Eugene is a common (masculine) first name that comes from the Greek eugenes "," from eu- "" + -genes " ." 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. Eugenics is the self-direction of human evolution: Logo from the Second International Congress of Eugenics, 1921, depicting it as a tree which unites a variety of different fields. ... Eugenia is a feminine first name related to the masculine name Eugene that comes from the Greek eugenes well-born, from eu- well + -genes born. ...

Eugene may refer to:

In geography:

• Eugene, Indiana, a small unincorporated town in Vermillion County, Indiana.
• Eugene, Missouri, a small unincorporated town with a population of 141 according to the 1990 U.S. Census
• Eugene, Oregon, the third largest city in the state of Oregon
• Mount Eugene, the highest mountain of the United States Range on Ellesmere Island

In Christianity: Eugene is a town in Vermillion County, Indiana, United States. ... Vermillion County is a county located in the state of Indiana. ... Eugene is an unincorporated community in extreme southwest Cole County, Missouri. ... Nickname: The Emerald City Motto: The Worlds Greatest City of the Arts & Outdoors Coordinates: Country United States State Oregon County Lane Founded 1846 Incorporated 1862 Mayor Kitty Piercy Area    - City 105. ... Mount Eugene is the highest mountain of the United States Range on Ellesmere Island. ...

• 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: Charles-Joseph-Eugene de Mazenod (August 1, 1782 in Aix-en-Provence – May 21, 1861 in Marseille) commonly known as Eugene de Mazenode, or since his canonization on 3 December 1995, as Saint Eugene or Saint Charles-Joseph-Eugene de Mazenod was the founder of the Missionary Oblates of... Eugene I, pope (655-657), was a native of Rome. ... Eugene II, (or Eugenius), pope (824-827) was a native of Rome and was chosen to succeed Paschal I. Another candidate, Zinzinnus, was proposed by the plebeian faction, and the presence of Lothar, son of the Frankish emperor Louis the Pious was necessary in order to maintain the authority of... The Blessed Eugene III, né Bernardo Pignatelli (d. ... Eugenius IV, né Gabriel Condulmer (1383 - February 23, 1447) was pope from March 3, 1431 to his death. ... Saint Zenobius ( San Zenobio or San Zanobi) (337 – 417) is venerated as the first bishop of Florence. ... Saint Eugenios was martyred under Diocletian and a cult devoted to him developed in Trebizond. ...

• 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: Eugène Rose de Beauharnais (September 3, 1781 - February 21, 1824) was the first child and only son of Joséphine de Tascher de la Pagerie and Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais. ... The German cruiser Prinz Eugen (pron. ... Napoléon Eugène Louis John Joseph, called Napoleon IV, (March 16, 1856 – June 1, 1879), Prince Imperial, Fils de France, was the only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France and his Empress consort Eugénie de Montijo. ... Empress Eugénie Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, Countess de Teba, who became Empress Eugénie [1] [2] [3] (May 5, 1826 – July 11, 1920) was Empress Consort of France (1853-1871), the wife of Napoleon III, emperor of the French. ... Prince Eugen von Savoyen in a contemporary painting François-Eugène, Prince of Savoy-Carignan, known as Prinz Eugen von Savoyen in German and Eugenio, Principe di Savoia in Italian (October 18, 1663 – April 24, 1736) was arguable the greatest general to serve the Habsburgs. ... SMS Prinz Eugen was an Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleship. ... USS Eugene (PF-40), a Tacoma-class frigate, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Eugene, Oregon. ... USS (DD/DDR-711) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Ensign Eugene A. Greene (1921–1942), was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism in the Battle of Midway. ...

• Eugene (b. 1981), Korean singer and actress
• Eugene, the ring name of America professional wrestler Nick Dinsmore
• 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
• Gene Snitsky, professional wrestler currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand
• Jerome Eugene Morrow, a suitably named character in Gattaca, a film on genetic discrimination

In Star Trek: Eugenes cover for 810303, her second album. ... Nicholas David Dinsmore (born December 17, 1975), also known by his ring name Eugene, is an American professional wrestler who performs on World Wrestling Entertainments RAW brand. ... Eugene Levy (born December 17, 1946) is a Canadian actor, television director, producer and writer. ... Gene Eugene Andrusco (April 6, 1961 - March 20, 2000) was a Canadian born actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician. ... Eugene Allen Hackman[1] (born January 30, 1930) is an acclaimed Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996), better known as Gene Kelly, was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... Gene L. Coon (7 January 1924-8 July 1973) was an American screenwriter and television producer. ... Gene Rayburn (December 22, 1917 – November 29, 1999) was an Emmy award-nominated American radio and television personality. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Gene Roddenberry Eugene Wesley Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American scriptwriter and producer. ... Gene Snitsky or simply Snitsky (born Eugene Andrew Snisky on January 14, 1970) is a professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its Raw brand. ... Gattaca is a 1997 science fiction drama film written and directed by Andrew Niccol, starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law with supporting roles played by Gore Vidal and Alan Arkin. ... Genetic discrimination occurs when people are treated differently by their employer or insurance company because they have a gene mutation that causes or increases the risk of an inherited disorder. ...

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

In music: Thomas Eugene Paris, played by Robert Duncan McNeill, is a fictional character in the Star Trek television series Star Trek: Voyager. ...

• 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
• Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer and conductor
• Gene Krupa, famous and influential Polish-American jazz and big ban drummer

In literature: Careful With That Axe, Eugene is a Pink Floyd song. ... Sir Eugène Goossens Sir Eugène Aynsley Goossens (May 26, 1893 – June 13, 1962) was an English conductor and composer. ... Eugène Goossens (1867 - 1958) was a French conductor and violinist. ... Eugène Goossens (February 25, 1845, Bruges, Belgium - 30 December 1906, Liverpool, England) was a Belgian conductor. ... Eugene Pao is a jazz guitarist. ... Eugène Ysaÿe Eugène Ysaÿe (July 16, 1858 – May 12, 1931) was a Belgian violinist and composer. ... Gene Krupa Gene Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973) was a famous and influential American jazz and big band drummer, known for his highly energetic and flamboyant style. ...

• 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 Pottiers tomb in Le Père Lachaise Cemetery Eugène Edine Pottier (1816 - 1887) was a French revolutionary socialist, poet, and transport worker. ... Pseudonym of Eugène ADAM (born 19 July 1879 in Normandy, France; died 17 January 1947 in Mexico). ... Eugène Marin Labiche (May 5, 1815-1888), was a French dramatist. ... Eugenio Montale Eugenio Montale (October 12, 1896, Genoa – September 12, 1981, Milan) was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and traslator, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975. ... Eugene Onegin (Russian: Евгений Онегин, BGN/PCGN: Yevgeniy Onegin) is a novel in verse written by Aleksandr Pushkin. ... Eugene Gladstone ONeill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. ... Eugene Onegin (Евгений Онегин in Russian, Yevgeny Onegin in transliteration) is an opera in three acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky and the composer, based on the novel of the same name by Aleksandr Pushkin. ... The Eugene Triology refers to three plays written by Neil Simon: the first being Brighton Beach Memoirs, the second is Biloxi Blues, and the third being Broadway Bound. ... Gene Weingarten Gene Weingarten, born in New York in 1951, is a humor writer and journalist. ...

• Eugène Joseph Delporte, Belgian astronomer
• Eugène Michel Antoniadi, Greek astronomer

In artistry: Eugène Joseph Delporte (January 10, 1882 – October 19, 1955) was a Belgian astronomer. ... Eugène Michel Antoniadi (1870 – February 10, 1944) was a Turkish-born Greek astronomer who spent most of his life in France. ...

• 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 Carrière (1849-1906) was a French Symbolist, Fin de siècle artist. ... Eugène Grasset - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume (July 4, 1822 - 1905), French sculptor, was born at Montbard. ...

• Eugène Paquet, Canadian parliamentarian
• Eugène Ruffy, Swiss politician

In sports: Hon. ... Eugène Ruffy (August 2, 1854 - October 25, 1919) was a Swiss politician. ...

• 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

In science: Bruce Eugene (born 1982 - New Orleans) is an American football player and starting quarterback for the Grambling State University Tigers. ... Marius Eugène Chaboud (born in Lyon, April 12, 1907 - dead in Montfermeil Seine-Saint-Denis, December 28, 1983) was a Formula One driver from France. ... Eugene (Gene) Moore, Jr. ... Eugene (Gene) Moore, Sr. ...

• 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: Eugene Guth Eugene Guth (Born in Budapest, Hungary, Aug. ... Eugen Sänger (September 22, 1905 - February 10, 1964) was an Austrian aerospace engineer best known for his contributions to lifting body and ramjet technology. ... Eugène Simon (April 30, 1848 - November 17, 1924) was a French arachnologist. ... Eugène Soubeiran (1797 - 1859) was a renowned French pharmacist and chef at the Hospital of Pity-Salpêtrière. ... Jean Claude Eugène Péclet (February 10, 1793 - December 6, 1857) was a French physicist. ... Eugene Wigner (left) and Alvin Weinberg Eugene Paul Wigner (Hungarian Wigner Pál Jenő) (November 17, 1902 – January 1, 1995) was a Hungarian physicist and mathematician. ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ...

• 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

In company: Eugen Karl Dühring (January 12, 1833 - September 21, 1921), was a philosopher and economist, and supporter of capitalism. ... Eugène Charles Catalan Eugène Charles Catalan (May 30, 1814 - February 14, 1894) was a Belgian mathematician. ... Eugène Minkowski (April 17, 1885 Sankt Peterburg - November 17, 1972) was Russian born French psychiatrist. ... Gene Moore (1910 – November 23, 1998) was a leading window-dresser of the 20th century. ... The name Eugene has been used for five tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. ... Jin Kariya (狩矢 神 Kariya Jin) is the leader of the Bounts in the anime series Bleach. ...

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

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