# Sunil

Sunil (सुनील) is a first name for males, often found in the South Asian community. The Sanskrit word sunīla 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 Krishna Garg (born 1952) Indian-American Artist
* 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