Tiwari

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

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 the Arya Samaj
 * Maya Tiwari, Indo-Guyanese spiritual leader, international speaker and author
 * Sahadeo Tiwari, religious scholar

Academics

 * Arun Tiwari, missile scientist, author and professor
 * S Prakash Tiwari, biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist
 * Siddhartha Paul Tiwari, UNESCO Chair on technology and sustainability
 * Deepak Tiwari, Hindi editor of Global Investigative Journalism Network and former Vice Chancellor of Makhanalal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism, Bhopal

Civil service

 * Sivakant Tiwari, former legal head officer of the Singapore Legal Service
 * A. N. Tiwari, former Chief Information Commissioner of India

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), Indian Air Force, former Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Central Air Command.

Entertainment

 * Anand Tiwari, actor and director in Hindi films
 * 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
 * Mukesh Tiwari, actor in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films
 * Shweta Tiwari, Indian film and television actress and producer
 * Ridhima Tiwari, television actress
 * Vindhya Tiwari, Indian show and film actress
 * Indira Tiwari, Indian actress
 * Surbhi Tiwari, Indian television actress

Literature

 * Aditya Tiwari, Indian poet and LGBT rights activist
 * 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.