Gene


Gender:
Origin: Greek
736 famous people named Gene found on Wikipedia.
126308 male, 6986 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 2182-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 61-th in year 1937
Used in: English

Meanings

Also, Kellie. a male or female given name. A male given name, form of Eugene.

Eugene is a common feminine or masculine given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (eugenēs), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (eu), "well" and γένος (genos), "race, stock, kin". Gene is a common shortened form. The feminine variant is Eugenia or Eugénie.

1911, from German Gen, coined 1905 by Danish scientist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen (1857-1927), from Greek genea "generation, race," from PIE root *gene- "give birth, beget." De Vries had earlier called them pangenes. Gene pool is attested from 1946.

Short form of Eugene: well-born, noble.

Famous People: 736 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Gene Wilder 1933 American actor
2 Gene Hackman 1930 American actor and novelist
3 Gene Kelly 1912 An American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer and choreographer
4 Gene Simmons 1949 Israeli-born American rock bass guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and actor
5 Gene Roddenberry 1921 American television screenwriter and producer
6 Gene Tierney 1920 American actress
7 Gene Rayburn 1917 TV game show host
8 Gene Autry 1907 American actor and singer
9 Gene Siskel 1946 American film critic
10 Gene Pitney 1940 American singer and songwriter
11 Gene Barry 1919 American stage, screen, and television actor
12 Gene Kranz 1933 NASA Flight Director and manager
13 Gene Okerlund 1942 American professional wrestling interviewer and announcer
14 Gene Krupa 1909 Drummer, composer, bandleader
15 Gene Vincent 1935 American musician
16 Gene Chizik 1961 American college football coach
17 Gene LeBell 1932 American professional wrestler
18 Gene Clark 1944 American singer-songwriter
19 Gene Anthony Ray 1962 Actor, dancer, choreographer
20 Gene Shalit 1926 American film critic
21 Gene Snitsky 1970 Professional wrestler
22 Gene Haas 1952 American businessman
23 Gene Hoglan 1967 American musician
24 Gene Tunney 1897 United States Marine
25 Gene Lockhart 1891 Actor
26 Gene Wolfe 1931 American science fiction and fantasy writer
27 Gene Saks 1921 American stage and film director
28 Gene Ween 1970 American musician
29 Gene Sarazen 1902 American professional golfer, PGA Tour member
30 Gene Stallings 1935 American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
31 Gene Jones American actor
32 Gene Upshaw 1945 American football player, labor leader, NFLPA president
33 Gene Raymond 1908 Actor, singer, composer, producer, director
34 Gene Watson 1943 American singer
35 Gene Scott 1929 American television preacher
36 Gene Robinson 1947 Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
37 Gene Chandler 1937 American musician
38 Gene Markey 1895 American writer and producer
39 Gene Steratore 1963 American football official
40 Gene Evans 1922 Actor
41 Gene Gotti 1946 American mobster
42 Gene Reynolds 1923 Actor, producer, writer, director
43 Gene Anderson 1933 Professional wrestler
44 Gene Wood 1925 American game show host
45 Gene Conley 1930 American baseball player
46 Gene Gene the Dancing Machine 1932 American amputee
47 Gene Keady 1936 American basketball player-coach
48 Gene Sharp 1928 American political scientist
49 Gene Hunt
50 Gene Luen Yang 1973 Chinese American graphic novelist
51 Gene Amdahl 1922 American physicist
52 Gene Colan 1926 American comics creator and artist
53 Gene Deitch 1924 Illustrator, animator, director
54 Gene McDaniels 1935 American singer and songwriter
55 Gene Ammons 1925 American musician
56 Gene Kiniski 1928 Canadian professional wrestler
57 Gene Sperling 1958 American economist
58 Gene Fullmer 1931 American boxer
59 Gene Parsons 1944 American musician
60 Gene Austin 1900 American singer and songwriter
61 Gene Green 1947 American politician
62 Gene Stratton-Porter 1863 American writer
63 Gene Winfield 1927 Automotive Designer
64 Gene Sheldon 1908 American actor
65 Gene Weingarten 1951 American newspaper editor
66 Gene L. Coon 1924 American television producer and screenwriter
67 Gene Thomas 1972 Belgian singer
68 Gene Mauch 1925 Baseball player
69 Gene Michael 1938 Former Major League Baseball player, manager, executive
70 Gene Harris 1933 American pianist
71 Gene Sauers 1962 Professional golfer
72 Gene Littler 1930 American golfer
73 Gene Tenace 1946 American baseball player and coach
74 Gene MacLellan 1938 Canadian singer-songwriter
75 Gene Cornish 1944 American musician
76 Gene Farber 1978 American actor born in the Byelorussian SSR
77 Gene Hickerson 1935 Player of American football
78 Gene Lamont 1946 American baseball player and coach
79 Gene Trautmann 1966 American drummer
80 Gene London 1931 American television personality
81 Gene Bartow 1930 American basketball coach
82 Gene Shue 1931 American basketball player and coach
83 Gene D. Block 1948 American academic administrator and biologist
84 Gene Baur American activist and writer
85 Gene Banks 1959 American basketball player
86 Gene Wojciechowski Sports writer
87 Gene McKinney 1950 Recipient of the Bronze Star Medal
88 Gene Stupnitsky 1977 American television writer
89 Gene White American basketball player
90 Gene Honda American sports announcer
91 Gene McFadden 1948 American musician
92 Gene Fowler 1890 American journalist
93 Gene Pierson 1949 Australian musician, record producer
94 Gene Olaff 1920 American soccer player
95 Gene Spafford 1956 American computer scientist
96 Gene Petit 1949 American professional wrestler
97 Gene Hart 1931 American sports broadcaster
98 Gene Likens 1935 American ecologist
99 Gene Cretz 1950 American diplomat
100 Gene Snyder 1928 American congressman for Kentucky
101 Gene Elston 1922 American baseball player
102 Gene Roberts 1932 American journalist
103 Gene Page 1939 American musician
104 Gene Atkins 1964 American football player
105 Gene Nichol 1951 President of the College of William and Mary
106 Gene Cotton 1944 American musician
107 Gene Yu American writer
108 Gene Amondson 1943 American religious minister, artist, and alcohol prohibitionist
109 Gene Eugene 1961 Record producer<br />singer-songwriter
110 Gene Garber 1947 American baseball player
111 Gene Burns 1940 American talk radio host
112 Gene Larkin 1962 American baseball player
113 Gene Deckerhoff 1945 American sports announcer
114 Gene Roth 1903 Actor
115 Gene Greytak 1925 American actor
116 Gene H. Golub 1932 American statistician
117 Gene Wentz 1950 American writer
118 Gene Summers 1939 American singer
119 Gene Bilbrew 1923 Artist
120 Gene October English musician
121 Gene Barge 1926 American musician
122 Gene Gutowski 1925 Polish-American film producer
123 Gene Rychlak 1968 American powerlifter
124 Gene Principe 1967 Canadian sportscaster
125 Gene de Paul 1919 American musician
126 Gene Brewer 1937 American novelist
127 Gene Ha 2000 Artist
128 Gene Miles 1959 Australian rugby league player
129 Gene Monahan 1945 Baseball trainer
130 Gene Tyranny 1945 American composer
131 Stanley Gene 1974 Papua New Guinean rugby league player
132 Gene Bearden 1920 American baseball player
133 Gene Mayer 1956 US tennis player
134 Gene Lees 1928 Lyricist, biographer
135 Gene Smith 1963 American football executive
136 Gene Woodling 1922 American baseball player
137 Gene Hong Writer, producer
138 Gene Oliver 1935 American baseball player
139 Gene Edwards 1932 Protestant Christian church planter
140 Gene Mingo 1938 Player of American football
141 Gene Tracy 1927 American comedian, emcee, and recording artist
142 Gene Stephenson 1945 American baseball player and coach
143 Gene Bertoncini 1937 American jazz guitarist
144 Gene Malin 1908 Actor, emcee, drag performer
145 Gene Snow American racing driver
146 Gene Lyons American journalist
147 Gene Wu American politician
148 Gene Locklear 1949 American baseball player
149 Gene Melchiorre 1927 American basketball player
150 Gene Lavanchy 1964 American broadcaster
151 Gene Bervoets 1956 Belgian actor
152 Gene Persson 1934 Actor
153 Gene Maddox 1938 American politician
154 Gene Day 1951 Artist
155 Gene Budig 1939 American baseball executive
156 Gene Raymond Cook 1941 Emeritus general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
157 Gene Youngblood 1942 Theorist of media arts and politics, scholar
158 Gene La Rocque 1918 United States admiral
159 Gene Levitt 1920 Writer
160 Gene Clines 1946 American baseball player and coach
161 Eugene Lipscomb 1931 American football player
162 Gene Yoon 1945 Korean businesspeople
163 Gene Quintano 1946 American film producer
164 Gene Puerling 1929 American musician
165 Gene Freese 1934 American baseball player
166 Gene Alley 1940 American baseball player
167 Gene Baker 1925 American baseball player
168 Gene V. Glass 1940 American statistician
169 Gene Littles 1943 American basketball player and coach
170 Gene Glynn 1956 American baseball player and coach
171 Gene Savoy 1927 American explorer and theologian
172 Gene Corman 1927 American film producer
173 Gene Kerrigan Journalist, novelist, writer
174 Gene Frankel 1919 American actor, theater director, acting teacher
175 Gene Adam Singer
176 Gene Ronzani 1909 American football player, coach, executive
177 Gene Makowsky 1973 Canadian politician
178 Gene Miller 1928 American journalist
179 Gene Brito 1925 Player of American and Canadian football
180 Gene Freidman
181 Gene Cross 1971 American basketball player-coach
182 Gene Stone 1951 American writer
183 Gene Klavan 1924 American radio personality
184 Gene Kingsale 1976 Dutch baseball player
185 Gene Guarilia 1937 American basketball player
186 Gene Grossman 1955 American economist
187 Gene Hermanski 1920 American baseball player
188 Gene Mako 1916 American tennis player
189 Gene Short 1953 American basketball player
190 Gene Washington 1944
191 Gene Karpinski 1952 American lobbyist
192 Gene Taylor 1929 American musician
193 Gene Pukall 1975 German professional boxer
194 Gene Ward 1943 American politician
195 Gene Logsdon 1932 American writer and farmer
196 Gene Ahern 1895 American artist
197 Gene Ubriaco 1937 Canadian ice hockey player
198 Gene Soucy American acrobatic pilot
199 Gene Ramey 1913 American musician
200 Gene Dunlap 1954 American singer