Sonny is a common given name, and may refer to:
- Sonni Ali, the first great king of the Songhai Empire
- Sonny Ates, a retired American racecar driver
- Ralph 'Sonny' Barger, a founding member of the original Oakland, California, USA chapter of Hells Angels
- Sonny Bishop, an American college and professional football player
- Sonny Black Napolitano, a capo in the Bonanno crime family
- Sonny Hutchins, a stock car driver
- Sonny Jurgensen, a famed American football quarterback
- Sonny Liston, a heavyweight boxer
- Sonny Perdue, a governor of the U. Sonni Ali, also known as Sunni Ali Ber or "Sunni Ali" who Reigned from about 1464 to 1492 was the first great king of the Songhai Empire, located Charles "Sonny" Ates (born March 28, 1935, Sellersburg Indiana) is a retired American racecar driver Ralph Hubert "Sonny" Barger (born October 8, 1938 in Modesto California) is a founding member (1957 of the Oakland, California Erwin Wilfred (Sonny Bishop (born November 1, 1939 in Winner South Dakota) is a former professional American football player Dominick "Sonny Black" Napolitano aka Mr Blackstein after killing Alphonse Indelicato ( June 16, 1930 Greenpoint Ernest Lloyd "Sonny" Hutchins ( May 17, 1929 - November 21, 2005) was a stock car driver who raced in NASCAR 's Grand Christian Adolph "Sonny" Jurgensen III (born August 23, 1934) is a former American football Quarterback in the National Football Charles L "Sonny" Liston (May 8 1932?–January 5 1971 was a professional boxer who became world heavyweight champion in 1962 by knocking out Floyd George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III (born December 20, 1946) is the governor of the U S. state of Georgia
- Sonny Siebert, a former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Sonny Silooy, a Dutch football (soccer) player
- Sonny Flood, an English actor who plays Josh Ashworth on Hollyoaks
- Sonny Anderson, a Brazilian Football player who played for Barcelona and Lyon
In music
- Albert "Sonny" Cunha, a Hawaiian composer
- Sonny Bono, an American record producer, singer, actor, and politician
- Sonny Black, an English singer/songwriter
- Sonny Chillingworth, a slack-key guitar player from Hawaii
- Sonny Emory, a freelance touring and studio drummer
- Sonny James, an American country music singer
- Sonny Kay, founder of the record label Gold Standard Laboratories
- Sonny King (singer), an American lounge singer
- Sonny Sandoval, lead singer of rock band P. Wilfred Charles Siebert (born January 14 1937 in St Mary Missouri) is a former Major League Baseball Pitcher from 1964 Jan Jacobus ("Sonny" Silooy (born 31 August, 1963 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch Football (soccer player Sonny Flood (born 18 November 1989) is a British Actor. Sonny was born in Blackpool, Lancashire. Joshua "Josh" Ashworth (born July/August 1991 is a Fictional character on the long-running British Channel 4 television Soap Hollyoaks is a British television Soap opera which was first broadcast on 23 October 1995 on Channel 4. Sonny Anderson da Silva Nilmar (born September 19, 1970 in Goiatuba) is a Football (soccer player from Brazil. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Fútbol Club Barcelona ( Catalan fudˈbɔɫ ˌklup bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish ˈfutβol ˌkluβ baɾθeˈlona known familiarly as Barça (Spanish ˈbaɾsa Catalan Olympique Lyonnais (popularly known as OL, or simply Lyon) is a French football club based in Lyon. Albert "Sonny" Cunha (1879 - 1933 was a Hawaiian composer bandleader pianist singer politician and entrepreneur Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono ( February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American Record producer, For the German rapper who uses Sonny Black as a pseudonym see Bushido (rapper, for the American mafioso see Dominick Napolitano. Edwin Bradfield Liloa "Sonny" Chillingworth was a Slack-key guitar player from Hawaii and is widely regarded as one of the most influential slack key guitarists Sonny Emory (born December 23 1962) is a freelance touring and studio Drummer. Sonny James (born James Loden on May 1, 1929 in Hackleburg Alabama) is an American Country music singer and songwriter Sonny Kay is the founder/co-owner of the Los Angeles, California based independent record label Gold Standard Laboratories, known also as GSL Sonny King ( April 1, 1922 &ndash February 3, 2006) was an American Lounge singer. Paul Joshua "Sonny" Sandoval (born May 16, 1974) is an American Singer and Rapper. O. D.
In jazz music
Fictional characters
- Sonny, a fictional character in the movie I, Robot
- Sonny Corinthos, a fictional character on General Hospital
- James "Sonny" Crockett, a fictional undercover police detective in the action drama Miami Vice
- Sonny Corleone, a fictional character in the movie The Godfather
- Sonny Forelli, a fictional character in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Sonny Valentine, a fictional character on Hollyoaks. Saul "Sonny" Berman ( April 21, 1925 &ndash January 16, 1947) was an American Bebop Jazz Trumpeter Conrad Yeatis "Sonny" Clark ( July 21, 1931 – January 13, 1963) was an American Hard bop Pianist. William "Sonny" Criss ( October 23, 1927 - November 19, 1977) was an American Jazz musician. Sonny Fortune (born May 19, 1939 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American Jazz alto Saxophonist and Sonny Greenwich was born in Hamilton Ontario on New Years Day of 1936 Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7 1930 in New York City) is an American Jazz tenor Saxophonist Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock ( August 27 1940 &ndash May 25 1994) was an American Jazz Guitarist Huey "Sonny" Simmons (b August 4, 1933, Sicily Island, Louisiana) is an American jazz musician Edward "Sonny" Stitt (b February 2, 1924, Boston Massachusetts &ndash d Sonny is an NS-5 (Nestor Class-Five robot from the film I Robot. I Robot is a Science fiction film set in a world where humans and Humanoid robots interact ( Chicago in the year 2035) Michael "Sonny" Corinthos Jr is a Fictional character on the popular ABC Soap opera General Hospital. General Hospital (commonly abbreviated GH) is an American Soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network during the Miami Vice is an American Television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. Miami Vice is an American Television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. Santino "Sonny" Corleone is a Fictional character in Mario Puzo 's 1969 novel The Godfather and its 1972 film adaptation The Godfather is a 1972 Crime drama film based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Mario Puzo and directed Vice City in 2002 and as such primarily discusses the characters based on information in Vice City Grand Theft Auto Vice City is a sandbox-style action-adventure computer and Video game designed by Rockstar North (formerly Sonny Valentine is a Fictional character on the long-running Channel 4 British television Soap opera Hollyoaks. Hollyoaks is a British television Soap opera which was first broadcast on 23 October 1995 on Channel 4.
- Sonny Koufax, a fictional character in the movie Big Daddy
Other
See also
Big Daddy is a 1999 American Comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and starring Adam Sandler. Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q is a large Barbecue Restaurant chain Sonny the Cuckoo Bird is the Cartoon Mascot for Cocoa Puffs, a General Mills -produced cereal Cocoa Puffs is a Brand of Chocolate -flavored Puffed grain Breakfast cereal manufactured by General Mills.
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