- Genet, Edmund Charles Edouard Genet, Citizen Genet - French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)
--1 is a kind of diplomat, diplomatist
- Genet, Jean Genet - French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986)
--2 is a kind of novelist; dramatist, playwright
- genet, Genetta genetta - agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail
--3 is a kind of viverrine, viverrine mammal
--3 is a member of Genetta, genus Genetta