Tiwari (), from Sanskrit 'tripāṭhin' (learned in three vedas), is a Hindu surname found in India and Nepal. Alternative spellings include Tiwary and Tewari.

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

• Dayananda Saraswati (born Mool Shankar Tiwari), founder of Arya Samaj

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

• Sahadeo Tiwari, religious scholar

Information technology and business

Academics

• Arun Tiwari, missile scientist, author and professor

• Deepak Tiwari, Hindi editor of Global Investigative Journalism Network and former Vice Chancellor of Makhanalal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism, Bhopal

• S Prakash Tiwari, biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist

• Siddhartha Paul Tiwari, UNESCO Chair on technology and sustainability

Civil service

• A. N. Tiwari, former Chief Information Commissioner of India

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

Politicians

• Captain B P Tiwari, Indian politician and former army officer

• Brij Bhushan Tiwari, Indian politician from the Samajwadi Party

• Ghanshyam Tiwari, Indian politician, education minister in the Government of Rajasthan

• Ghanshyam Tiwari, Indian politician from the Samajwadi party, Bihar

• Hari Shankar Tiwari, politician

• Kamlesh Tiwari, politician

• Kapil Narayan 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

• Sita Tiwaree, Thai politician

• Shivanand Tiwari, Janata Dal (United) politician

• Sriniwas Tiwari, Indian politician, former Madhya Pradesh speaker and minister

• Sushil Kumar 'Indu' Tiwari, MLA from Madhya Pradesh

• Suresh Tiwari, MLA from Uttar Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party

• Rajani Tiwari, politician from Uttar Pradesh

• Upendra Tiwari, Indian politician, minister in Uttar Pradesh government

Military Officers

• Amit Tiwari (air marshal), former Indian Air Force Commanding-in-Chief, Central Air Command.

Entertainment

• Anand Tiwari, actor and director in Hindi films

• Ankit Tiwari, playback singer and music director

• Bhushan Tiwari, Hindi actor

• Dharmesh Tiwari, Indian film director

• Esha Tewari, Australian singer-songwriter

• Gaurav Tiwari, paranormal investigator, pilot, UFOlogist, TV presenter, and actor

• Girish Tiwari, scriptwriter, director, lyricist, singer, poet, organic culturist, writer, and social activist in Uttarakhand, India

• Indira Tiwari, Indian actress

• Kartik Aaryan Tiwari, Indian actor

• Lalit Mohan Tiwari, Indian film and television actor

• Laxmi Ganesh Tewari, Indian vocalist

• Manish Tiwary, Indian film-maker

• Mukesh Tiwari, actor in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films

• Nitesh Tiwari, director, script writer, lyricist

• Ridhima Tiwari, television actress

• Shweta Tiwari, Indian film and television actress and producer

• Surbhi Tiwari, Indian television actress

• Vindhya Tiwari, Indian show and film actress

Literature

• Aditya Tiwari, Indian poet and LGBT rights activist

• Bhim Nidhi Tiwari, Nepalese Bahun poet

• Kapil Muni Tiwary, linguist and scholar

• Siyaram Tiwari (writer), writer and 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.

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