# Sunil

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

## Notable people

- [Sunil (actor)](/source/Sunil_(actor)), Indian Telugu film actor
- [Sunil (Kannada actor)](/source/Sunil_(Kannada_actor)) (1964-1994)
- [Sunil (director)](/source/Sunil_(director)), Indian Malayalam film director
- [Sunil Kumar Ahuja](/source/Sunil_Kumar_Ahuja) (born 1961), American scientist
- [Sunil Ambwani](/source/Sunil_Ambwani) (born 1952), Indian judge
- [Sunil Ariyaratne](/source/Sunil_Ariyaratne) (born 1949), Sri Lankan director, lyricist, poet and writer
- [Sunil Barve](/source/Sunil_Barve) (born 1966), Indian actor and producer
- [Sunil Batta](/source/Sunil_Batta) (born 1961), Indian cameraman, director, producer and scriptwriter
- [Sunil Bohra](/source/Sunil_Bohra), Indian film producer
- [Sunil Chhetri](/source/Sunil_Chhetri) (born 1984), Indian footballer
- [Sunil Kumar Choudhary](/source/Sunil_Kumar_Choudhary) (1980–2008), Indian military officer
- [Sunil Deshmukh](/source/Sunil_Deshmukh) (born 1958), Indian doctor and member of Legislative Assembly
- [Sunil Dhaniram](/source/Sunil_Dhaniram) (born 1968), Canadian cricketer
- [Sunil Dutt](/source/Sunil_Dutt) (1929–2005), Indian actor, director, politician and producer
- [Sunil Edirisinghe](/source/Sunil_Edirisinghe) (born 1949), Sri Lankan musician
- [Sunil Gaikwad](/source/Sunil_Gaikwad) (born 1970), Indian politician
- [Sunil Gangopadhyay](/source/Sunil_Gangopadhyay) (1934–2012), Indian novelist and poet
- [Sunil Ganguly (musician)](/source/Sunil_Ganguly_(musician)) (1936–1999), Indian steel guitarist
- [Sunil Gavaskar](/source/Sunil_Gavaskar) (born 1949), Indian cricketer
- [Sunil Grover](/source/Sunil_Grover) (born 1977), Indian comedian and actor
- [Sunil Gulati](/source/Sunil_Gulati) (born 1959), American-Indian president of the United States Soccer Federation
- [Sunil Handunnetti](/source/Sunil_Handunnetti) (born 1970), Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
- [Sunil Hettiarachchi](/source/Sunil_Hettiarachchi) (born 1937), Sri Lankan actor
- [Sunil Jadhav](/source/Sunil_Jadhav) (born 1992), Indian cricketer
- [Sunil Janah](/source/Sunil_Janah) (1918–2012), Indian photojournalist and photographer
- [Sunil Jayasinghe](/source/Sunil_Jayasinghe) (1955–1995), Sri Lankan cricketer
- [Sunil Jogi](/source/Sunil_Jogi) (born 1971), Indian poet and writer
- [Sunil Joshi](/source/Sunil_Joshi) (born 1970), Indian cricketer
- [Sunil Kanoria](/source/Sunil_Kanoria) (born 1965), Indian entrepreneur
- [Sunil Khan](/source/Sunil_Khan) (born 1947), Indian politician
- [Sunil Mahato](/source/Sunil_Mahato) (1966–2007), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
- [Sunil Maitra](/source/Sunil_Maitra) (1927–1996), Indian politician and member of the 7th Lok Sabha of India
- [Sunil Mittal](/source/Sunil_Mittal) (born 1957), Indian entrepreneur, philanthropist and founder and chairman of Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises
- [Sunil Mukhi](/source/Sunil_Mukhi) (born 1956), Indian physicist and theorist
- [Sunil Narine](/source/Sunil_Narine) (born 1988), Trinidadian cricketer
- [Sunil Oasis](/source/Sunil_Oasis) (born 1973), Indian cricketer
- [Sunil Padwal](/source/Sunil_Padwal) (born 1968), Indian painter
- [Sunil Pandey](/source/Sunil_Pandey) (born 1966), Indian politician
- [Sunil Babu Pant](/source/Sunil_Babu_Pant) (born 1972), Nepalese politician
- [Sunil Paul](/source/Sunil_Paul) (born 1964), Indian entrepreneur
- [Sunil Perera](/source/Sunil_Perera) (1952-2021), Sri Lankan composer, guitarist, songwriter and vocalist
- [Sunil Pradhan](/source/Sunil_Pradhan) (born 1957), Indian doctor, neurologist, researcher and writer
- [Sunil Prajapati](/source/Sunil_Prajapati) (born 1994), Nepali politician
- [Sunil Raoh](/source/Sunil_Raoh) (born 1980), Indian actor, lyricist and singer
- [Sunil Santha](/source/Sunil_Santha) (1915–1981), Sri Lankan composer, lyricist and singer
- [Sunil Sawney](/source/Sunil_Sawney) (born 1962), English cricketer
- [Sunil Shanbag](/source/Sunil_Shanbag) (born 1956), Indian actor and screenwriter
- [Sunil Shetty](/source/Sunil_Shetty) (born 1961), Indian film actor, businessman, entrepreneur and producer
- [Sunil Tagare](/source/Sunil_Tagare) (born 1962), Indian entrepreneur
- Sunil Thakur (born 1984), Indian footballer
- [Sunil Thapa](/source/Sunil_Thapa) (born 1957), Nepalese actor
- [Sunil Vaidyanathan](/source/Sunil_Vaidyanathan) (born 1976), Indian photojournalist and photographer
- [Sunil Valson](/source/Sunil_Valson) (born 1958), Indian cricketer
- [Sunil Kumar Verma](/source/Sunil_Kumar_Verma) (born 1974), Indian biologist, scientist and zoologist
- [Sunil Wettimuny](/source/Sunil_Wettimuny) (born 1949), Sri Lankan cricketer

## Fictional characters

- Sunil Bakshi (portrayed by [Simon Kassianides](/source/Simon_Kassianides)), a high-ranking member of [Hydra](/source/Hydra_(comics)) in [Season 2](/source/Agents_of_S.H.I.E.L.D._season_2) of *[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.](/source/Agents_of_S.H.I.E.L.D.)*
- DI Sunil 'Sunny' Khan, portrayed by [Sanjeev Bhaskar](/source/Sanjeev_Bhaskar) in the [ITV1](/source/ITV1) drama *[Unforgotten](/source/Unforgotten)*
- Sunil Markesh (known as "Mobley"), from the television series *[Mr. Robot](/source/Mr._Robot)*, played by [Azhar Khan](/source/Azhar_Khan_(actor))
- Sunil Nevla, from the cartoon *[Littlest Pet Shop](/source/Littlest_Pet_Shop_(2012_TV_series))*

## References

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