Sonny
This article is about the name. For American restaurant chain, see Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q. For the 2002 film, see Sonny (film).
Sonny is a common nickname and occasional given name which may refer to:
People
Athletes
- Charles Sonny Ates (1935-2010), retired American racecar driver
- Erwin Sonny Bishop (born 1939), American college and professional football player
- Shin'ichi Sonny Chiba (born 1939), Japanese martial artist and actor
- Sonny Gray (born 1989), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Sidney Hertzberg (1922-2005), American National Basketball League point guard
- Ernest Sonny Hutchins (1929-2005), stock car driver
- Christian Sonny Jurgensen (born 1934), American Hall-of-Fame National Football League quarterback
- Sonny Liles (1919–2005), American football player
- Charles Sonny Liston (died 1970), heavyweight world champion boxer
- Wilfred Sonny Siebert (born 1937), former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Jan Sonny Silooy (born 1963), Dutch former footballer
- Anderson da Silva (born 1970), known as Sonny Anderson, Brazilian retired footballer
- Sonny Bill Williams (born 1985), New Zealand former professional rugby league and rugby union player
Jazz musicians
- Saul Sonny Berman (1925-1947), American trumpeter
- Joseph Sonny Burke (1914-1980), American big band leader
- Conrad Sonny Clark (1931-1963), American pianist
- George Sonny Cohn (1925-2006), American trumpeter
- William Sonny Criss (1927-1977), American saxophonist
- Francis Sonny Dallas (1931-2007), American bassist
- Sonny Fortune (born 1939), American saxophonist and flautist
- Herbert Sonny Greenwich (born 1936), Canadian guitarist
- Sonny Greer (1895-1982), American drummer
- Percival Sonny Payne (1926-1979), American drummer
- Sonny Red (1932-1981), American alto saxophonist
- Theodore Sonny Rollins (born 1930), American saxophonist
- Warren Sonny Sharrock (1940-1994), American guitarist
- Huey Sonny Simmons (born 1933), American saxophonist and English horn player
- Sonny Stitt (1924-1982), American saxophonist born Edward Boatner, Jr.
Other musicians
- Albert "Sonny" Cunha (1879-1933), Hawaiian composer
- Sonny Black, English singer/songwriter born William Boazman
- Salvatore Philip Bono, better known as Sonny Bono (1935-1998), American singer, record producer and politician
- Edwin Sonny Chillingworth (1932-1994), slack-key guitar player from Hawaii
- Sonny Emory (born 1962), freelance touring and studio drummer
- Sonny James (born 1929), stage name of American country music singer James Hugh Loden
- Sonny Kay, founder of the record label Gold Standard Laboratories
- Sonny King (singer) (1922-2006), American lounge singer born Luigi Antonio Schiavone
- Sonny Landreth, American blues guitar player
- Sonny Moore, better known as Skrillex, American songwriter and electronic music producer
- Sonny Fredie Pedersen, Danish musician and actor
- Clyde Sonny Sandoval (born 1951), lead singer of rock band P.O.D.
- Sonny Terry (1911-1986), blind American blues musician born Saunders Terrell
- Sonny Boy Williamson I a.k.a. John Lee Williamson (1914-1948), blues singer and harmonica player
- Sonny Boy Williamson II a.k.a. Aleck Ford "Rice" Miller (c.1912-1965), blues singer and harmonica player
Other
- Ralph Sonny Barger (born 1938), founding member of the original Oakland, California, chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle club
- Sonny Flood (born 1989), English actor who plays Josh Ashworth on Hollyoaks
- John Franzese, Sr. (born 1917), underboss of the Colombo crime family
- George Sonny Perdue (born 1946), governor of the U.S. state of Georgia
- Harold G. White, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, and applied physicist
Fictional characters
- Sonny Black, in the film Donny Brasco
- Dominick "Sonny" Carisi, Jr., detective on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Sonny Corinthos, in the soap opera General Hospital
- Sonny Corleone, in the film The Godfather
- James "Sonny" Crockett, an undercover police detective in the action drama television series Miami Vice
- Sonny Forelli, in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Sonny Kiriakis, on the soap opera Days of our Lives
- Sonny LoSpecchio, a main character in the film A Bronx Tale, played by Chazz Palminteri
- Sonny Munroe, in Disney Channel Original Series Sonny with a Chance
- Sonny Spoon, a police detective character in the TV series Sonny Spoon
- Sonny Sumo, a supporting character of DC Comics' Forever People
- Sonny Valentine, in the soap opera Hollyoaks
- Sonny Weaver, Jr., main character of the 2014 film Draft Day, played by Kevin Costner
- Sonny, a robot in the film I, Robot
- Sonny the Cuckoo Bird, the mascot for Cocoa Puffs breakfast cereal
Music
- Sonny, an Irish version of the Ron Hynes folk song
See also
- Dominic Napolitano (1930-1981), capo in the Bonanno crime family nicknamed "Sonny Black"
- Sunny (disambiguation)
- Sonni Ali, first king of the Songhai Empire (reigned 1464-1492)
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