Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (/ vɪˈdɑːl/; an haife shi Eugene Louis Vidal, Oktoba 3, 1925 - Yuli 31, 2012) marubuci Ba'amurke ne kuma haziƙin jama'a wanda aka sani da ƙwararrun ƙwararrunsa. Littattafansa da rubuce-rubucensa sun yi tambayoyi game da ƙa'idodin zamantakewa da jima'i da ya ɗauka a matsayin motsa rayuwar Amurkawa. Bayan wallafe-wallafe, Vidal ya shiga siyasa sosai. Bai yi nasara ba ya nemi mukami sau biyu a matsayin dan takarar jam'iyyar Democrat, na farko a cikin 1960 zuwa Majalisar Wakilai ta Amurka (na New York), sannan a 1982 zuwa Majalisar Dattawan Amurka (na California).