Sonny Liston, a heavyweight boxer

Sonny is a common given name, and may refer to:

Sonny Rollins, an American jazz saxophonist

Sonny Bono, an American record producer, singer, actor, and politician

Sonny Perdue, a governor of the U.S. state of Georgia

Sonny Black Napolitano, a capo in the Bonanno crime family

Sonny Koufax, a fictional character in the movie Big Daddy

Sonny Jurgensen, a famed American football quarterback

Sonni Ali, the first great king of the Songhai Empire

Sonny Stitt, an American jazz saxophonist

Sonny Sharrock, an American jazz guitarist

Sonny James, an American country music singer

Sonny Sandoval, lead singer of rock band P.O.D.

Sonny Clark, an American jazz pianist

Sonny Emory, a freelance touring and studio drummer

Sonny Criss, an American jazz saxophonist

Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q, a barbecue restaurant chain in the southeastern United States

Sonny Black, an American mafioso

Ralph 'Sonny' Barger, a founding member of the original Oakland, California, USA chapter of Hells Angels

Sonny Fortune, an American jazz saxophonist and flautist

Sonny Bishop, an American college and professional football player

Sonny Siebert, a former Major League Baseball pitcher

Sonny Chillingworth, a slack-key guitar player from Hawaii

Albert "Sonny" Cunha, a Hawaiian composer

Sonny King (singer), an American lounge singer

Sonny Berman, a jazz trumpeter

Sonny Kay, founder of the record label Gold Standard Laboratories

Sonny Simmons, an American jazz saxophonist and english horn player

Sonny Hutchins, a stock car driver

Sonny Silooy, a Dutch football (soccer) player

Sonny Ates, a retired American racecar driver

Sonny Greenwich, a Canadian jazz guitarist

Sonny Flood, an English actor who plays Josh Ashworth on Hollyoaks

Sonny Anderson, a Brazilian Football player who played for Barcelona and Lyon

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.

Sonny the Cuckoo Bird, the mascot for Cocoa Puffs