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Sonny Corinthos

Sonny Corinthos (Michael "Sonny" Corinthos Jr.) is a fictional mob boss on ABC's General Hospital, played by Maurice Benard since August 13, 1993; known as the Godfather of Port Charles, owner of Corinthos Coffee, and for his bipolar disorder storyline.

Sonny Corleone

Santino "Sonny" Corleone, eldest son and acting boss in Puzo's The Godfather and Coppola's 1972 film, played by James Caan; hotheaded heir killed at the Jones Beach Causeway tollbooth.

Sonny Curtis

Sonny Curtis (1937–2025), Texas singer-songwriter and Crickets guitarist with Buddy Holly; wrote "I Fought the Law," "Walk Right Back," "Love Is All Around" (The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme), Rock & Roll and Nashville Songwriters halls of fame member.

Sonny Digital

Sonny Digital (Sonny Corey Uwaezuoke, born 1991) is an Atlanta trap producer and rapper behind "Racks," "Birthday Song," "Tuesday," and "Stargazing," with solo releases from G.O.A.T. (2016) to Dolores Son (2023).

Sonny Dykes

Sonny Dykes, born Daniel Dykes in 1969, is an American college football coach and TCU's head coach since 2022, after leading SMU, California, and Louisiana Tech.

Sonny Franzese

John "Sonny" Franzese was an American mobster who served as underboss of New York's Colombo crime family, active into his 90s and dying in 2020 at 103.

Sonny Gray

Sonny Gray (Sonny Douglas Gray, born 1989, Smyrna, TN) is an MLB right-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox; former Athletics, Yankees, Reds, Twins, Cardinals starter; twice AL Cy Young top-three finisher (2015, 2023).

Sonny Jurgensen

Sonny Jurgensen, born Christian Adolph Jurgensen III, was an American NFL quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins, inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983.

Sonny Kendall

Sonny Kendall is an English child actor who has played Tommy Moon, son of Kat and Alfie Moon, in the BBC soap EastEnders since July 2021, taking over from Shay Crotty; EastEnders is his only acting credit.

Sonny Landham

Sonny Landham (William Marion Landham, 1941-2017), American actor and stuntman of Cherokee and Seminole descent, played tracker Billy Sole in Predator (1987) and Billy Bear in 48 Hrs. (1982); later ran unsuccessfully for Kentucky office as a Republican and Libertarian.

Sonny Liston

Sonny Liston (Charles Liston, 1932?–1970), American heavyweight boxing champion 1962–1964; beat Floyd Patterson by first-round knockout twice, lost twice to Muhammad Ali, learned boxing in prison, died mysteriously in Las Vegas.

Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay

Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay refers to two world heavyweight title fights, in 1964 and 1965, both won in upsets by Cassius Clay, the later Muhammad Ali.

Sonny Perdue

Sonny Perdue (born 1946), Georgia governor 2003-2011, 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture 2017-2021, and 14th chancellor of the University System of Georgia from 2022, announced retirement in April 2026.

Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins (Walter Theodore Rollins, born September 7, 1930), the 'Saxophone Colossus,' was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for Saxophone Colossus, St. Thomas, the Williamsburg Bridge practice sabbatical, pianoless trios, and honors including the Kennedy Center Honor and Polar Music Prize.

Sonny Sandoval

Sonny Sandoval, lead vocalist and co-founder of San Diego nu metal band P.O.D. (Payable on Death), frontman of triple-platinum Satellite (2001), author of Son of Southtown, and creator of the solo reggae project Sonny Dread.

Sonny Shroyer

Sonny Shroyer (Otis Burt Shroyer, Jr., born 1935) is an American retired actor, best known as Deputy Enos Strate on The Dukes of Hazzard (1979-1985, 98 episodes), its spin-off Enos, and film roles in Forrest Gump and The Rainmaker.

Sonny Stitt

Sonny Stitt (Edward Boatner Jr., 1924–1982), American bebop alto, tenor, and baritone saxophonist; prolific leader of some 150 sessions, Eckstine and Gillespie bands, Gene Ammons tenor battles, Miles Davis quintet 1960–61, Giants of Jazz.

Sonny Terry

Sonny Terry (Sanders Terrell, 1911–1986) was an American Piedmont blues harmonica player and singer, famed for falsetto whoops, his roughly 40-year duo with Brownie McGhee, the 1938 Spirituals to Swing concert, and a 1982 NEA National Heritage Fellowship.

Sonny Vaccaro

Sonny Vaccaro (John Paul Vincent Vaccaro, born 1939) is a retired American sports marketing executive who signed Michael Jordan to Nike in 1984, created the Air Jordan era, ran the Dapper Dan Classic and ABCD camps, worked for Nike, Adidas, and Reebok, and helped originate the O'Bannon v. NCAA lawsuit.

Sonny with a Chance

Sonny with a Chance is an American sitcom that aired on Disney Channel from 2009 to 2011, starring Demi Lovato as Sonny Munroe, a Midwestern girl who joins the sketch show So Random!

Sonny Wu

Sonny Wu is a China-born venture investor who co-founded GSR Ventures in 2004 and chairs GoldenSand Capital, known for deals in semiconductors, new materials, and new energy.

Sonobuoy

A sonobuoy, also known as a sonar buoy, is an expendable air-launched or ship-launched acoustic sensor that floats on the surface and relays underwater sounds by radio to aircraft or ships.

Sonochemical synthesis

Sonochemical synthesis is a materials chemistry method using ultrasound-generated acoustic cavitation to drive reactions, forming nanostructured metals, oxides, catalysts, and MOFs in minutes instead of hours.

Sonochemistry

Sonochemistry, also called sonolysis, uses ultrasound to initiate or enhance chemical reactions in liquids through acoustic cavitation, the implosive collapse of microscopic bubbles, and is applied in synthesis and nanomaterials.

Sonoco

Sonoco Products Company is an American packaging manufacturer headquartered in Hartsville, South Carolina, founded in 1899 as the Southern Novelty Company and now operating about 265 locations in 37 countries.

Sonodynamic therapy

Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) is an experimental cancer treatment in which ultrasound activates administered sonosensitizer drugs to generate reactive oxygen species that kill tumor cells, potentially reaching deep tumors.

Sonoelastography

Sonoelastography is an ultrasound imaging method that assesses tissue stiffness, used to characterize tumors and stage fibrosis in organs such as the liver, breast, and thyroid.

Sonogashira coupling

Sonogashira coupling, also called the Sonogashira–Hagihara reaction, is a palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction joining a terminal alkyne with an aryl or vinyl halide, first reported in 1975 by Sonogashira, Tohda, and Hagihara.

Sonográfica (Venezuela)

Sonográfica C.A. is a Venezuelan record label registered in Caracas in 1978 by the Phelps family, which dominated the 1980s market with Franco De Vita and Ilan Chester.

Sonohysterography

Sonohysterography, also called saline infusion sonohysterography (SIS) or hysterosonography, is an ultrasound technique in which sterile saline is infused into the uterine cavity to detect polyps, fibroids, and adhesions.