Arun (disambiguation)

Arun is a district of West Sussex, England..

Arun is a common male name among Hindus. It may also refer to:

Places

• Aran va Bidgol, city in Isfahan Province, Iran
• Arun Banner, subdivision of Inner Mongolia, China
• Arun gas field, a natural gas field located onshore north Sumatra, Indonesia
• Arun Mahidan, a village in Fars Province, Iran
• Arun Mahidan, a village in Iran
• Arun River (Nepal), in Nepal and Tibet
• Arun River, China-Nepal, a transboundary river and is part of the Kosi or Sapt Koshi river system in Nepal
• Arun Thakur, a village development committee in Nepal
• Arun Valley Line, a part of the Southern-operated railway services
• Arun, Badakhshan, a village in Afghanistan
• Arun, Sumatra, a vassal state of the Sultanate of Aceh, now Indonesia, in the Meureudu area of Sumatra
• Arun, Sumatra, vassal state of Aceh, Indonesia
• Arundel Cathedral, a Roman Catholic cathedral in Arundel, West Sussex, England
• Arundel railway station, a railway station that serves the market town of Arundel in West Sussex
• Arundel, a market town and civil parish in a steep vale of the South Downs, West Sussex, England
• Boneh-ye Arun, a village in Donbaleh Rud-e Shomali Rural District, Iran
• River Arun, in West Sussex, England
• Wat Arun, a Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand

People

Academia, art & literature

• Arun Agrawal (born 1962), political scientist in the School of Natural Resources & Environment at the University of Michigan
• Arun Budhathoki (born 1986), Nepali poet and fiction writer from Kathmandu, Nepal
• Arun G. Phadke, Distinguished Professor emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Virginia Tech.
• Arun Joshi (1939–1993), Indian writer
• Arun Kolatkar (1932–2004), Indian poet
• Arun Krushnaji Kamble (1953–2009), Marathi writer and Dalit activist
• Arun Majumdar, materials scientist, engineer and University of California, Berkeley graduate who was President Obama's nominee for Under Secretary of Energy
• Arun Midha (born 1964), British academic
• Arun Mitra (1909–2000), Bengali poet
• Arun Nigavekar, educationist and ex Chairperson & Vice-Chairperson of UGC
• Arun Prakash (educator), Indian educational facility planner and recipient of the National Award for Best Principal from the President of India
• Arun Prasad, historian specialized in the History of Bangalore
• Arun Sharma (dramatist) (born 1931), contemporary writer of Assam
• Arun Sundararajan, NEC Faculty Fellow, Professor of Information, Operations & Management Sciences and Doctoral Coordinator at the Stern School of Business, NYU
• Madhuvanti Arun, Indian educational promoter

Arun Kumar Singh.

Bureaucrat & administration

• Arun Bhatnagar (born 1944), former Indian Administrative Service officer
• Arun Jhaveri, Indian American who was the former mayor of Burien, Washington in USA
• Arun Kumar Mishra (born 1955), judge of the Supreme Court of India
• Arun Kumar Purwar, Chairman of State Bank of India
• Arun Kumar Singh, Indian diplomat and Indian Ambassador to the United States

Arun Shourie.

Business

• Arun Katiyar, media expert from India
• Arun Nayar, Indian businessman and ex-husband of Elizabeth Hurley
• 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), Indian-born American telecommunications executive
• Arun Shourie (born 1941), Indian journalist, author and politician

Arun Bali.

Film, Television and Media

• Adith Arun, Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films
• Anil-Arun, Indian music director duo
• Arun Bakshi, Indian film and television actor and singer
• Arun Bali (born 1942), Indian actor
• Arun Bannerjee, Indian Bengali film actor
• Arun Benny (born 1983), Indian film actor who works mainly in Malayalam cinema
• Arun Date, Marathi singer of Bhavageete
• Arun Govil (born 1958), Indian actor, producer and director
• Arun Kaul (1933–2007), noted Kashmiri film maker and screenwriter
• Arun Kumar Ahuja (1917–1998), Indian film actor and producer
• Arun Kumar Aravind (born 1977), Indian film director, editor and producer
• Arun Mukherjee, noted Bengali playwright and thespian
• Arun Pandyan, an Indian actor, director, producer and politician
• Arun Paudwal (?–1991), music composer in Bollywood in India
• Arun Rath, prominent radio producer and broadcast journalist
• Arun Sagar (born 1980), Indian film actor, art director and comedian
• Arun Saha (actor) (born 1983), Bangladeshi actor and musician
• Arun Sarnaik (1935–1984), actor and singer from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
• Arun Shenoy (born 1978), composer and music producer of Indian origin, based in Singapore
• Arun Thapa (1952–1999), Nepali singer and songwriter
• Arun Vaidyanathan, Indian-American film director, producer and screenwriter
• Arun Vijay (born 1974), Indian actor, playback singer & stunt coordinator
• Ila Arun (born 1929), Indian actress, TV personality and singer
• Ishita Arun, Model, VJ and actress
• M. D. Pallavi Arun, a singer from Karnataka, India.
• P. A. Arun Prasad (born 1967), Indian film director, screenwriter and producer.
• Priya Arun, actress in the Marathi language film industry

Admiral Arun Prakash.

Indian Armed Forces

• Arun Khetarpal (1950–1971), officer of the Indian Army and a posthumous recipient of the Param Vir Chakra
• Arun Prakash (born 1944), 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 Jaitley.

Politics

• Arun Bhatia (born 1942), President of People's Guardian Party
• Arun Chandra Guha (1892–?), Indian politician
• Arun Jaitley (born 1952), Bharatiya Janata Party politician. Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, Information, and Broadcasting, in the Government of India.
• Arun Kumar Sarmah (born 1956), Indian politician and member of the 14th Lok Sabha
• Arun Kumar (born 1959), Indian politician
• Arun Kumar (politician) (born 1948), Indian politician
• Arun Nehru (1944–2013), Indian politician
• Arun Netravali (born 1946), Indian politician
• Arun Pathak (Bihari politician), Indian politician
• Arun Pathak (born 1975), Indian politician
• Arun Singh (Politician) (born 1965), Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh
• Arun Singh, Indian politician and former union minister of state for defense in the Government of India
• Arun Subhashchandra Yadav (born 1974), member of 14th and 15th Lok Sabhas of India
• Arun Verma (born 1986), 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), Indian politician

Convicted politician

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

Arun Vishnu.

Sports

• Arun Bhardwaj, an ultramarathon runner from New Delhi, India
• Arun Gokoel (born 1988), Surinamese cricketer
• Arun Harinath (born 1987), English cricketer
• Arun Karthik (born 1986), Indian cricketer
• Arun Lal (cricketer, born 1985), Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Quetta cricket team
• Arun Lal (born 1955), Indian cricketer, and a cricket commentator
• Arun Murugesan, Indian Weightlifter
• Arun Vishnu (born 1988), Indian badminton player
• Bharat Arun (born 1962), Indian Test cricketer
• Subramanian Arun Prasad (born 1988), Indian Chess Grandmaster

Arun Luthra.

Others

• Arun Dravid (born 1943), Hindustani classical music singer of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana tradition
• Arun Garg (born 1946), Indo-Canadian physician in British Columbia who is recognized for contributing linkages between Canada and India
• Arun Krishnamurthy (born 1986), Indian environmental activist who initiated campaign cleaning various lakes across India
• Arun Kumar Chanda (1899–1947), Indian independence activist from Cachar district of Assam
• Arun Luthra, jazz musician (saxophonist, konnakol artist, composer and arranger) based in New York
• Arun Maira (born 1943), management consultant and former member of Planning Commission of India
• Arun Manilal Gandhi, Indian-American socio-political activist, and the fifth grandson of Gandhi
• Arun Netravali (born 1946), Indian-American computer engineer credited with major contributions in digital technology including HDTV
• Arun Sadhu (born 1942), 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

Elections

• Arun District Council election, 1999, took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Arun District Council in West Sussex, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council
• Arun District Council election, 2003, took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Arun District Council in West Sussex, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999. The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council
• Arun District Council election, 2007, took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Arun District Council in West Sussex, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council
• Arun District Council election, 2011
• Arun District Council election, 2015, held on Thursday 7 May 2015, alongside a general election, to elect all 54 members to Arun District Council, a second-tier authority in West Sussex
• Arun District Council elections

Other

• Aruba Networks (NASDAQ symbol ARUN), a Sunnyvale, California company specializing in wireless networking
• Arun Barun O Kiranmala, a 1979 Bengali Fantasy film
• Arun-class lifeboat, second largest lifeboat in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution all-weather fleet
• G5511 Jining–Arun Expressway, a planned expressway
• HMS Arun (1903), a Laird Type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1902–1903 Naval Estimates
• SS Crown Arun, a 1938 cargo ship which was built by Actien-Gesellschaft "Neptun" Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik, Rostock as Hannah Böge
• SS Empire Arun, a 5,490 ton refrigerated cargo ship (later named as SS Savoia)
• Wey and Arun Canal, a canal in the south east of England

See also

• Aruna (disambiguation)