Alavi (surname)

Notable people with the surname Alavi include:


 * Ali Alavi, Theoretical chemist
 * Patrick Alavi, a German Musician
 * Abass Alavi, is Professor of Radiology and Neurology
 * Abrar Alvi, was an Indian film writer, director and actor
 * Ameer Faisal Alvi Awan, was the first General Officer Commanding of the elite Special Service Group of Pakistan Army
 * Arif Alvi, is president of Pakistan
 * Bozorg Alavi, was an influential Iranian writer, novelist, and political intellectual
 * Hakim ‘Alavi, was a royal Persian physician of the 18th century
 * Hasan Jamil Alvi, is a former Pakistani cricketer
 * Moniza Alvi, is a Pakistani-British poet and writer
 * Rashid Alvi, a politician from Indian National Congress party is presently a Member of the Parliament of India
 * Samroj Ajmi Alvi, is a Bangladeshi actress and model.
 * Sajida Alvi, is a female academic of Pakistani origin in Canada
 * Salman Alvi, is a Pakistani Ghazal and Semi-Classical Vocalist
 * Sattar Alvi, is a Pakistan Air Force's veteran fighter pilot and retired Air Commodore of Pakistan Air Force.
 * Shamsur Rehman Alvi, is a journalist with Hindustan Times
 * Suroosh Alvi, is a Pakistani Canadian journalist and film-maker
 * Shahood Alvi, is a television actor, Pakistan
 * Mahmoud Alavi, is the Minister of Intelligence of Iran
 * Mohammad Alavi (nuclear engineer), is an Iranian nuclear engineer
 * Mohammad Alavi Gorgani, is a leading scholar in Najaf, Iraq
 * Mohammad Alvi, is an Iranian footballer
 * Yousef Alavi, is a mathematician who specializes in combinatorics and graph theory