Chaturvedi is a surname of Indian origin. The word "Chaturvedi" literally means "Knower of the Four Vedas".[1] It is used by Brahmins; a related surname is Chaubey, which has the same meaning. They are from the families of rishis (saints).
Notable people with the surname Chaturvedi include:
- Abhinav Chaturvedi, actor and director
- Abhishek Chaubey, film director
- Ashwani Kumar Choubey, MP from Buxar
- Avani Chaturvedi, one of the first female fighter pilots of India
- B. K. Chaturvedi, civil servant
- Chaturvedi Badrinath, IAS officer and writer
- Hem Chandra Chaturvedi, the one and only general surgeon in the Chaturvedi community
- Juhi Chaturvedi, screenwriter
- Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Hindi writer
- Meenakshi Gautam Chaturvedi, Author
- Nishi Chaturvedi, British epidemiologist
- Priyanka Chaturvedi, previously Indian National Congress spokesperson
- Sanjiv Chaturvedi, bureaucrat
- Siddhant Chaturvedi, actor
- Surendra Chaturvedi, journalist and activist
- T. N. Chaturvedi, Governor of Karnataka from 2002 to 2007
- Makhan Lal Chaturvedi, writer
References
- ↑ Wendy Doniger (March 2014). On Hinduism. OUP USA. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-19-936007-9.
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