Tiwari
Tiwari (/tɪˈwɑːri/) is a surname of the Hindu Brahmin communities commonly found in India and Nepal. It is a variation of two other commonly used Brahmin surnames—Tripathi and Trivedi, and means "versed in 3 Vedas."[1] Alternative spellings include Tiwary and Tewari.[2][3]
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
Academics
- Arun Tiwari, missile scientist, author and professor
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
Other
- Dudhnath Tiwari, Indian sepoy who lived with the Andamanese tribes.
- Ram Puneet Tiwary, Singaporean Indian and acquitted suspect of the Sydney double murders.
References
- "What does tiwari mean". findwords.info. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
- "Tiwari Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". forebears.io. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- "Tiwari Name Meaning & Tiwari Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
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