Tiwari

Tiwari (/tɪˈwɑːri/) is a surname of the Hindu Brahmin communities commonly found in India and Nepal. Alternative spellings include Tiwary, Tewari, Tivari, and Tewary.

Notable people

Independence activists

• Chandra Shekhar Azad (born Chandrashekhar Tiwari)
• Dudhnath 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

Academics

• Arun Tiwari, missile scientist, author and professor

Criminals

• Ram Puneet Tiwary, Singaporean Indian and alleged murderer of the Sydney double murders

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
• Manoj Tiwari, Indian politician, MP from Delhi, BJP State President.
• Narayan Datt 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
• Rajani Tiwari, Politician from Uttar Pradesh
• Upendra Tiwari, Indian politician, minister in Uttar Pradesh government

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, 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
• Gaurav Tiwari, Transgender Bollywood Civil Rights Icon
• Manoj Tiwari, Bhojpuri actor, singer and director
• Mukesh Tiwari, actor in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films
• Shweta Tiwari, Indian film and television actress and producer
• Anand Tiwari, actor and director in Hindi films
• Ridhima Tiwari, television actress
• Vindhya Tiwari, Indian show and film actress

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