |
| Spanish | Eugenio |
| Swedish | Eugen |
| Syriac | ܐܘܓܝܢ |
| Ukrainian | Євген, Євгеній, Евген, Ївген |
| Welsh | Owain, Owen, Ouein, Oen, Ewein, Ywein/Ywain, Yuein, |
Notable people
Christianity
- Pope Eugene I, pope from 655 to 657
- Pope Eugene II, pope from 824 to 827
- Pope Eugene III, pope from 1145 to 1153
- Pope Eugene IV, pope from 1431 to 1447
- Charles-Joseph-Eugene de Mazenod, the founder of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
- St. Eugene, one of the deacons of Saint Zenobius
- Saint Eugenios of Trebizond was the patron saint of the Empire of Trebizond
- Pope Pius XII, pope from 1939 to 1958, given name Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli
- Eugène Philippe LaRocque, Roman Catholic bishop from Canada
- Eugene Antonio Marino, first African-American archbishop in the United States
- Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Roman Catholic cardinal from Brazil
Military
- Eugène de Beauharnais, the stepson and adopted child of Napoleon
- Eugenio Calò, Italian partisan
- Archduke Eugen of Austria, the last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923
- Eugene A. Greene, American sailor, posthumous recipient of Navy Cross
- Eugene de Kock, South African policeman serving a life sentence
- Eugène Maizan, French Naval lieutenant and explorer
- Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial, the only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France and his Empress consort Eugénie de Montijo
- Prince Eugene of Savoy, noted general and Austrian Field Marshal
- Eugene Sledge, American WWII marine and academic
- Eugene Stoner, American firearms designer, who designed M16 Rifle
- Yevhen Konovalets, Ukrainian military commander and political leader of UNR
Television and film
- Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and television producer
- Eugene, South Korean singer, actress, and emcee
- Eugene Cordero, American actor
- Gene Eugene, Canadian born actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician
- Eugenio Derbez, Mexican comedian, actor, and Formula Three auto driver
- Gene Hackman, American actor
- Gene Kelly, American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer, and choreographer
- Eugene Levy, Jewish-Canadian actor
- Eugene Mirman, Russian-born American comedian, writer, and filmmaker
- Evgeny Perlin, Belarusian journalist and television presenter
- Gene Rayburn, American gameshow host and radio personality
- Gene Roddenberry, American scriptwriter and producer
- Eugène Saccomano, French radio journalist and non-fiction author
- Gene Siskel, American film critic
- Gene Wilder, American actor
Music
- Eugene Andrusco, American singer, songwriter and producer
- Gene Allison, American R&B singer
- Gene Autry, American singer, actor, businessman
- Gene Clark, American singer, songwriter, founding member of the band The Byrds
- Eugene Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer
- Eugène Goossens, fils, French conductor and violinist
- Eugène Goossens, père, Belgian conductor
- H-Eugene, South Korean rapper
- Eugene Hütz, lead singer and guitarist of the group Gogol Bordello
- Eugene Izotov, Russian-American oboist
- Eugen Jochum, German conductor
- Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist
- Gene Klein, American musician and member of Kiss, better known as "Gene Simmons"
- Gene Krupa, American jazz and big band drummer
- Gene McDaniels, American singer-songwriter
- Evgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor
- Gene Noble, American R&B singer
- Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-born conductor
- Eugene Pao, Hong Kong jazz guitarist
- Gene Pitney, American singer
- Evgeny Svetlanov, Russian conductor
- Eugene Tzigane, Japanese-American conductor
- Gene Vincent, American singer, musician
- Eugene Wright, American jazz bassist of the Dave Brubeck Quartet
- Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer and conductor
Literature
- Eugénio de Castro, Portuguese writer
- Eugene Field, Nineteenth Century poet
- Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and dramatist
- Eugène Marin Labiche, French dramatist
- Eugène Lanti, Esperantist, socialist and writer
- Eugenio Montale, Italian poet, prose writer and translator, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975
- Eugene Marais, South African writer and poet
- Eugene O'Neill, American playwright
- Eugène Edine Pottier, French revolutionary socialist, poet, and transport worker
- Eugénio Tavares, Cape Verdean poet
- Eugene Trivizas, Greek author
- Eugenio Vegas Latapie, Spanish monarchist writer
- Gene Weingarten, humor writer and journalist
- Gene Wolfe, American science fiction author
- Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet
- Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian science fiction author
Art
- Eugène Broerman, Belgian Painter
- Eugène Boudin, French painter
- Eugène Carrière, French symbolist
- Eugène Delacroix, French painter
- Eugenio Granell, Spanish painter
- Eugène Grasset, Swiss decorative artist of the Belle Epoque
- Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume, French sculptor
- Eugene Lambert, Irish puppeteer
- Eugene Pandala, Indian Architect
- Evgenios Spatharis, Greek shadow theatre artist
- Prince Eugen of Sweden, Swedish painter
- Eugene V. Thaw, American art dealer and collector
Politics
- Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Argentine president, 1955–1958
- Eugene V. Debs, American socialist
- Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, Guatemalan president
- Eugene J. McCarthy, U.S. senator from Minnesota
- Eugene McGehee, Louisiana politician
- Eugène Paquet, Canadian parliamentarian
- Eugen Richter,, German politician in Imperial Germany
- Eugène Ruffy, Swiss politician
- Eugene Sawyer, American businessman and politician
- Eugene Terre'Blanche, South African right-wing politician and leader of the AWB
- Eugen Ţurcanu, Romanian political prisoner
- Eugenius, Western Roman emperor
Sports
- Eugene Laverty, Irish professional motorcyclist
- Eugene Galekovic, Australian goalkeeper
- Eugene Sseppuya, Ugandan football striker
- Eugen Sandow, Father of modern body building
- Eugène Chaboud, Formula One driver from France
- Eugène Christophe, French professional cyclist
- Eugene Lawrence, American professional basketball player
- Eugene Selznick, American volleyball player
- Eugeni Berzin, Russian professional bicycle road racer
- Eugenio Castellotti, Italian Formula One driver
- Eugenio Corini, Italian footballer
- Eugene Glazer, American Olympic fencer
- Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder
- Eugenio Vélez, major-league baseball
- Evgeni Malkin, Russian forward in the NHL playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins
- Evgeni Nabokov, retired goalie in the National Hockey League
- Evgeni Plushenko, Russian figure skater
- Evgenii Tiurnev, Russian tennis player
- Evgeny Alexandrov, Russian professional ice hockey player
- Evgeny Busygin, Russian ice hockey player
- Evgeny Korolev, Kazakh tennis player
- Evgeny Kuznetsov, Russian professional ice hockey player for the Washington Capitals
- Evgeny Lapenkov, Russian professional ice hockey player
- Gene Bradley, American football player
- Gene Cockrell, American football player
- Gene Filipski, American football player
- Gene Makowsky, offensive lineman for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL
- Gene Miles, Australian rugby league footballer
- Gene Moore, right fielder in Major League Baseball
- Gene Moore, left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball
- Gene Okerlund, professional wrestling announcer
- Gene Prebola, American football player
- Gene Robillard, Canadian football player
- Gene Samuel, Trinidad and Tobago road bicycle racer and track cyclist
- Gene Sarazen, U.S. golfer, one of five male golfers to win the professional career Grand Slam
- Gene Smith, athletic director at The Ohio State University
- Gene Snitsky, professional wrestler who formerly performed for World Wrestling Entertainment
- James "Gene" Tunney, Irish American boxer and world heavyweight boxing champion
- Gene Upshaw, NFL Hall of Fame guard and former NFL Players Association director
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russian former tennis player
- Eugene, ring name of former WWE wrestler Nick Dinsmore
Sciences
- Eugène Michel Antoniadi, Greek astronomer
- Eugenio Beltrami, Italian mathematician
- Eugenio Berríos, Chilean biochemist
- Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Austrian economist
- Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician
- Eugene Cernan, American former astronaut, eleventh person to walk on the Moon
- Eugen Chirnoagă, Romanian chemist
- Eugène Joseph Delporte, Belgian astronomer
- Eugen Dühring, German philosopher and economist
- Eugene Goldstein, physicist
- Eugene Gu, 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
- Jean Claude Eugène Péclet, French physicist
- Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer
- Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American astronomer and geologist
- Eugène Simon, French arachnologist
- Eugène Soubeiran, renowned French scientist who served as chief pharmacist at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
- Eugene Stanley, American physicist
- Evhen Tsybulenko, professor of international law
- Eugene Paul Wigner, Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963
Fictional people
- Gene Belcher, a main character in the animated series Bob's Burgers
- Eugene Chaud, character in Mega Man Battle Network
- Eugene Fitzherbert, the male protagonist in Tangled, commonly called 'Flynn Rider'
- Eugene Horowitz, character in Hey Arnold! media
- Gene Hunt, character in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes
- Eugene H. Krabs or Mr. Krabs, character in SpongeBob SquarePants media
- Eugene Meltsner, character in the Adventures in Odyssey series
- Jerome Eugene Morrow, suitably named character in Gattaca, a film on genetic discrimination
- The title character in Eugene Onegin, a novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin
- Thomas Eugene Paris, better known as Tom Paris, a character in the Star Trek universe
- Eugene or Eusine, a character in Pokémon media
- Eugene Tackleberry, character in Police Academy
- Eugene "Flash" Thompson, a character in the Spider-Man comics
- Eugene Wrayburn, one of the main characters in Charles Dickens' novel Our Mutual Friend
- Eugene Young, character in The Practice
- Gene Evernight, also known as Kyrios, antagonist in ArcheAge
- James Eugene Raynor, also known as Jim Raynor, main character in StarCraft series
- Eugene Dix, character in Final Destination 2
- Eugene Francis, a character in The Boss Baby
- Eugene Choi, a main character in the Korean drama Mr. Sunshine
- Gene, a former antagonist on Regular Show
Other uses
- Eugene Allen, White House butler
- Eugene Burger, American magician and author
- Eugenios Eugenidis, Greek shipping magnate
- Eugênio German, Brazilian chess player
- Eugene Gotti, Italian-American mobster
- Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican philosopher, educator, lawyer
- Eugene Jarvis, computer games designer and programmer
- Eugenio Garza Lagüera, Mexican businessman
- Gene Kranz, NASA Flight Director
- Evgeny Lebedev, Russian-born British newspaper publisher
- Eugène Minkowski, French psychiatrist
- Gene Moore, leading window-dresser of the 20th century
- Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, German-born Jewish social philosopher
- Eugene Skinner, American pioneer, founder of Eugene, Oregon
- Eugen Bleuler, Swiss physician
- Eugen d'Albert, German composer
- Eugène de Beauharnais, French general
- Eugène Ionesco, Romanian writer
- Eugene O'Neill, American writer
- Eugene Shoemaker, American astronomer
- Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect
- Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist
- Eugenio Montale, Italian writer
- Eugene Murtagh, Irish billionaire businessman, founder of Kingspan Group