Sanusi

Sanusi may refer to:

Dynasty

• the Senusiyya, a Sufi order and Libyan dynasty, also spelled Sanusi
• Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi (1787–1859), founder of the dynasty
• Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi (1873 – 1933), third head of the dynasty

Family name

• Muhammadu Sanusi I, Emir of Kano from 1953 to 1963, grandfather of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
• Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (born 1961), Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria 2009-14 and Emir of Kano 2014-20.
• Joseph Oladele Sanusi (born 1938), Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from 1999 to 2004
• Anthony Sanusi (1911-2009), Nigerian catholic bishop
• Ryan Sanusi (born 1992), Belgian footballer
• Abidemi Sanusi, contemporary Nigerian author
• Zaidu Sanusi, Nigerian footballer
• Ahmad Sanusi, Indonesian Islamic scholar

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
• Mohammed Sanusi Daggash (born 1960), Nigerian architect and politician, currently Minister of Works and Housin
• Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor (born 1974), 14th Menteri Besar of Kedah