Another piece in our series First Names First! Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us.

This time it is all about Gene - as the male name!

Gene Stratton-Porter* author/nature photographer – Lagro, IN USA (1863)
Gene Tunney* boxer – New York, NY USA (1897)

Gene Autry* singer/actor/rodeo performer – Tioga, TX USA (1907)
Gene Krupa* drummer – Chicago, IL USA (1909)

Gene Moore* designer/window dresser – Birmingham, AL USA (1910)
Gene Kelly* dancer/actor/singer – Pittsburgh, PA USA (1912) pic
Gene Barry* (b Eugene Klass) actor/ singer – New York City, NY USA (1919)

Gene Roddenberry* television screenwriter/producer/creator of Star Trek – El Paso, TX USA (1921)
Gene Reynolds* actor/director/ producer – Cleveland, OH USA (1923)

Gene Hackman* actor/novelist – San Bernardino, CA USA (1930)
Gene Wolfe* science fiction writer – New York City, NY USA (1931)
Gene Wilder* actor – Milwaukee, WI USA (1933)

Gene Weingarten* humor columnist at The Washington Post – New York City, NY USA (1951)
Gene Bradley* football quarterback – Jonesboro, AR USA (1957)

Updated 19.9.2022