Namesakes
Belgian Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Hubert Pierlot (middle name Eugène) 1939-1945 
Bishops of Rome and the Popes:
4 popes
Eugene I 655-657
Eugene II 824-827
Eugene III 1145-1153
Eugene IV 1431-1447
Emmy Award Winners:
1 actor
(actor) Eugene Levy 2020 Schitt's Creek
Eurovision Song Contest Winners:
1 winner
Dave Benton (middle name Eugene) 2001 Estonia
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 character
Eugene Onegin 1833 Eugene Onegin
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
2 characters
(character) Eugene 1969 Careful with That Axe, Eugene
(character) Eugene 2009 Scheme Eugene
Fictional Characters from Television:
5 characters
Adam Cartwright (middle name Eugene) 1959 Bonanza
Eugene Bradford 1965 Days of Our Lives
Tom Paris (middle name Eugene) 1995 Star Trek: Voyager
Eugene Horowitz 1996 Hey Arnold!
Eugene Young 1997 The Practice
French Presidents and Prime Ministers:
5 prime ministers, 1 president
(prime minister) Louis-Eugène Cavaignac 1848
(prime minister) Charles Duclerc (middle name Eugène) 1882-1883
(prime minister) Henri Brisson (a.k.a. Eugène) 1885-1886; 1898
(president) Paul Deschanel (middle name Eugène) 1920
(prime minister) Pierre Pflimlin (middle name Eugène) 1958
(prime minister) Pierre Bérégovoy (middle name Eugène) 1992-1993
Haitian Presidents:
2 presidents
(president) Louis Eugène Roy 1930
(president) Paul Magloire (middle name Eugène) 1950-1956
Hall-of-Famers:
1 basketball, 1 football
(football) Gene Upshaw 1987
(basketball) Jerry Sloan (middle name Eugene) 2009
Nobel Prize Winners:
2 economics, 2 physics, 1 chemistry, 1 literature
(literature) Eugene O'Neill 1936
(physics) Willis Lamb (middle name Eugene) 1955
(physics) Eugene Wigner 1963
(economics) Joseph Stiglitz (middle name Eugene) 2001
(economics) Eugene Fama 2013
(chemistry) Louis E. Brus (middle name Eugene) 2023
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
15 actors, 1 magician
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin 1805-1871
Niles Welch (middle name Eugene) 1888-1976
Gene Lockhart 1891-1957
Gene Kelly 1912-1996
Gene Barry (a.k.a. Eugene) 1919-2009
Gene Nelson (middle name Eugene) 1920-1996
Gene Reynolds 1923-2020
Philip Carey (a.k.a. Eugene) 1925-2009
Clint Walker (middle name Eugene) 1927-2018
Gene Hackman 1930-
Michael Landon (a.k.a. Eugene) 1936-1991
Martin Mull (middle name Eugene) 1943-2024
Eugene Levy 1946-
Hill Harper (middle name Eugene) 1966-
Chris O'Donnell (middle name Eugene) 1970-
Eugene Byrd 1975-
Notable Artists:
2 architects, 2 painters
Eugène Delacroix 1798-1863
Georges-Eugène Haussmann 1809-1891
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc 1814-1879
Eugène Boudin 1824-1898
Notable Athletes:
1 basketball, 1 boxing, 1 soccer
(boxing) Virgil Hill (middle name Eugene) 1964-
(basketball) Tim Legler (middle name Eugene) 1966-
(soccer) Eugene Galekovic 1981-
Notable Businesspeople:
1 businessperson
Eugène Schueller 1881-1957
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
2 explorers
Roland Garros (a.k.a. Eugène) 1888-1918
Gene Cernan 1934-2017
Notable Filmmakers:
2 producers, 1 director, 1 producer/screenwriter
Hal Roach (middle name Eugene) 1892-1992
Gene Nelson (middle name Eugene) 1920-1996
Gene Roddenberry 1921-1991
Gene Reynolds 1923-2020
Notable Journalists:
1 photojournalist
(photojournalist) W. Eugene Smith 1918-1978
Notable Military Figures:
1 commander
Prince Eugene of Savoy 1663-1736
Notable Musicians:
2 musicians, 2 singers
Pat Boone (middle name Eugene) 1934-
Gene Vincent (middle name Eugene) 1935-1971
Dave Benton (middle name Eugene) 1951-
Sharleen Spiteri (middle name Eugene) 1967-
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 economist
Joseph Stiglitz (middle name Eugene) 1943-
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
2 physicists
Eugene Wigner 1902-1995
Willis Lamb (middle name Eugene) 1913-2008
Notable Writers:
2 playwrights
Eugene O'Neill 1888-1953
Eugène Ionesco 1909-1994
Olympic Medalists:
6 bronze, 4 silver, 3 gold, 1 bronze/gold, 1 bronze/silver, 1 gold/bronze/silver, 1 silver/gold
(bronze) Eugène Favier 1900 water polo
(gold) Eugène Mougin 1900 archery - au chapelet 50 m
(bronze) Eugène Coulon 1900 water polo
(silver) Émile Champion (middle name Eugène) 1900 marathon
(bronze/silver) Eugène Richez 1920 archery - moving target 28 m, team; archery - moving target 33 m, team; archery - moving target 50 m, team
(gold/bronze/silver) Eugène Grisot 1908; 1920 archery - continental style 50 m; archery - moving target 28 m, team; archery - moving target 33 m, team; archery - moving target 50 m, team
(bronze) Eugène Ryter 1920 weightlifting
(bronze) Eugene Oberst 1924 javelin throw
(silver) Steve Anderson (middle name Eugene) 1928 110 m hurdles
(gold) Cliff Barker (middle name Eugene) 1948 basketball
(silver) Gene Cole 1952 4x400 m relay
(bronze/gold) Bob Richards (middle name Eugene) 1948; 1952; 1956 pole vault
(gold) Robert Jeangerard (middle name Eugene) 1956 basketball
(silver/gold) Mike Stamm (middle name Eugene) 1972 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 200 m backstroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(bronze) Dwayne Evans (middle name Eugene) 1976 200 m
(silver) Virgil Hill (middle name Eugene) 1984 boxing
(bronze) Tonie Campbell (middle name Eugene) 1988 110 m hurdles
Oscar Award Winners:
1 actor
(actor) Gene Hackman 1972; 1993 The French Connection; Unforgiven
Other Leaders:
1 prime minister
Prime Minister Henck Arron (middle name Eugène) 1973-1980 Suriname
Other Notables:
1 person
Eugène François Vidocq 1775-1857 criminology
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
4 musicians
Gene Clark 1991 The Byrds
Fuzzy Haskins (middle name Eugene) 1997 Parliament-Funkadelic
Gene Vincent (middle name Eugene) 1998
Fred White (middle name Eugene) 2000 Earth, Wind & Fire
Saints:
3 saints, 2 blessed
Saint Eugene ?-260
Saint Eugene I ?-657
Blessed Eugene III 1080-1153
Saint Eugène of Mazenod 1782-1861
Blessed Evgeni Bossilkov (a.k.a. Eugene) 1900-1952
Swiss Presidents:
1 president
Eugène Ruffy 1898