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 Jean-Philippe Genet (born 1944), French historian Joseph Genet (1914–1999), New Zealand wrestler Michael Genet (born 1958), American actor and screenwriter Ray Genet or Pirate (1931–1979), Alaskan mountaineer Russell Merle Genet (born 1940), American astronomer