Sunil

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 (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