Tiwari
Tiwari (Sanskrit: तिवारी; Hindi: तिवारी) is a surname commonly found in Indian and Nepal.
About the surname
Its other forms are Tewari, Tewary, Tiwary, Tewaree, Tiwaree,Tewarey, Tripathi, Tripathy and Trivedi. It means "versed in three vedas". [1]
Notable people
Spiritual leaders
- Maya Tiwari, known as Mother Maya and Sri Swami Mayatitananda, Guyanese is a spiritual leader, international speaker and author
- Sahadeo Tiwari, religious scholar.
Civil service
- Sanjeev Tripathi- former chief of RAW (30 Dec 2010 – 29 Dec 2012)
- Sivakant Tiwari -former legal head officer of the Singapore Legal Service & head of the Ministry of Defence's legal department (1974), and head of the Attorney-General's Chambers' Civil Division (1987)
Science and medicine
- Ashutosh Tewari, an American urologist, oncologist, and clinical researcher at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York City
Politicians
- Brij Bhushan Tiwari, Indian politician from the Samajwadi Party
- D. P. Tripathi, General Secretary of the Nationalist Congress Party of India
- Ghanshyam Tiwari, Indian politician who is an education minister in the Government of Rajasthan
- Kamalapati Tripathi, writer, journalist, editor and freedom fighter who was also an Indian National Congress leader from Varanasi
- Keshari Nath Tripathi, former speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh and president of Uttar Pradesh state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party; Governor of West Bengal
- Hari Shankar Tiwari, politician
- Manish Tewari, politician, currently serving as Minister of State (Independent Charge)
- Narayan Dutt Tiwari, an Indian politician
- Ramapati Ram Tripathi, former president of the Bharatiya Janata Party Uttar Pradesh state unit in India ; member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- Ram Chandra Tiwari, Nepalese politician
- Ravindranath Tewari, Indian politician and former Cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh
- Shivanand Tiwari, a Janata Dal (United) politician
- Sriniwas Tiwari, Indian politician who was a former Madhya Pradesh Speaker and Minister
- Vani Tripathi, national secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Entertainment and beauty contest
- Ankit Tiwari - A playback singer and music director
- Bhushan Tiwari, Hindi actor known for playing the villain's henchman
- Dharmesh Tiwari, an Indian film director
- Divyanka Tripathi, Miss Bhopal 2005, model, actress
- Girish Tiwari (Girda), scriptwriter, director, lyricist, singer, poet, organic culturist, literary writer, and social activist in Uttarakhand, India
- Kartik Tiwari, actor
- Lavanya Tripathi, model and actress working in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films.
- Laxmi Ganesh Tewari, Indian vocalist
- Manish Tiwary, an Indian film-maker
- Manoj Tiwari, Bhojpuri actor, singer and director.
- Mukesh Tiwari, actor in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films
- Pitobash Tripathy, Hindi film actor
- Rakesh Kumar Tripathi, Hindi lyricist, screenwriter and director
- Ravi Tripathi, Indian playback singer
- Shweta Tripathi, Indian actress
- Shweta Tiwari, Indian film and television actress and producer
- Vani Tripathi, Indian actor.
Literature
- Amish Tripathi, novelist
- Kapil Muni Tiwary, linguist and scholar
- Nilkanth Tiwari, an Indian poet
- Siyaram Tiwari, writer and scholar
- Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer. He also drew many sketches.
Sports
- Kaushal Tiwari, a Nepalese national who is captain of the Belarus national cricket team
- Manoj Tiwary, Indian cricketer
- Saurabh Tiwary, Indian cricketer
Judiciary
- Sivakant Tiwari, a senior legal officer of the Singapore Legal Service
References
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