Sonny

• 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 Chiba, Japanese martial artist and actor
• 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.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 Boy Williamson I, a bluesharmonica player.
• Sonny Boy Williamson II, a blues singer en harmonica player.
• 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 Moore, American songwriter.
• Sonny Sandoval, lead singer of rock band P.O.D.

In jazz music

• Sonny Berman, a jazz trumpeter
• Sonny Clark, an American jazz pianist
• Sonny Criss, an American jazz saxophonist
• Sonny Fortune, an American jazz saxophonist and flautist
• Sonny Greenwich, a Canadian jazz guitarist
• Sonny Rollins, an American jazz saxophonist
• Sonny Sharrock, an American jazz guitarist
• Sonny Simmons, an American jazz saxophonist and english horn player
• Sonny Stitt, an American jazz saxophonist

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 Sumo, a fictional supporting character of DC Comics' Forever People
• Sonny Valentine, a fictional character on Hollyoaks.
• Sonny Koufax, a fictional character in the movie Big Daddy

Other

• Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q, a barbecue restaurant chain in the southeastern United States
• Sonny the Cuckoo Bird, the mascot for Cocoa Puffs
• Sonny a 2003 film starring Nicolas Cage

See also

• Sunny