Sunil (सुनील) is a first name for males, often found in the South Asian community. The

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

word ' means "dark", "very blue", and is also an epithet of

Krishna Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...

Notable people

Sunil (actor) Indukuri Sunil Varma (born 28 February 1974), known mononymously as Sunil, is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. Noted for his comic roles, Sunil has appeared in over 180 films in his career, including around 1IFC0 films in lead role. H ...

, Indian Telugu film actor *

Sunil (director) Sunil is an Indian film director in Malayalam movies. He has directed more than 15 Malayalam movies. His most popular movies are ''Maanathe Kottaram'', ''Priyappetta Kukku'', ''Vridhanmaare Sookshikkuka'', ''Bharanakoodam'' and ''Alancherry Tham ...

, Indian Malayalam film director *

Sunil Kumar Ahuja Sunil Kumar Ahuja (born March 13, 1961) is a professor of Medicine, Microbiology, Immunology & Biochemistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and an expert on the role of immunogenetics on HIV pathogenesis. Ahuja is ...

(born 1961), American scientist *

Sunil Ambwani Sunil Ambwani is an Indian judge. He served as Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court The Rajasthan High Court is the High Court of the state of Rajasthan. It was established on 29 August 1949 under the ''Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, ...

(born 1952), Indian judge * Sunil Ariyaratne (born 1949), Sri Lankan director, lyricist, poet and writer * Sunil Barve (born 1966), Indian actor and producer *

Sunil Batta Sunil Batta (born 12 June 1961) is an Indian film director, producer, scriptwriter and cameraman. He was the director-producer of '' Amma'', a Hindi-Awadhi feature film based on a real-life story. It was recalled in the National Film Festival ...

(born 1961), Indian cameraman, director, producer and scriptwriter *

Sunil Bohra Sunil Bohra is an Indian film producer. He has produced film like Gangs of Wasseypur, Shahid (film), Tanu Weds Manu, Tanu Weds Manu: Returns, Mastram. He was nominated for a Filmfare Award in the Best Film category for film Gangs of Wasseypur ...

, Indian film producer * Sunil Chhetri (born 1984), Indian footballer *

Sunil Kumar Choudhary Captain Sunil Kumar Choudhary (1980–2008) was an officer in the Gorkha regiment of the Indian Army and belonged to the 7/11 Gorkha Rifles. Choudhary served for three years and was awarded with Kirti Chakra ( posthumous) and Sena Medals. Earl ...

(1980–2008), Indian military officer *

Sunil Deshmukh Sunil Panjabrao Deshmukh (born 28 May 1958) is the Member of Legislative Assembly from the constituency of Amravati, Maharashtra, India. He is a member of Indian National Congress (INC). In 2009, he was expelled from the Indian National Congre ...

(born 1958), Indian doctor and member of Legislative Assembly * Sunil Dhaniram (born 1968), Canadian cricketer *

Sunil Dutt Sunil Dutt (born Balraj Dutt; 6 June 1929 — 25 May 2005) was an Indian actor, film producer, director and politician. Dutt was one of the major stars of Hindi cinema in the late 1950s and 1960s and continued to star in many successful film ...

(1929–2005), Indian actor, director, politician and producer * Sunil Edirisinghe (born 1949), Sri Lankan musician *

Sunil Gaikwad Sunil Baliram Gaikwad (born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He represented Latur, Maharashtra in the 16th Lok Sabha. Early life and education Sunil Gaikwad was born to Shri Baliram Gaikwad and his wif ...

(born 1970), Indian politician *

Sunil Gangopadhyay Sunil Gangopadhyay or Sunil Ganguly (7 September 1934 – 23 October 2012) was an Indian poet, historian and novelist in the Bengali language based in the city of Kolkata. He is a former Sheriff of Calcutta. Gangopadhyay obtained his ma ...

(1934–2012), Indian novelist and poet *

Sunil Ganguly (musician) Sunil Ganguly ( bn, সুনীল গাঙ্গুলি; 1 January 1938 – 12 June 1999) was an Indian instrumentalist from the city of Calcutta. He played and popularized the Lap steel guitar, Hawaiian electric guitar in India. He ...

(1936–1999), Indian steel guitarist * Sunil Gavaskar (born 1949), Indian cricketer * Sunil Grover (born 1977), Indian actor * Sunil Gulati (born 1959), American-Indian president of the United States Soccer Federation *

Sunil Handunnetti Sunil Handunnetti (born October 19, 1970) is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He contested the 2010 parliamentary elections under the Democratic National Alliance (DNA), which is led by former army chief Sarat ...

(born 1970), Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka *

Sunil Hettiarachchi Sunil Edmund Hettiarachchi (8 April 1937 – 3 December 2015) was a well-known Sri Lankan comedian and character actor known for his bald appearance with a full beard and skinny frame. Career Hettiarachchi began his film career in 1982 playing a ...

(born 1937), Sri Lankan actor * Sunil Jadhav (born 1992), Indian cricketer *

Sunil Janah Sunil Janah (17 April 1918 — 21 June 2012) was an Indian photojournalist and documentary photographer who worked in India in the 1940s. Janah documented India's independence movement, its peasant and labour movements, famines and riots, ...

(1918–2012), Indian photojournalist and photographer *

Sunil Jayasinghe Sunil Asoka Jayasinghe (15 July 1955 – 20 April 1995) was a Sri Lankan ODI cricketer who played two ODIs in the 1979 World Cup competition (the subsequent British Isles tour incorporated his only first-class appearances). He was educated at ...

(1955–1995), Sri Lankan cricketer *

Sunil Jogi Sunil Jogi is an Indian author. He is a poet of comic verses and the ex-president of the Hindustani Academy, a post holding the rank of a Minister of State in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. He is also a Hindi adviser to the Ministry of Rail ...

(born 1971), Indian poet and writer *

Sunil Joshi Sunil Bandacharya Joshi (; born 6 June 1970) is an Indian former cricketer and former selector of the India cricket team. He played as an all-rounder who bowled slow left arm spin and batted left-handed. Sunil Joshi was appointed as chief sel ...

(born 1970), Indian cricketer *

Sunil Kanoria Sunil Kanoria is a Kolkata-based Indian businessman. He was the co-founder of Srei Infrastructure Finance. He is currently the Honorary Consul of Spain in Kolkata. He has served as the president of ASSOCHAM. He has held the position of a Membe ...

(born 1965), Indian entrepreneur *

Sunil Khan Sunil Khan (born 28 August 1947) is an Indian politician for the Durgapur in West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along ...

(born 1947), Indian politician *

Sunil Mahato Sunil Kumar ( 11 January 1966 – 4 March 2007) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing the constituency of Jamshedpur in the eastern state of Jharkhand. He was General Secretary of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) politic ...

(1966–2007), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India *

Sunil Maitra Sunil Maitra (1 February 1927 – 18 September 1996), born at Chittagong in Bangladesh, was a member of the 7th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Calcutta North East constituency of West Bengal as a member of the Communist Party of Indi ...

(1927–1996), Indian politician and member of the 7th Lok Sabha of India *

Sunil Mittal Sunil Bharti Mittal (born 23 October 1957) is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur, philanthropist and the founder and chairperson of Bharti Enterprises, which has diversified interests in telecom, insurance, real estate, education, malls, hospit ...

(born 1957), Indian entrepreneur, philanthropist and founder and chairman of Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises *

Sunil Mukhi Sunil Mukhi is an Indian theoretical physicist working in the areas of string theory, quantum field theory and particle physics. Currently he is Adjunct Professor at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences of the Tata Institute of Fu ...

(born 1956), Indian physicist and theorist *

Sunil Narine Sunil Philip Narine (born 26 May 1988) is a Trinidadian cricketer who plays internationally for the West Indies. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2011 and Test match debut in June 2012. Primarily an off-spin bowler, he ...

(born 1988), Trinidadian cricketer *

Sunil Oasis Sunil Chandrasekharan Oasis (born 3 April 1973 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India) is a retired Indian first class cricketer. He was a right-handed middle order batsman and a right arm medium bowler. He was captain of the Kerala cricket team. He also ...

(born 1973), Indian cricketer *

Sunil Padwal Sunil Padwal (born 1968) is an Indian painter based in Mumbai, India. Background Sunil was born in Maharashtra, India. He did BFA foundation from Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai in 1986 and Bachelor of Fine Arts from Sir J. J. Institute of App ...

(born 1968), Indian painter *

Sunil Pandey Narendra Kumar Pandey, popularly known as Sunil Pandey, is an Indian politician from Bihar. He was first elected in 2000 in the Piro constituency for the Samta Party Samta may refer to: *Samta, India, a village and a gram panchayat in Howrah, ...

(born 1966), Indian politician *

Sunil Babu Pant Sunil Babu Pant (; born 28 June 1971) is a Nepali human rights activist, monk, and former politician who served as a member of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly between 2008 and 2013. Pant's campaigning for LGBT rights led to the Supreme Court ...

(born 1972), Nepalese politician *

Sunil Paul Sunil Paul (born November 12, 1964) is an Internet entrepreneur who launched Spring Free EV in 2021, a fintech company designed to have climate level impact by accelerating adoption of electric vehicles. He has previously founded companies such as ...

(born 1964), Indian entrepreneur *

Sunil Perera Uswatta Liyanage Ivor Sylvester Sunil Perera ( Sinhala: සුනිල් පෙරේරා; 14 September 1952 – 6 September 2021) was a Sri Lankan vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and composer. Described as one of the most influential musici ...

(1952-2021), Sri Lankan composer, guitarist, songwriter and vocalist *

Sunil Pradhan Sunil Pradhan (born 25 June 1957) is an Indian neurologist, medical researcher and writer, known for the invention of two electrophysiological techniques. He has also described five medical signs, of which one related to Duchenne muscular dystrop ...

(born 1957), Indian doctor, neurologist, researcher and writer * Sunil Prajapati (born 1994), Nepali politician *

Sunil Raoh Sunil Raoh (born 4 September 1978) is a Kannada cinema actor from India. He is also a seasoned singer and lyricist who has performed for few Kannada film songs. He has acted in numerous films as a child artist and also featured in a few televisi ...

(born 1980), Indian actor, lyricist and singer *

Sunil Santha Sunil Santha was a Sri Lankan composer, singer and lyricist. He was pivotal in the development of Sinhala music and folk songs in the mid to late 1940s and early 1950s. He composed the beloved soundtracks to Lester James Peries' films ''Rekava'' ...

(1915–1981), Sri Lankan composer, lyricist and singer *

Sunil Sawney Sunil (सुनील) is a first name for males, often found in the South Asian community. The Sanskrit word ' means "dark", "very blue", and is also an epithet of Krishna. Notable people * Sunil (actor), Indian Telugu film actor * Sunil (d ...

(born 1962), English cricketer *

Sunil Shanbag Sunil Shanbag (born 1956) is an Indian theatre director, screenwriter and documentary film-maker. He has graduated from Mumbai University, and although he didn't have any formal training in theatre, he has worked extensively with Satyadev Dube ...

(born 1956), Indian actor and screenwriter *

Sunil Shetty Suniel Shetty (born Sunil V. Shetty; 11 August 1961) is an Indian actor, film producer, television personality and entrepreneur who is predominantly active in Hindi films he has also worked in tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and kannada films. In a ca ...

(born 1961), Indian film actor, businessman, entrepreneur and producer *

Sunil Tagare Sunil "Neil" Tagare (born c. 1962) is an entrepreneur. He developed the concept of the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) project in 1989 when he was 27 years old. FLAG was the first privately financed submarine fiber optic cable to link ...

(born 1962), Indian entrepreneur *

Sunil Thakur Sunil Kumar Thakur (born 15 October 1984) is an Indian association football, footballer. He is currently playing for East Bengal F.C. in the I-League in India as a powerful and reliable defender. External links

* Indian men's footballe ...

(born 1984), Indian footballer *

Sunil Thapa Sunil Thapa ( ne, सुनील थापा) is a leading Nepalese actor who has appeared in Nepali, Bollywood and Bhojpuri films. He started his career with the Bollywood movie ''Ek Duuje Ke Liye''. He is an enigmatic figure in the Nepal ...

(born 1957), Nepalese actor *

Sunil Vaidyanathan Sunil Vaidyanathan is an internationally renowned author, photojournalist and environmentalist who has nine books on photography, architecture and travel to his credit. His latest book ‘Rivers of India’, explores the symbiosis between the m ...

(born 1976), Indian photojournalist and photographer *

Sunil Valson Sunil (सुनील) is a first name for males, often found in the South Asian community. The Sanskrit word ' means "dark", "very blue", and is also an epithet of Krishna. Notable people * Sunil (actor), Indian Telugu film actor * Sunil ( ...

(born 1958), Indian cricketer *

Sunil Kumar Verma Sunil Kumar Verma (28September 1974 - 31 May 2021), was an Indian biologist and a principal scientist at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India. Verma was primarily known for his contributions to the development of " ...

(born 1974), Indian biologist, scientist and zoologist *

Sunil Wettimuny Sunil Ramsay de Silva Wettimuny (born 2 February 1949), or Sunil Wettimuny, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played three One Day International A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two team ...

(born 1949), Sri Lankan cricketer

Fictional characters

* Sunil Bakshi (portrayed by

Simon Kassianides Simon Mario Kassianides is an English actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Early life Kassianides was born in London, of Greek Cypriot origin, the son of Helen and Mario Kassianides, both business owners. Kassianides has an older b ...

), a high-ranking member of

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in Season 2 of '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' * DI Sunil 'Sunny' Khan, portrayed by

Sanjeev Bhaskar Sanjeev Bhaskar (born 31 October 1963) is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He is best known for his work in the BBC Two sketch comedy series '' Goodness Gracious Me'' and as the star of the sitcom '' The Kumars at No. 42''. ...

in the ITV1 drama '' Unforgotten'' * Sunil Markesh (known as "Mobley"), from the television series ''

Mr. Robot ''Mr. Robot'' is an American drama thriller television series created by Sam Esmail for USA Network. It stars Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer and hacker with social anxiety disorder, clinical depression and dissociative ...

'', played by Azhar Khan * Sunil Nevla, from the cartoon ''

Littlest Pet Shop Littlest Pet Shop is a toy franchise and cartoon series owned by Hasbro. The original toy series was produced by Kenner in the early 1990s. An animated television series was made in 1995 by Sunbow Productions and Jean Chalopin Creativite et Deve ...

References

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