Eugene Williams
Eugene Williams may refer to:
Business and commerce
- Eugene Fllewellyn Williams (1850–1900), St. Louis-based, first generation financial backer of the Pitchfork Ranch located in West Texas
Education
- Eugene Williams Sr. (born 1941), educator and motivational speaker
Entertainment
- Lawrence Eugene Williams (1935–1980), American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist from New Orleans
Journalism
- Eugene Williams (jazz critic) (1918–1948)
Racism and racial injustice in America
- Eugene Williams (born 1918), African American, one of the nine Scottsboro Boys in Alabama falsely convicted and sentenced to death (at around the age of 13) for raping two white women in 1931 (later exonerated; whereabouts unknown)
- Eugene Williams (1902–1919), a 17-year-old African American killed after swimming in a segregated "white" area of Lake Michigan Beach, Chicago, which triggered the Chicago race riot of 1919 – part of a wider phenomena known as Red Summer
Sports
- Charles Eugene Williams (1888–1935), English rackets world champion
- Eugene Williams III (born June 15, 1960), pro football player, Seattle Seahawks 1982–1984 (drafted 7th round in 1982)
See also
- Gene Williams (disambiguation)
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