Genet (surname)
# Genet (surname)

Genet or Genêt is a French surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:

* Alexis Genet (born 1982), French footballer
* Edmond Genet (1896-1917), American aviator
* Edmond-Charles Genêt or Citizen Genêt (1763–1834) French envoy to the United States appointed by the Girondins during the French Revolution
* Guy Genet (born 1955), French footballer
* Henry W. Genet (1828–1889), New York politician
* Jean Genet (1910–1986), French writer
* Joseph Genet (1914–1999), New Zealand wrestler
* Jean-Philippe Genet (born 1944), French historian
* Ray Genet or Pirate (1931–1979), Alaskan mountaineer
* Russell Merle Genet (born 1940), American astronomer
