Sanjay Explained

Sanjay, also spelled Sanjai, Sanjey, Sanje, Sanjaey and Sunjay, is a male given name of Sanskrit origin meaning "triumphant" (from Sañjaya) and may refer to:

People

• Sanjaya, an important character in the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata
• Sanjay Gupta (born 1969), a neurosurgeon and CNN senior medical correspondent
• Sanjay Manjrekar (born 1965), a former Indian cricketer

Actor

• Sanjay Dutt (born 1959), an Indian actor
• Sanjay Shejwal, an Indian actor
• Sanjay Kapoor, an Indian actor and producer, and brother of Anil Kapoor
• Sanjay Khan (born 1941), an Indian actor, director and producer
• Sanjay Mitra (actor), an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema and television
• Sanjaya Malakar (born 1989), American singer and finalist on the sixth season of American Idol
• Sanjay Suri (born 1971), an Indian actor and producer

Cinema

• Sanjay Leela Bhansali (born 1963), an Indian film director
• Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron Technology and co-founder of Sandisk.
• Sanjay Patel, a British American animator

Musician

• Sanjay Subrahmanyan (born 1968), a Carnatic vocalist from India
• Sunjay (born 1993), British singer-songwriter

Politician

• Sanjay Awasthy Politician and MLA from Arki, Himachal Pradesh, India
• Sanjay Bansode (born 1973), an Indian politician and minister in government of Maharashtra
• Sanjay Gandhi (1946–1980), an Indian politician and son of former prime minister of India Indira Gandhi
• Sanjay Sinh (born 1951), an Indian politician from the state of Uttar Pradesh

Fictional characters

• Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon, the younger brother of Apu in the American animated sitcom The Simpsons
• Sanjay, an Indian American character on the American animated series The Fairly OddParents
• Prince Sanjay of Ishkebar, a character in the American sitcom The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
• Sanjay Dravid, an Indian scientist in the Power of Five novel series
• Sanjay Patel, a main character in the 2013 American animated series Sanjay and Craig
• Sanjay Patel, a character in the American sitcom Modern Family
• Sanjay Rash, a Separatist puppet ruler in the fifth season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars

See also

• Sanjaya (disambiguation)