Genet (surname)
Appearance
Genet or Genêt is a French surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:
- Edmond-Charles Genêt or Citizen Genêt (1763–1834), French ambassador to the United States
- Henry W. Genet (1828–1889), New York politician
- Jean Genet (1910–1986), French writer
- Joseph Genet (1931–1979), New Zealand wrestler
- Jean-Philippe Genet (born 1944), French historian
- Ray Genet or Pirate (died 1967), Alaskan mountaineer
- Russell Merle Genet (born 1940), American astronomer