List of Famous people named Eugene

Shortened forms: Gene. Similar names: Gene, Eugen, Eugenio, Eugenie, Eugenia, Eugeni, Eugeny, Eugeen. Here are some famous Eugenes:

Eugene Foss

First Name Eugene
Born on September 24, 1858
Died on September 13, 1939 (aged 80)

Eugene Noble Foss was an American politician and businessman from Massachusetts. Foss controlled a Boston-based industrial ventilation equipment manufacturer, and was active in both the Republican and Democratic parties. He was briefly a member of the United States House of Representatives, and served as the 45th Governor of Massachusetts (1911–13). He was generally pro-business and anti-labor, but was in favor of reduced tariffs, particularly for trade with Canada.

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Eugène Georges Joseph Lecrosnier

First Name Eugène
Born on April 20, 1923
Died on October 15, 2013 (aged 90)
Born in France, Normandy

Eugène Georges Joseph Lecrosnier was a French Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Eugène Desmarest

First Name Eugène
Born on March 31, 1816
Died on December 22, 1890 (aged 74)

Eugène Anselme Sébastien Léon Desmarest (1816–1889) was a French zoologist and entomologist. He was the son of Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1734–1838).

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Eugene Gordon Lee

First Name Eugene
Born on October 25, 1933
Died on October 16, 2005 (aged 71)

Eugene Gordon Lee was an American child actor, most notable for appearing in the Our Gang comedies as Porky from 1935 to 1939. During his tenure in Our Gang, Porky originated the catchphrase "O-tay!", though it is commonly attributed to fellow character Buckwheat, played by Billie Thomas

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Eugene Walter

First Name Eugene
Born on November 27, 1874
Died on September 26, 1941 (aged 66)

Eugene Walter was a playwright. He was the author of the hit play The Easiest Way.

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Eugene M. Zuckert

First Name Eugene
Born on November 9, 1911
Died on June 5, 2000 (aged 88)

Eugene Martin Zuckert was the seventh United States Secretary of the Air Force from January 23, 1961 to September 30, 1965. During his service as secretary, he witnessed the shifting of decision-making powers from the military departments to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, a process that continued throughout the 1960s. He observed that the Air Force ought to investigate technologies that would have some bearing on future aerospace military operations, leading to "Project Forecast," a study initiated in March 1963.

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Eugène Lourié

First Name Eugène
Born on April 8, 1903
Died on May 26, 1991 (aged 88)

Eugène Lourié was a French film director, art director, production designer, set designer and screenwriter who was known for his collaborations with Jean Renoir and for his 1950s science fiction movies. Allmovie contributor Sandra Brennan has written that he was "among the best art directors in French cinema." He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1969 for Best Visual Effects on the film Krakatoa, East of Java.

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Eugène Lanti

Eugène Aristide Alfred Adam
First Name Eugène
Born on July 19, 1879
Died on January 17, 1947 (aged 67)
Born in France, Normandy

Eugène Lanti was a pseudonym of Eugène Adam. Lanti was an Esperantist, socialist and writer. He was a founder of Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, and a longtime editor of the internationalist socialist magazine Sennaciulo. Lanti was a critic of Stalinism and the theoretician of a new doctrine, anationalism, which aimed to eliminate the very concept of the nation as a guiding idea of social organisation.

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Eugène Grasset

First Name Eugène
Died on October 23, 1917

Eugène Samuel Grasset was a Swiss decorative artist who worked in Paris, France in a variety of creative design fields during the Belle Époque. He is considered a pioneer in Art Nouveau design.

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Eugene Rabe

First Name Eugene
Born on May 8, 1911
Died on January 1, 1974 (aged 62)
Born in Germany

Eugene Karl Rabe was a German-American astronomer.

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