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Eugene Burton Ely

b. 1886

American aviation pioneer (1886–1911)

Eugene Carson Blake

American Presbyterian minister (1906–1985)

Eugène Charles Catalan

b. 1814

Franco-Belgian mathematician (1814–1894)

Eugène de Beauharnais

b. 1781

French statesman and military officer (1781–1824)

Eugène Delacroix

b. 1798

French painter (1798–1863)

Eugene Dynkin

Russian mathematician (1924–2014)

Eugene Eisenmann

Panamanian-American lawyer and amateur ornithologist

Eugene Field

b. 1850

American writer (1850–1895)

Eugène Fiset

Canadian politician

Eugene Foss

b. 1858

American politician (1858–1939)

Eugene Genovese

b. 1930

American historian (1930–2012)

Eugene Goossens (composer)

b. 1893

English conductor and composer (1893–1962)

Eugène Grasset

Swiss decorative artist (1845–1917)

Eugene Houdry

b. 1892

French mechanical engineer (1892–1962)

Eugene I. Gordon

b. 1930

American physicist

Eugene Istomin

American pianist (1925–2003)

Eugene J. Martin

b. 1938

American painter

Eugene K. Bird

US army officer; commandant of Spandau Prison from 1964 to 1972

Eugene Lanceray

b. 1875

Russian artist (1875–1946)

Eugène Lapierre

b. 1899

Canadian musician

Eugène Martin

French racing driver (1915–2006)

Eugene Merle Shoemaker

b. 1928

American geologist and astronomer (1928–1997)

Eugene Meyer (financier)

American financier and newspaper publisher (1875–1959)