Famous People with Name Eugene

Eugene Gene Stephen Rhodes            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Eugene Gene Stephen Rhodes: is a retired American basketball player and coach.Rhodes played college basketball at Western Kentucky University. While Rhodes was a player, Western Kentucky won the Ohio Valley Conference championship in 1949, 1950 and 1951, playing in the National Invitational Tournament in each of those seasons.

Eugene Hugh Beaumont            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Eugene Hugh Beaumont: was an American actor and television director. He was also licensed to preach in the Methodist church. He is best known for his portrayal of Ward Cleaver, the husband of June Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley) and the father of Wally (Tony Dow) and Beaver (Jerry Mathers) on the television series, Leave It to Beaver (1957-1963).

Eugene R Bumper Tormohlen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Eugene R Bumper Tormohlen: is an American former professional basketball player and coach. After a college career at the University of Tennessee, Tormohlen was selected with the fifth pick in the second round of the 1959 NBA Draft. However, his first years as a pro were spent with the sputtering American Basketball League. After some time in that league, he then came to the NBA, joining the St. Louis Hawks (now the Atlanta Hawks) in 1962. His entire pro playing career was with the Hawks, and he retired from play in 1970.

Eugene William Gene Shue            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Eugene William Gene Shue: is a retired American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). During his playing days he was a 6'2" (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) guard.Shue spent ten years as a player, a member of the Philadelphia Warriors, New York Knicks, and Fort Wayne/Detroit Pistons of the NBA during his career. He would go on to serve 23 years as a head coach in the league. Shue was an All-Star five consecutive times (1958-62) and was named All-NBA First Team once (1960). As a coach, he guided the Philadelphia 76ers to the NBA Finals in 1977, but eventually lost to the Bill Walton-led Portland Trail Blazers. Gene Shue was twice named NBA Coach of the Year.

Eugene Curran “Gene” Kelly            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Eugene Curran “Gene” Kelly: "was an American Academy Award-winning dancer, actor, singer, director, producer, and choreographer.Kelly was a major exponent of 20th century filmed dance, known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks and the likeable characters that he played on screen. Although he is probably best known today for his performance in Singin' in the Rain, he was a dominant force in Hollywood musical films from the mid 1940s until their demise in the late 1950s. His many innovations transformed the Hollywood musical film, and he is credited with almost singlehandedly making the ballet form commercially acceptable to film audiences. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Kelly among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking at number fifteen.

Michael Eugene Gale            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Michael Eugene Gale: is a retired American basketball player.A 6'4" guard from Elizabeth City State University, Gale played in the National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association as a member of the Kentucky Colonels (1971–1974), the New York Nets (1974–1975), the San Antonio Spurs (1975–1980), the Portland Trail Blazers (1980–1981), and the Golden State Warriors (1981–1982). He tallied 6,203 career points and 3,146 career assists, and he won the 1974 ABA Championship while with the Nets.

Frank Eugene            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Frank Eugene: was an American-born photographer who was a founding member of the Photo-Secession and one of the first university-level professors of photography in the world. His father was Frederick Smith, a German baker who changed his last name from Schmid after moving to America in the late 1850s. His mother was Hermine Selinger Smith, a singer who performed in local German beer halls and theaters.[1]

Ernest Eugene            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ernest Eugene: was a California State Assembly member from 1942 to 1947, a Los Angeles city councilman from 1947 to 1958 and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1958 to 1974. Debs ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Congressional seat in the 17th Di

Albert Christian Adolph Charles Eugene            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Albert Christian Adolph Charles Eugene: was the fifth and youngest child of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and his wife Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe and was a nephew of Christian IX of Denmark. Albrecht was the grandfather of Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover through his daughter Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg who through her marriage to Ernst August IV, Prince of Hanover was the matriarch of the current Hanoverian Royal Family.