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Sunil
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Hindi; Bangla; Kannada; Marathi; Sanskrit; Tamil; Telugu; Malayalam; Urdu
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Region of origin	India

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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

^ Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). "sunīla". A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. OCLC 685239912.

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[1] Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). "sunīla". A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. OCLC 685239912.

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 * [[Sunil (actor)]], Indian Telugu film actor
-* [[Sunil (Kannada_actor)]] (1964-1994)
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 * [[Sunil (director)]], Indian Malayalam film director
 * [[Sunil Kumar Ahuja]] (born 1961), American scientist
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 == Fictional characters ==
-* Sunil Bakshi (portrayed by [[Simon Kassianides]]), a high-ranking member of [[Hydra (comics)|Hydra]] in [[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 2)|Season 2]] of ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]''
+* Sunil Bakshi (portrayed by [[Simon Kassianides]]), a high-ranking member of [[Hydra (comics)|Hydra]] in [[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 2|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 (actor)|Azhar Khan]]
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