Arun (given name)

• Dawn
• Reddish glow in the morning sky
• Charioteer of Solar deity
• Sun

Academia, art & literature

• Arun Agrawal , a political scientist in the School of Natural Resources & Environment at the University of Michigan.
• Arun G. Phadke, Distinguished Professor emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Virginia Tech.
• Arun Joshi, an Indian writer.
• Arun K. Pati, an Indian physicist notable for his research in quantum information and computation.
• Arun Kolatkar, Indian poet.
• Arun Krushnaji Kamble, a Marathi writer and Dalit activist.
• Arun Kumar Basak, a Bangladeshi physicist and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics, University of Rajshahi.
• Arun Majumdar, a materials scientist, engineer and University of California, Berkeley graduate who was President Obama's nominee for Under Secretary of Energy.
• Arun Midha, a British academic.
• Arun Mitra, a Bengali poet.
• Arun Nigavekar, an educationist and ex Chairperson & Vice-Chairperson of UGC.
• Arun Prakash, Indian educational facility planner and recipient of the National Award for Best Principal from the President of India.
• Arun Prasad, a historian specialized in the History of Bangalore.
• Arun Rai, an Indian born American scientist.
• Arun Sarma, a contemporary writer of Assam.
• Arun Sundararajan, is the NEC Faculty Fellow, Professor of Information, Operations & Management Sciences and Doctoral Coordinator at the Stern School of Business, NYU.
• Madhuvanti Arun, an Indian educational promoter.
• Vinod Bala Arun, a Hindi, Sanskrit and Indian Philosophy scholar.

Bureaucracy and administration

• Arun Jaitley, Union Finance Minister of India.
• Arun Bhatnagar, former Indian Administrative Service officer.
• Arun Kumar Gupta, an Indian police officer.
• Arun Kumar Mishra, a judge of the Supreme Court of India.
• Arun Kumar Purwar, Chairman of State Bank of India.
• Arun Kumar Singh, an Indian diplomat and Indian Ambassador to the United States.

Business

• Arun Firodia, an Indian businessman and chairman of Kinetic Group.
• Arun Katiyar, a media expert from India.
• Arun Nayar, an Indian businessman and ex-husband of Elizabeth Hurley.
• Arun Pudur, an Indian businessman, entrepreneur and investor.
• Arun Purie, an Indian businessman who is the founder-publisher and editor-in-chief of India Today.
• Arun Raha, Executive Director and Chief Economist for the State of Washington.
• Arun Sarin, an Indian-born American telecommunications executive.
• Arun Shourie, an Indian journalist, author and politician.

Film, Television & Media

• Adith Arun, an Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films.
• Anil-Arun, Indian music director duo.
• Arun Alat, an Indian playback singer and musician.
• Arun Bakshi, an Indian film and television actor and singer.
• Arun Bali, an Indian actor.
• Arun Bannerjee, an Indian Bengali film actor.
• Arun Bhatt, an Indian former film director.
• Arun Chaudhary, first official videographer of the White House.
• Arun Date, a Marathi singer of Bhavageete.
• Arun Govil, an Indian actor, producer and director.
• Arun Kashalkar, an Indian classical vocalist of the Agra-Gwalior Gharana.
• Arun Kaul, a noted Kashmiri film maker and screenwriter.
• Arun Kumar Ahuja, an Indian film actor and producer.
• Arun Kumar Aravind, Indian film director, editor and producer.
• Arun Mukherjee, a noted Bengali playwright and thespian.
• Arun Muraleedharan, an Indian music composer.
• Arun Nalawade, an Indian film and theater personality.
• Arun Pandyan, an Indian actor, director, producer and politician.
• Arun Paudwal, music composer in Bollywood in India.
• Arun Rath, a prominent radio producer and broadcast journalist.
• Arun Sagar, Indian film actor, art director and comedian.
• Arun Saha , a Bangladeshi actor and musician.
• Arun Sarnaik, an actor and singer from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.
• Arun Shenoy, a composer and music producer of Indian origin, based in Singapore.
• Arun Thapa, Nepali singer and songwriter.
• Arun Vaidyanathan, an Indian-American film director, producer and screenwriter.
• Arun Vijay, an Indian actor, playback singer & stunt coordinator.
• Ila Arun, Indian actress, TV personality and singer.
• M. D. Pallavi Arun, a singer from Karnataka, India.
• P. A. Arun Prasad, an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer.
• Priya Arun, an actress in the Marathi language film industry.

Indian Armed Forces

• Arun Khetarpal, an officer of the Indian Army and a posthumous recipient of the Param Vir Chakra.
• Arun Prakash, a retired Four-Star Admiral who served as the Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy.
• Arun Shridhar Vaidya, 13th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army.

Politics

• Arun Chandra Guha, an Indian politician.
• Arun Jaitley, a Bharatiya Janata Party politician. Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, Information, and Broadcasting, in the Government of India.
• Arun Kumar Sarmah, an Indian politician and member of the 14th Lok Sabha.
• Arun Kumar , an Indian politician from Bareilly district.
• Arun Kumar , an Indian politician from Bihar.
• Arun Nehru, an Indian politician.
• Arun Netravali, an Indian politician.
• Arun Pathak, an Indian politician.
• Arun Pathak, an Indian politician.
• Arun Pathak, an Indian politician.
• Arun Singh, Indian politician and former union minister of state for defence in the Government of India.
• Arun Singh, Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh.
• Arun Sood, an Indian politician.
• Arun Subhashchandra Yadav, member of 14th and 15th Lok Sabhas of India.
• Arun Verma, an 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, an Indian politician.

  Convicted politician

• Arun Gawli, a gangster-turned-politician in Mumbai, India.

Sports

• Arun Bhardwaj, an ultramarathon runner from New Delhi, India.
• Arun Gokoel, a Surinamese cricketer.
• Arun Harinath, an English cricketer.
• Arun Karthik, an Indian cricketer.
• Arun Khurana, an Indian former cricketer.
• Arun Lal, a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Quetta cricket team.
• Arun Lal, an Indian cricketer, and a cricket commentator.
• Arun Murugesan, an Indian Weightlifter.
• Arun Muthukrishnan, an Indian motorcycle racer.
• Arun Panchia, a New Zealand field hockey player.
• Arun Poulose, an Indian cricketer.
• Arun Sharma, an Indian first-class cricketer.
• Arun Singh, an Indian former cricketer.
• Arun Singla, an Indian cricketer.
• Arun Vishnu, an Indian badminton player.
• Bharat Arun, an Indian Test cricketer.
• Subramanian Arun Prasad, an Indian Chess Grandmaster.

Others

• Arun Arora, British Anglican priest and former Director of Communications of the Church of England
• Arun Barun O Kiranmala, a Bengali Fantasy film.
• Arun Garg, an Indo-Canadian physician in British Columbia who is recognized for contributing linkages between Canada and India.
• Arun Krishnamurthy, an Indian environmental activist who initiated campaign cleaning various lakes across India.
• Arun Kumar Chanda, an Indian independence activist from Cachar district of Assam.
• Arun Luthra, a jazz musician based in New York City.
• Arun Maira, a management consultant and former member of Planning Commission of India.
• Arun Manilal Gandhi, an Indian-American socio-political activist, and the fifth grandson of Gandhi.
• Arun Netravali, an Indian-American computer engineer credited with major contributions in digital technology including HDTV.
• Arun Sadhu, a 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.