EUGENE

'Eugene' is a common (masculine) first name that comes from the Greek ''eugenes'' (Greek- ευγενής, "Noble" ). The name shares a root with the word eugenics. Variants include 'Eugène' (French), 'Eugen' (German, Romanian), 'Eugenio' (Italian, Spanish), 'Evhen' (), 'Yevgeniy' (), Evgeni (), and 'Gene'. The feminine variant is Eugenia.
'Eugene' may refer to:
In 'geography':

★ Eugene, Indiana, a small unincorporated town in Vermilion County, Indiana.

★ Eugene, Missouri, a small unincorporated town in Cole County, Missouri with a population of 141 according to the 1990 U.S. Census

★ Eugene, Oregon, the third largest city in the state of Oregon, the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, and the home of the University of Oregon

★ Mount Eugene, the highest mountain of the United States Range on Ellesmere Island
In 'Christianity':

★ Charles-Joseph-Eugene de Mazenod (1782-1861), the founder of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

★ 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

★ St. Eugene was one of the deacons of Saint Zenobius

★ Saint Eugenios of Trebizond was the patron saint of the Empire of Trebizond.
In 'military':

★ Eugène de Beauharnais (1781-1824), the stepson and adopted child of Napoleon

★ German cruiser ''Prinz Eugen'', warship which served in the German Navy from 1940 until Germany surrendered during World War II

★ Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial, the only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France and his Empress consort Eugénie de Montijo

★ Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736), noted general and Austrian Field Marshal

★ SMS ''Prinz Eugen'' was an Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleship built in 1912

★ USS ''Eugene'' (PF-40), ''Tacoma''-class frigate

★ USS ''Eugene A. Greene'' (DD-711), ''Gearing''-class destroyer of the United States Navy

★ Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863 - 1954), the last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923
In 'television and film':

★ Eugene (b. 1981), Korean singer and actress

★ Eugene Levy, Jewish-Canadian actor

★ Gene Eugene, Canadian born actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician

★ Gene Hackman, Acclaimed Academy Award-winning American actor

★ Gene Kelly, American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer, and choreographer.

★ Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and television producer

★ Gene Rayburn, American gameshow host and radio personality

★ Gene Roddenberry, American scriptwriter and producer

★ Jerome Eugene Morrow, a suitably named character in ''Gattaca'', a film on genetic discrimination

★ ''DCI Gene Hunt'', a character from the British television series ''Life on Mars (TV series)|Life on Mars''

★ Thomas Eugene Paris, character in the fictional ''Star Trek'' universe who served aboard the USS ''Voyager'' as helmsman and pilot

★ Eugene Horowitz, unlucky character from the ''Hey Arnold!'' series
In 'music':

★ "Careful with That Axe, Eugene", a single by rock group Pink Floyd

★ Eugène Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer

★ Eugène Goossens, fils, French conductor and violinist

★ Eugène Goossens, père, Belgian conductor

★ Eugen Jochum, German conductor

★ Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist

★ Evgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor

★ Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-born conductor

★ Eugene Pao, Hong Kong jazz guitarist

★ Gene Pitney, American singer ("Hello, Mary Lou")

★ Gene Simmons, American musician in the band Kiss

★ Evgeny Svetlanov, Russian conductor

★ Gene Vincent, American singer ("Be Bop a Lula")

★ Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer and conductor

★ Gene Krupa, famous and influential American jazz and big band drummer
In 'literature':

★ Eugene Field, Nineteenth Century poet

★ Eugène Edine Pottier, French revolutionary socialist, poet, and transport worker

★ Eugène Lanti, Esperantist, socialist and writer

★ Eugène Marin Labiche, French dramatist

★ Eugenio Montale, Italian poet, prose writer and translator, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975.

★ ''Eugene Onegin'', novel in verse written by Aleksandr Pushkin

★ Eugene O'Neill, famous American playwright.

★ Eugene Onegin (opera), opera in three acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

★ Eugene Trilogy, collection of plays by Neil Simon consisting of ''Brighton Beach Memoirs'', ''Biloxi Blues'', and ''Broadway Bound''

★ Gene Weingarten, humor writer and journalist
In 'astronomy':

★ Eugène Joseph Delporte, Belgian astronomer

★ Eugène Michel Antoniadi, Greek astronomer
In 'artistry':

★ Eugène Delacroix, French painter

★ Eugène Carrière, French symbolist

★ Eugène Grasset, Swiss decorative artist who worked in Paris, France in a variety of creative design fields during the Belle Epoque

★ Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume, French sculptor
In 'politics':

★ Eugène Paquet, Canadian parliamentarian

★ Eugène Ruffy, Swiss politician

★ Eugene V. Debs, American socialist

★ Eugene Terreblanche, South African right-wing politician and leader of the AWB
In 'sports':

★ Bruce Eugene (b. 1982), American football player and starting quarterback for the Grambling State University Tigers

★ Eugène Chaboud, Formula One driver from France

★ Gene Miles, Australian rugby league footballer

★ Gene Moore (baseball outfielder), right fielder in Major League Baseball

★ Gene Moore (baseball pitcher), left handed pitcher in Major League Baseball

★ Eugene, the ring name of America professional wrestler Nick Dinsmore who worked for World Wrestling Entertainment

★ Gene Samuel, Trinidad and Tobago road bicycle racer and track cyclist

★ Gene Snitsky, professional wrestler currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the ''RAW'' brand

★ Eugenio Corini, Italian Footballer
In 'science':

★ Eugene Guth, Hungarian-American theoretical physicist known for his contributions to polymer physics and the Kinetic Theory of Rubber Elasticity

★ Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer best known for his contributions to lifting body and ramjet technology

★ Eugène Simon, French arachnologist

★ Eugène Soubeiran, renowned French scientist who served as chief pharmacist at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital

★ Evhen Tsybulenko, professor of international law


★ Jean Claude Eugène Péclet, French physicist

★ Eugene Paul Wigner, Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963

★ Eugene Lazowski, Polish doctor who saved 8,000 people by creating a fake typhus epidemic in World War II
In 'other fields':

★ Eugen Dühring, German philosopher and economist

★ Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician

★ Eugène Minkowski, French psychiatrist

★ Gene Moore (window dresser), leading window-dresser of the 20th century

★ Hurricane Eugene, five tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

★ Before changing his name, Jin Kariya was known as 'Eugene Currier'

★ European Green Electricity Network

★ Eugene Burger, American magician and author.

★ Eugene Antonio Marino first African-American archbishop in the United States.

★ Eugene Green Energy Standard
In 'business':

★ Eugene Group, a Korean chaebol

★ Eugen Systems, a gaming company located in France, makers of ''Act of War: Direct Action''