Tiwari

Tiwari (/tɪˈwɑːri/) is a surname of the Hindu Brahmins communities commonly found in India and Nepal. Alternative spellings include Tiwary, Tewari, Tivari, and Tewary. The word Tiwari (and similar surnames such as Trivedi and Tripathi) means "versed in three vedas".

Notable people

Independence activists

• Chandra Shekhar Azad (born Chandrashekhar Tiwari)
• Adrian Cola Rienzi (born Krishna Deonarine Tiwari), Indian freedom fighter in Trinidad and Tobago

Spiritual leaders

• Maya Tiwari, Indo-Guyanese spiritual leader, international speaker and author
• Sahadeo Tiwari, religious scholar

Information technology and business

• Naveen Tewari, Founder and CEO at InMobi

Civil service

• Sivakant Tiwari, former legal head officer of the Singapore Legal Service

Politicians

• Brij Bhushan Tiwari, Indian politician from the Samajwadi Party
• Ghanshyam Tiwari, Indian politician, education minister in the Government of Rajasthan
• Hari Shankar Tiwari, politician
• Kaushal Tiwari, Indian politician
• Manish Tewari, politician, former Minister of State in UPA Government
• Narayan Dutt Tiwari, Indian politician, former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
• Ram Chandra Tiwari, Nepalese politician
• Ravindranath Tewari, Indian politician, former cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh
• Shivanand Tiwari, Janata Dal (United) politician
• Sriniwas Tiwari, Indian politician, former Madhya Pradesh speaker and minister
• Manoj Tiwari, Indian politician, MP from Delhi

Entertainment

• Ankit Tiwari, playback singer and music director
• Anuj Tiwari, Indian novelist
• Nitesh Tiwari, director, script writer, lyricist
• Bhushan Tiwari, Hindi actor
• Dharmesh Tiwari, Indian film director
• Girish Tiwari (Girda), scriptwriter, director, lyricist, singer, poet, organic culturist, writer, and social activist in Uttarakhand, India
• Kartik Tiwari, actor
• Lalit Mohan Tiwari, Indian film and television actor
• Laxmi Ganesh Tewari, Indian vocalist
• Manish Tiwary, Indian film-maker
• Manoj Tiwari, Bhojpuri actor, singer and director
• Mukesh Tiwari, actor in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films
• Pitobash Tripathy, Hindi and Odia film actor
• Shweta Tripathi, Indian actress
• Shweta Tiwari, Indian film and television actress and producer
• Anand Tiwari, actor and director in Hindi films

Literature

• Bhim Nidhi Tiwari, Nepalese Bahun poet
• Kapil Muni Tiwary, linguist and scholar
• Nilkanth Tiwari, Indian poet
• Siyaram Tiwari, writer and scholar
• Anuj Tiwari, Indian novelist
• Ankit Tiwari, research scholar

Sports

• Manoj Tiwary, Indian cricketer
• Saurabh Tiwary, Indian cricketer

See also

• Tiwari Bhanjyang