Eugene

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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), Yevgeniy (Russian: Евгений), and Gene. The feminine variant is Eugenia.

Eugene may refer to:

In geography:

• Eugene, Indiana, a small unincorporated town in Vermillion 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

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
• Thomas Eugene Paris, character in the fictional Star Trek universe who served aboard the USS Voyager as helmsman and pilot
• Eugene, Mentally handicapped character in WWE's Monday Night Raw

In music:

• Careful with That Axe, Eugene, a single by Pink Floyd
• Eugène Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer
• Eugène Goossens, fils, French conductor and violinist
• Eugène Goossens, père, Belgian conductor
• Eugene Pao, Hong Kong jazz guitarist
• Gene Pitney, Singer (Hello, Mary Lou)
• Gene Simmons, Kiss
• Gene Vincent, Singer (Be Bop a Lula)
• Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer and conductor
• Gene Krupa, famous and influential Polish-American jazz and big ban drummer

In literature:

• 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 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

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 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 currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand
• Gene Snitsky, professional wrestler currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the ECW brand

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
• Jean Claude Eugène Péclet, French physicist
• Eugene Paul Wigner, Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963

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.

In company:

• Eugene Group, A Korea's company of chaebols
• Eugen Systems, A gaming company located in France, Makers of Act of War: Direct Action