Arun is an Indian male given name meaning dawn in Sanskrit. The name derives from Aruna, the aspect of dawn and charioteer of Surya.

The following is a list of notable people with "Arun" as their first, middle or last name.

• Arun Agrawal (born 1962), a political scientist in the School of Natural Resources & Environment at the University of Michigan.
• Arun G. Phadke, Distinguished Professor emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Virginia Tech.
• Arun Joshi (1939–1993), an Indian writer.
• Arun K. Pati, an Indian physicist notable for his research in quantum information and computation.
• Arun Kolatkar (1932–2004), Indian poet.
• Arun Krushnaji Kamble (1953–2009), a Marathi writer and Dalit activist.
• Arun Kumar Basak, a Bangladeshi physicist and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics, University of Rajshahi.
• Arun Majumdar, a materials scientist, engineer and University of California, Berkeley graduate who was President Obama's nominee for Under Secretary of Energy.
• Arun Midha (born 1964), a British academic.
• Arun Mitra (1909–2000), a Bengali poet.
• Arun Nigavekar, an educationist and ex Chairperson & Vice-Chairperson of UGC.
• Arun Prasad, a historian specialized in the History of Bangalore.
• Arun Rai, an Indian born American scientist.
• Arun Sarma (1931–2017), a contemporary writer of Assam.
• Arun Sundararajan, is the NEC Faculty Fellow, Professor of Information, Operations & Management Sciences and Doctoral Coordinator at the Stern School of Business, NYU.
• Arun Schaechter Viswanath, translator into Yiddish of novels about Harry Potter and Pippi Longstocking.^[1][2][3][4]
• Madhuvanti Arun, an Indian educational promoter.
• Vinod Bala Arun, a Hindi, Sanskrit and Indian Philosophy scholar.

• Arun Jaitley, Union Finance Minister of India.
• Arun Bhatnagar (born 1944), former Indian Administrative Service officer.
• Arun Kumar Gupta, an Indian police officer.
• Arun Kumar Mishra (born 1955), a judge of the Supreme Court of India.
• Arun Kumar Purwar, Chairman of State Bank of India.
• Arun Kumar Singh, an Indian diplomat and Indian Ambassador to the United States.

• Arun Firodia, an Indian businessman and chairman of Kinetic Group.
• Arun Katiyar, a media expert from India.
• Arun Nayar, an Indian businessman and ex-husband of Elizabeth Hurley.
• Arun Pudur, an Indian businessman, entrepreneur and investor.
• Arun Purie, an Indian businessman who is the founder-publisher and editor-in-chief of India Today.
• Arun Raha (born 1959), Executive Director and Chief Economist for the State of Washington.
• Arun Sarin (born 1954), an Indian-born American telecommunications executive.
• Arun Shourie (born 1941), an Indian journalist, author and politician.

• Adith Arun, an Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films.
• Arun Alat, an Indian playback singer and musician.
• Arun Bakshi, an Indian film and television actor and singer.
• Arun Bali (1942–2022), an Indian actor.
• Arun Bannerjee, an Indian Bengali film actor.
• Arun Bhatt, an Indian former film director (of Hindi and Gujarati cinema).
• Arun Chaudhary, first official videographer of the White House.
• Arun Cherukavil, an Indian Malayalam film Actor.
• Arun Date (1934–2018), a Marathi singer of Bhavageete.
• Arun Govil (born 1958), an Indian actor, producer and director.
• Arun Kashalkar, an Indian classical vocalist of the Agra-Gwalior Gharana.
• Arun Kaul (1933–2007), a noted Kashmiri film maker and screenwriter.
• Arun Kumar Ahuja (1917–1998), an Indian actor and producer.
• Arun Kumar Aravind (born 1977), Indian film director, editor and producer.
• Arun Maini (born 1995), British YouTuber known as Mrwhosetheboss.
• Arun Mukherjee (bn), Bengali playwright and actor.
• Arun Muraleedharan, an Indian music composer.
• Arun Nalawade, an Indian film and theater personality.
• Arun Pandyan, an Indian actor, director, producer and politician.
• Arun Paudwal (died 1991), music composer in Bollywood in India.
• Arun Rath, a prominent radio producer and broadcast journalist.
• Arun Sagar (born 1980), Indian film actor, art director and comedian.
• Arun Saha (actor) (born 1983), a Bangladeshi actor and musician.
• Arun Sarnaik (1935–1984), an actor and singer from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.
• Arun Shenoy (born 1978), a composer and music producer of Indian origin, based in Singapore.
• Arun Thapa (1952–1999), Nepali singer and songwriter.
• Arun Vaidyanathan, an Indian-American film director, producer and screenwriter.
• Arun Vijay (born 1974), an Indian actor, playback singer & stunt coordinator.
• Ila Arun, Indian actress, TV personality and singer.
• M. D. Pallavi Arun, a singer from Karnataka, India.
• P. A. Arun Prasad (born 1967), an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer.
• Priya Arun, an actress in the Marathi language film industry.

• Arun Khetarpal (1950–1971), an officer of the Indian Army and a posthumous recipient of the Param Vir Chakra.
• Arun Prakash (born 1944), a retired Four-Star Admiral who served as the Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy.
• Arun Shridhar Vaidya (1926–1986), 13th Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) of the Indian Army.

• Arun Chandra Guha (1892–?), an Indian politician.
• Arun Jaitley (1952–2019), a Bharatiya Janata Party politician. Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, Information, and Broadcasting, in the Government of India.
• Arun Kumar Sarmah (born 1956), an Indian politician and member of the 14th Lok Sabha.
• Arun Kumar (Uttar Pradesh politician) (born 1948), an Indian politician from Bareilly district.
• Arun Kumar (Bihar politician) (born 1959), an Indian politician from Bihar.
• Arun Nehru (1944–2013), an Indian politician.
• Arun Netravali (born 1946), an Indian politician.
• Arun Pathak (Bihar politician), an Indian politician.
• Arun Pathak (Uttar Pradesh politician), an Indian politician.
• Arun Pathak (born 1975), an Indian politician.
• Arun Sao (born 1968), Indian politician from Chhattisgarh.
• Arun Singh (born 1944), Indian politician and former union minister of state for defence in the Government of India.
• Arun Singh (born 1965), Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh.
• Arun Subhashchandra Yadav (born 1974), member of 14th and 15th Lok Sabhas of India.
• Arun Verma (born 1986), an Indian politician.
• M. Arun Subramanian, Indian politician. Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Tiruttani constituency.
• Sangram Arun Jagtap, Indian politician and member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
• Undavalli Aruna Kumar (born 1954), an Indian politician.

• Arun Gawli (born 1955), a gangster-turned-politician in Mumbai, India.

• Arun Bhardwaj, an ultramarathon runner from New Delhi, India.
• Arun Harinath (born 1987), an English cricketer.
• Arun Karthik (born 1986), an Indian cricketer.
• Arun Khurana, an Indian former cricketer.
• Arun Lal (cricketer, born 1985), a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Quetta cricket team.
• Arun Lal (born 1955), an Indian cricketer, and a cricket commentator.
• Arun Murugesan, an Indian Weightlifter.
• Arun Muthukrishnan, an Indian motorcycle racer.
• Arun Panchia, a New Zealand field hockey player.
• Arun Poulose, an Indian cricketer.
• Arun Sharma, an Indian first-class cricketer.
• Arun Singh (cricketer), an Indian former cricketer.
• Arun Singla, an Indian cricketer.
• Arun Vishnu (born 1988), an Indian badminton player.
• Bharat Arun, an Indian Test cricketer.
• Subramanian Arun Prasad (born 1988), an Indian Chess Grandmaster.

• Arun Arora (born 1971), British Anglican priest and former Director of Communications of the Church of England
• Arun Barun O Kiranmala, a Bengali Fantasy film.
• Arun Garg (born 1946), an Indo-Canadian physician in British Columbia who is recognized for contributing linkages between Canada and India.
• Arun Krishnamurthy (born 1986), an Indian environmental activist who initiated campaign cleaning various lakes across India.
• Arun Kumar Chanda (1899–1947), an Indian independence activist from Cachar district of Assam.
• Arun Luthra, a jazz musician (saxophonist, konnakol artist, composer and arranger) based in New York City.
• Arun Maira (born 1943), a management consultant and former member of Planning Commission of India.
• Arun Manilal Gandhi, an Indian-American socio-political activist, and the fifth grandson of Gandhi.
• Arun Netravali (born 1946), an Indian-American computer engineer credited with major contributions in digital technology including HDTV.
• Arun Sadhu (1941–2017), a writer and a freelance journalist from Maharashtra, India.
• Tushar Arun Gandhi, son of journalist Arun Manilal Gandhi, grandson of Manilal Gandhi and great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.

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