# Arun (given name)

Arun is an Indian male given name meaning dawn in Sanskrit. The name derives from Aruna, the aspect of dawn and charioteer of Surya.
The following is a list of notable people with "Arun" as their first, middle or last name.

## Academia, art & literature

* Arun Agrawal (born 1962), a political scientist in the School of Natural Resources & Environment at the University of Michigan.
* Arun G. Phadke, Distinguished Professor emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Virginia Tech.
* Arun Joshi (1939–1993), an Indian writer.
* Arun K. Pati, an Indian physicist notable for his research in quantum information and computation.
* Arun Kolatkar (1932–2004), Indian poet.
* Arun Krushnaji Kamble (1953–2009), a Marathi writer and Dalit activist.
* Arun Kumar Basak, a Bangladeshi physicist and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics, University of Rajshahi.
* Arun Majumdar, a materials scientist, engineer and University of California, Berkeley graduate who was President Obama's nominee for Under Secretary of Energy.
* Arun Midha (born 1964), a British academic.
* Arun Mitra (1909–2000), a Bengali poet.
* Arun Nigavekar, an educationist and ex Chairperson & Vice-Chairperson of UGC.
* Arun Prasad, a historian specialized in the History of Bangalore.
* Arun Rai, an Indian born American scientist.
* Arun Sarma (1931–2017), a contemporary writer of Assam.
* Arun Sundararajan, is the NEC Faculty Fellow, Professor of Information, Operations & Management Sciences and Doctoral Coordinator at the Stern School of Business, NYU.
* Arun Schaechter Viswanath, translator into Yiddish of novels about Harry Potter and Pippi Longstocking.
* Madhuvanti Arun, an Indian educational promoter.
* Vinod Bala Arun, a Hindi, Sanskrit and Indian Philosophy scholar.

## Bureaucracy and administration

* Arun Jaitley, Union Finance Minister of India.
* Arun Bhatnagar (born 1944), former Indian Administrative Service officer.
* Arun Kumar Gupta, an Indian police officer.
* Arun Kumar Mishra (born 1955), a judge of the Supreme Court of India.
* Arun Kumar Purwar, Chairman of State Bank of India.
* Arun Kumar Singh, an Indian diplomat and Indian Ambassador to the United States.

## Business

* Arun Firodia, an Indian businessman and chairman of Kinetic Group.
* Arun Katiyar, a media expert from India.
* Arun Nayar, an Indian businessman and ex-husband of Elizabeth Hurley.
* Arun Pudur, an Indian businessman, entrepreneur and investor.
* Arun Purie, an Indian businessman who is the founder-publisher and editor-in-chief of India Today.
* Arun Raha (born 1959), Executive Director and Chief Economist for the State of Washington.
* Arun Sarin (born 1954), an Indian-born American telecommunications executive.
* Arun Shourie (born 1941), an Indian journalist, author and politician.

## Film, Television & Media

* Adith Arun, an Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films.
* Arun Alat, an Indian playback singer and musician.
* Arun Bakshi, an Indian film and television actor and singer.
* Arun Bali (1942–2022), an Indian actor.
* Arun Bannerjee, an Indian Bengali film actor.
* Arun Bhatt, an Indian former film director (of Hindi and Gujarati cinema).
* Arun Chaudhary, first official videographer of the White House.
* Arun Cherukavil, an Indian Malayalam film Actor.
* Arun Date (1934–2018), a Marathi singer of Bhavageete.
* Arun Govil (born 1958), an Indian actor, producer and director.
* Arun Kashalkar, an Indian classical vocalist of the Agra-Gwalior Gharana.
* Arun Kaul (1933–2007), a noted Kashmiri film maker and screenwriter.
* Arun Kumar Ahuja (1917–1998), an Indian actor and producer.
* Arun Kumar Aravind (born 1977), Indian film director, editor and producer.
* Arun Maini (born 1995), British YouTuber known as Mrwhosetheboss.
* Arun Mukherjee (bn), Bengali playwright and actor.
* Arun Muraleedharan, an Indian music composer.
* Arun Nalawade, an Indian film and theater personality.
* Arun Pandyan, an Indian actor, director, producer and politician.
* Arun Paudwal (died 1991), music composer in Bollywood in India.
* Arun Rath, a prominent radio producer and broadcast journalist.
* Arun Sagar (born 1980), Indian film actor, art director and comedian.
* Arun Saha (actor) (born 1983), a Bangladeshi actor and musician.
* Arun Sarnaik (1935–1984), an actor and singer from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.
* Arun Shenoy (born 1978), a composer and music producer of Indian origin, based in Singapore.
* Arun Thapa (1952–1999), Nepali singer and songwriter.
* Arun Vaidyanathan, an Indian-American film director, producer and screenwriter.
* Arun Vijay (born 1974), an Indian actor, playback singer & stunt coordinator.
* Ila Arun, Indian actress, TV personality and singer.
* M. D. Pallavi Arun, a singer from Karnataka, India.
* P. A. Arun Prasad (born 1967), an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer.
* Priya Arun, an actress in the Marathi language film industry.

## Indian Armed Forces

* Arun Khetarpal (1950–1971), an officer of the Indian Army and a posthumous recipient of the Param Vir Chakra.
* Arun Prakash (born 1944), a retired Four-Star Admiral who served as the Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy.
* Arun Shridhar Vaidya (1926–1986), 13th Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) of the Indian Army.

## Politics

* Arun Chandra Guha (1892–?), an Indian politician.
* Arun Jaitley (1952–2019), a Bharatiya Janata Party politician. Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, Information, and Broadcasting, in the Government of India.
* Arun Kumar Sarmah (born 1956), an Indian politician and member of the 14th Lok Sabha.
* Arun Kumar (Uttar Pradesh politician) (born 1948), an Indian politician from Bareilly district.
* Arun Kumar (Bihar politician) (born 1959), an Indian politician from Bihar.
* Arun Nehru (1944–2013), an Indian politician.
* Arun Netravali (born 1946), an Indian politician.
* Arun Pathak (Bihar politician), an Indian politician.
* Arun Pathak (Uttar Pradesh politician), an Indian politician.
* Arun Pathak (born 1975), an Indian politician.
* Arun Sao (born 1968), Indian politician from Chhattisgarh.
* Arun Singh (born 1944), Indian politician and former union minister of state for defence in the Government of India.
* Arun Singh (born 1965), Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh.
* Arun Subhashchandra Yadav (born 1974), member of 14th and 15th Lok Sabhas of India.
* Arun Verma (born 1986), an Indian politician.
* M. Arun Subramanian, Indian politician. Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Tiruttani constituency.
* Sangram Arun Jagtap, Indian politician and member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
* Undavalli Aruna Kumar (born 1954), an Indian politician.

### Convicted politician

* Arun Gawli (born 1955), a gangster-turned-politician in Mumbai, India.

## Sports

* Arun Bhardwaj, an ultramarathon runner from New Delhi, India.
* Arun Harinath (born 1987), an English cricketer.
* Arun Karthik (born 1986), an Indian cricketer.
* Arun Khurana, an Indian former cricketer.
* Arun Lal (cricketer, born 1985), a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Quetta cricket team.
* Arun Lal (born 1955), an Indian cricketer, and a cricket commentator.
* Arun Murugesan, an Indian Weightlifter.
* Arun Muthukrishnan, an Indian motorcycle racer.
* Arun Panchia, a New Zealand field hockey player.
* Arun Poulose, an Indian cricketer.
* Arun Sharma, an Indian first-class cricketer.
* Arun Singh (cricketer), an Indian former cricketer.
* Arun Singla, an Indian cricketer.
* Arun Vishnu (born 1988), an Indian badminton player.
* Bharat Arun, an Indian Test cricketer.
* Subramanian Arun Prasad (born 1988), an Indian Chess Grandmaster.

## Others

* Arun Arora (born 1971), British Anglican priest and former Director of Communications of the Church of England
* Arun Barun O Kiranmala, a Bengali Fantasy film.
* Arun Garg (born 1946), an Indo-Canadian physician in British Columbia who is recognized for contributing linkages between Canada and India.
* Arun Krishnamurthy (born 1986), an Indian environmental activist who initiated campaign cleaning various lakes across India.
* Arun Kumar Chanda (1899–1947), an Indian independence activist from Cachar district of Assam.
* Arun Luthra, a jazz musician (saxophonist, konnakol artist, composer and arranger) based in New York City.
* Arun Maira (born 1943), a management consultant and former member of Planning Commission of India.
* Arun Manilal Gandhi, an Indian-American socio-political activist, and the fifth grandson of Gandhi.
* Arun Netravali (born 1946), an Indian-American computer engineer credited with major contributions in digital technology including HDTV.
* Arun Sadhu (1941–2017), a writer and a freelance journalist from Maharashtra, India.
* Tushar Arun Gandhi, son of journalist Arun Manilal Gandhi, grandson of Manilal Gandhi and great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.