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), 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 ly ...

(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 (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 (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 (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 (born 1970), Indian politician * Sunil Gangopadhyay (1934–2012), Indian novelist and poet * Sunil Ganguly (musician) (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 an ...

(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, h ...

(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 (born 1971), Indian poet and writer * Sunil Joshi (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (born 1956), Indian actor and screenwriter * Sunil Shetty (born 1961), Indian film actor, businessman, entrepreneur and producer * Sunil Tagare (born 1962), Indian entrepreneur * Sunil Thakur (born 1984), Indian footballer * Sunil Thapa (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 Hydra in

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of ''

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'' * 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''. H ...

in the

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drama ''

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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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