Sonnenschein is a German surname meaning 'sunshine' and may refer to:
Carl Sonnenschein (1876–1929), German priest and social activist Carlos Alberto Sonnenschein (born 1961), Bolivian politician Edward Adolf Sonnenschein (1851–1929), English Classical Scholar and writer on Latin grammar and verse Franz Leopold Sonnenschein (1817–1879), German chemist Hugo Sonnenschein (1889–1953), Austrian writer Hugo F. Sonnenschein (born 1940), American economist Jannah Sonnenschein (born 1940), Dutch–Mozambican swimmer Rosa Sonnenschein (1847–1932), Austria-Hungary-born American founder and editor of The American Jewess William Swan Sonnenschein (1855–1934), English publisher William Teulon Swan Sonnenschein (1883–1948), barrister, Principal of Brasenose College, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
See also Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, an international law firm Solomon H. Sonneschein, Hungarian-American rabbi "Wochenend und Sonnenschein", a song with German lyrics Sunshine (1999 film), a 1999 film about members of Sonnenschein family of Budapest