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 Vidyodaya Vibhushana Sahithya Kala Shiromani Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne Kuruwita Bandara (born 28 July 1949 as සුනිල් ආරියරත්න), popularly as Sunil Ariyaratne, is a Sri Lankan scholar, film director, author, poet and a l ...

(born 1949), Sri Lankan director, lyricist, poet and writer *

Sunil Barve Sunil Barve ( mr, सुनील बर्वे) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor, singer and producer. Predominantly working in Marathi, he has also worked in Hindi and Gujarati entertainment industry. He is also a radio jocke ...

(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, Indian film producer *

Sunil Chhetri Sunil Chhetri (born 3 August 1984) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both Indian Super League club Bengaluru and the India national team. Widely regarded as the greatest Indian footballer of all time, h ...

(born 1984), Indian footballer * Sunil Kumar Choudhary (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 Sunil Dhaniram (born 17 October 1968) is a former Canadian cricketer and a former captain, who played ODIs and T20Is. He formerly played for Guyana from 1993 to 1995. He made his Canadian debut on 2 October 2003 playing against the Windward Islan ...

(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 Patikirige Sunil Jayapreethi Edirisinghe ( Sinhala:සුනිල් එදිරිසිංහ; born 19 December 1949) is a Sri Lankan classical musician. Edirisinghe won the presidential award for playback singing in 1983 for "Maya Miringuva P ...

(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 Sunil Manohar Gavaskar (Marathi pronunciation: uniːl ɡaːʋəskəɾ ; born 10 July 1949), is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer who represented India and Bombay from 1971 to 1987. Gavaskar is acknowledged as one of the grea ...

(born 1949), Indian cricketer *

Sunil Grover Sunil Grover (born 3 August 1977) is an Indian actor and comedian from Mumbai. He came into limelight for his portrayal as Gutthi on television show '' Comedy Nights with Kapil'' but gained popularity for playing the role of Dr Mashoor Gulati ...

(born 1977), Indian actor *

Sunil Gulati Sunil Gulati ( ; born July 30, 1959) is an American sports administrator who presided over the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) from 2006 to 2018. On April 19, 2013, he was elected to a four-year term on the FIFA Council. In March 2014, he ...

(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 (born 1937), Sri Lankan actor *

Sunil Jadhav Sunit Jadhav (born 21 December 1992) is an Indian body builder. He is also called as Abhishek mahakal who played for Spartans gym team. He was born in Mumbai. Having played in the victorious Maharashtra Under-15 team in the 2007-08 Polly Umriga ...

(born 1992), Indian cricketer * Sunil Janah (1918–2012), Indian photojournalist and photographer *

Sunil Jayasinghe Sunil Asoka Jayasinghe (15 July 1955 – 20 April 1995) was a Sri Lankan ODI cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, ...

(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 (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 Ind ...

(1927–1996), Indian politician and member of the 7th Lok Sabha of India * Sunil Mittal (born 1957), Indian entrepreneur, philanthropist and founder and chairman of Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises * Sunil Mukhi (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 (born 1973), Indian cricketer * Sunil Padwal (born 1968), Indian painter * Sunil Pandey (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 (1952-2021), Sri Lankan composer, guitarist, songwriter and vocalist * Sunil Pradhan (born 1957), Indian doctor, neurologist, researcher and writer *

Sunil Prajapati Sunil Prajapati ( ne, सुनिल प्रजापति) is a Nepalese politician who is the current mayor of Bhaktapur, belonging to the Nepal Workers Peasants Party. In the 1999 Nepalese legislative election, 1999 parliamentary election ...

(born 1994), Nepali politician * Sunil Raoh (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 (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 (born 1958), Indian cricketer * Sunil Kumar Verma (born 1974), Indian biologist, scientist and zoologist * Sunil Wettimuny (born 1949), Sri Lankan cricketer

Fictional characters

* Sunil Bakshi (portrayed by

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), a high-ranking member of

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'' * DI Sunil 'Sunny' Khan, portrayed by

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in the

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'' * Sunil Markesh (known as "Mobley"), from the television series ''

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

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