Sanjay

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

## People

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* 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
* Sanjay Malhotra, an Indian civil servant

### Actor

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* 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

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* 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

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

### Politician

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* 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

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* 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

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* Sanjaya (disambiguation)

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