Sunil

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Sunil (सुनील) is a first name for males, often found in the South Asian community. The Sanskrit word sunīla means "dark", "very blue",^[1] and is also an epithet of Krishna.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people

• Sunil (actor), Indian Telugu film actor
• Sunil (Kannada actor) (1964-1994)
• Sunil (director), Indian Malayalam film director
• Sunil Kumar Ahuja (born 1961), American scientist
• Sunil Ambwani (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 (born 1961), Indian cameraman, director, producer and scriptwriter
• Sunil Bohra, Indian film producer
• Sunil Chhetri (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 (born 1968), Canadian cricketer
• Sunil Dutt (1929–2005), Indian actor, director, politician and producer
• Sunil Edirisinghe (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 (born 1949), Indian cricketer
• Sunil Grover (born 1977), Indian comedian and actor
• Sunil Gulati (born 1959), American-Indian president of the United States Soccer Federation
• Sunil Handunnetti (born 1970), Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
• Sunil Hettiarachchi (born 1937), Sri Lankan actor
• Sunil Jadhav (born 1992), Indian cricketer
• Sunil Janah (1918–2012), Indian photojournalist and photographer
• Sunil Jayasinghe (1955–1995), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Sunil Jogi (born 1971), Indian poet and writer
• Sunil Joshi (born 1970), Indian cricketer
• Sunil Kanoria (born 1965), Indian entrepreneur
• Sunil Khan (born 1947), Indian politician
• Sunil Mahato
  (1966–2007), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
• Sunil Maitra (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 (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 (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
  (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 (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 Simon Kassianides), a high-ranking member of Hydra in Season 2 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• DI Sunil 'Sunny' Khan, portrayed by Sanjeev Bhaskar in the ITV1 drama Unforgotten
• Sunil Markesh (known as "Mobley"), from the television series Mr. Robot, played by Azhar Khan
• Sunil Nevla, from the cartoon Littlest Pet Shop

References

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