Sanusi

Sanusi may refer to:

Family name

• Muhammadu Sanusi, Emir of Kano from 1953 to 1963, grandfather of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
• Anthony Saliu Sanusi (1911-2009), Nigerian catholic bishop
• Joseph Oladele Sanusi (born 1938), Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from 1999 to 2004
• Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (born 1961), Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from 2009 to 2014 and Islamic scholar
• Abidemi Sanusi, contemporary Nigerian author
• Ryan Sanusi (born 1992), Belgian footballer

Given name

• Sanusi (cyclist) (born 1933), Indonesian Olympic cyclist
• Sanusi Pane (1905-1968), Indonesian writer, journalist, and historian
• Sanusi Mahmood (1909-1995), first Mufti of Singapore
• Sanusi Dantata (1919-1997), Nigerian businessman of Kano state
• Abdullah Sanusi Ahmad (1936-2003), founder of the Open University Malaysia
• Mohammed Sanusi Daggash (born 1960), Nigerian architect and politician, currently Minister of Works and Housing

Dynasty

• the Senussi tribe, a Sufi order and Libyan dynasty, also spelled Sanusi
• Sayyid Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi, founder of the above dynasty