List of Famous people named Anil

Anil Kumble is a former Indian cricketer, coach, and commentator, who played Tests and ODIs for 18 years. A right-arm leg spin bowler, he took 619 wickets in Test cricket and remains the third-highest wicket taker of all time. In 1999 while playing against Pakistan, Kumble dismissed all ten batsmen in a Test match innings, joining England's Jim Laker as the only players to achieve the feat. He is also the only Indian Player to have done that till date. Unlike his contemporaries, Kumble was not a big turner of the ball, but relied primarily on pace, bounce, and accuracy. He was nicknamed "Jumbo". Kumble was selected as the Cricketer of the Year in 1993 Indian Cricket, and one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year three years later.

Anil Kapoor is an Indian actor and producer who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi-language films, as well as international films and television series. His career has spanned 40 years as an actor, and as a producer since 2005. He has also won numerous awards in his career, including two National Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards in varied acting categories.

Anil Vasantrao Deshmukh is an Indian politician from the Nationalist Congress Party, and has been Member of 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, representing Katol. At present, he serves as Cabinet Minister for Home Affairs in the Maharashtra state government led by Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray.

Anil Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman of Reliance Group, which was created in July 2006 following a demerger from Reliance Industries Limited. He leads a number of stocks listed corporations including Reliance Capital, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Power and Reliance Communications. Ambani, once the sixth richest person in the world, declared before a UK court in February 2020 that his net worth is zero and he is bankrupt, although the veracity of that claim is in question. He served in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India from Uttar Pradesh as an Independent MP between 2004 and 2006.

Anil Devgan was an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and the son of Prem Prakash Devgan, and cousin brother of actor Ajay Devgan, and cousin brother-in-law of actress Kajol. He also tried his hand at directing, and directed his brother in two of his films: Raju Chacha and Blackmail. He died at the age of 51 due to cardiac arrest at night on 5 October 2020

Anil Nedumangad was an Indian film actor who appeared in Malayalam films.

Anil Radhakrishnan Menon is an Indian film director working in Malayalam film.

Anil Ravipudi is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema. He made his debut with the comedy Pataas (2015). He then directed the dramedy works such as Supreme (2016), Raja The Great (2017), F2: Fun and Frustration (2019), and Sarileru Neekevvaru (2020). F2 was featured in the "Indian Panorama" Mainstream section of the 50th International Film Festival of India.

Anil Murali was an Indian film actor in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 200 films. He started out in the film industry as a villain before later taking on character roles. He died on 30 July 2020 suffering from liver-related ailments.

Anil Panachooran was an Indian poet and lyricist, who worked in the Malayalam film industry. Anil panachooran was a lawyer by profession. His last lyrics were penned for the movie Within Seconds (2021).He completed the last lines of his song just a few hours before his death. While undergoing treatment for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India, he died on 3 January 2021, following a cardiac arrest.