Sanusi may refer to:
Islamic Scholar Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi (1426-1490), medieval Maghrebi Islamic scholar and polymath Ahmad Sanusi, contemporary Indonesian Islamic scholar
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 2009–2014 and Emir of Kano 2014–2020 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
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 Sanusi Junid (1942–2018), 7th Menteri Besar of Kedah Abdullah Sanusi Ahmad (1936–2003), Malaysian public servant and academian Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor (born 1974), 14th Menteri Besar of Kedah