Famous People with Name Eugene

Eugene Francis "Gene" Kranz            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Eugene Francis "Gene" Kranz: is a retired NASA Flight Director and manager. Kranz served as a Flight Director, the successor to NASA founding Flight Director Chris Kraft, during the Gemini and Apollo programs, and is best known for his role in directing the successful Mission Control

Eugene Burton Ely            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Eugene Burton Ely: was an aviation pioneer, credited with the first shipboard aircraft take off and landing.In October, Ely and Curtiss met Captain Washington Chambers, USN, who had been appointed by George von Lengerke Meyer, the Secretary of the Navy, to investigate milit

Eugene Merril "Gene" Deitch            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Eugene Merril "Gene" Deitch: is an American Academy-Award winning illustrator, animator and film director. He has been based in Prague, capital of Czechoslovakia and the present-day Czech Republic, since 1961.

Eugene Claude Harmon, Sr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Eugene Claude Harmon, Sr.: was an American golfer.Harmon was born in Savannah, Georgia. He was the last ever club professional to win a major championship, winning the 1948 Masters Tournament. He won the Masters by five shots and pocketed $2,500 for his efforts.

Eugene Perelshteyn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Eugene Perelshteyn: is a chess grandmaster and author. He was the winner of the tournament "The Spice Cup" in 2007.[1] His peak FIDE rating is 2555 (achieved in July 2008), and his current rating is 2542.[2]

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.