Tripathi or Tripathy (Sanskrit: त्रिपाठी) is a Hindu Brahmin family name in India and Nepal. Tewari and Tiwari are variants of the name.

Notable people

Notable people with this surname, who may or may not be affiliated to Brahmins, include:

• Amish Tripathi, novelist

• Anupam Tripathi, actor

• Bhakta Tripathy, Indian news editor

• Bharat Tripathi, English cricketer

• Bhumi Tripathi, Nepalese Politician

• Braja Kishore Tripathy, Indian politician

• Chittaranjan Tripathy, Odia director, music director and actor

• D. P. Tripathi, politician from the Nationalist Congress Party

• Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, current Chief of Indian Navy

• Deepak Tripathi, British historian

• Devi Ranjan Tripathy, Indian politician

• Divyanka Tripathi, model and actress

• Govardhanram Tripathi, Indian Gujarati-language writer

• Geeta Tripathee (born 1972) Nepalese poet, lyricist, essayist, literary critic and scholar

• Hridayesh Tripathi, Nepalese politician

• Kamalapati Tripathi, politician and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

• Keshari Nath Tripathi, Bharatiya Janata Party politician and Governor of West Bengal

• Krishna Nand Tripathi, Indian politician

• Kumud Tripathi, Bollywood actor

• Kuna Tripathy, Indian actor

• Lavanya Tripathi, model and actress working in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films

• Leslie Tripathy, Indian actress

• Mansukhram Tripathi, Indian Gujarati-language writer

• Pankaj Tripathi, Indian actor

• Pitobash Tripathy, Indian actor

• Pravat Tripathy, Indian legislator

• Rahul Tripathi, Indian first-class cricketer

• Rakesh Kumar Tripathi, Hindi lyricist, screenwriter and director

• Ramapati Ram Tripathi, Bharatiya Janata Party politician

• Ravi K. Tripathi, Indian playback singer

• S. N. Tripathi, Indian composer

• Sadashiva Tripathy, Indian politician

• Sanjeev Tripathi, former chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)

• Shweta Tripathi, Indian actress

• Sunny Tripathy, Indian-American actor

• Sunil Tripathi (1990–2013), American student who was wrongly accused as the perpetrator of the Boston Marathon bombing

• Surajsrikan Diwakar Mani Tripathi, Singaporean convicted murderer sentenced to life imprisonment and caning

• Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer

• S Prakash Tiwari (born 1948), Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist and research director

• Tankadhar Tripathy, Indian politician

• Upendra Tripathy, IAS officer of Karnataka Cadre

• Vani Tripathi, Indian actor and national secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party

See also

• Trivedi

• Pandey