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Devanagari Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental syste ...

: त्रिपाठी) (

Odia Odia, also spelled Oriya or Odiya, may refer to: * Odia people in Odisha, India * Odia language, an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family * Odia alphabet, a writing system used for the Odia languag ...

: ତ୍ରିପାଠୀ) (

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nati ...

: திரிபாதி) is a

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

Brahmin Brahmin (; sa, ब्राह्मण, brāhmaṇa) is a varna as well as a caste within Hindu society. The Brahmins are designated as the priestly class as they serve as priests (purohit, pandit, or pujari) and religious teachers (guru ...

family name In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

in India and Nepal.

Trivedi Trivedi is a Northern and Western family name from India reflecting the mastery over three of the four vedas (including the Vedic Branch he was born into). In Sanskrit Trivedi means 'one that knows the three Vedas’, from tri = 'three' + veda � ...

and

Tiwari Tiwari () is a surname of the Hindu Brahmin communities commonly found in India and Nepal. Alternative spellings include Tiwary and Tewari. Notable people Independence activists *Chandra Shekhar Azad (born Chandrashekhar Tiwari) *Adrian Cola Ri ...

are variants of the name.

Notable people

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

Amish Tripathi Amish Tripathi (born 18 October 1974) is an Indian author. He is known best for hiShiva Trilogyand Ram Chandra Series. Amish's books have sold over 6 million copies in the Indian subcontinent since 2010. Early life and education Amish Tripa ...

, novelist *

Anupam Tripathi Anupam Tripathi ( ko, 아누팜 트리파티, Anupam Teuripati; born 2 November 1988) is an Indian actor based in South Korea. He has appeared in various South Korean television series and films. His first main role as Ali Abdul in Netflix's So ...

, actor * Bharat Tripathi, English cricketer *

Bhumi Tripathi Bhumi Tripathi is a Nepalese Politician and serving as the Member Of House Of Representatives (Nepal) elected from Dhading-3, Bagmati pradesh. He is the member of the Presidium of Nepal Communist Party and the former member of Communist Party of ...

, Nepalese Politician * Braja Kishore Tripathy, Indian politician *

Chittaranjan Tripathy Chittaranjan Tripathy (born in 1971) is an actor, director, and music director who predominantly works in Hindi and Odia films. He also acted & directed several Bollywood and Ollywood movies, But he is best known for his role as 'Trivedi' in ...

, Odia director, music director and actor *

D. P. Tripathi Devi Prasad Tripathi (29 November 1952 – 2 January 2020) was an Indian politician and General Secretary of the Nationalist Congress Party of India. Early life Devi Prasad Tripathi was born in Sultanpur Uttar Pradesh. As a student, Tripath ...

, politician from the Nationalist Congress Party * Deepak Tripathi, British historian *

Divyanka Tripathi Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya ( Tripathi; born 14 December 1984) is an Indian television actress. She is known for playing Vidya Pratap Singh in Zee TV's ''Banoo Main Teri Dulhann'' and Dr. Ishita Iyer Bhalla in StarPlus, Star Plus's ''Yeh Hai Moh ...

, model and actress *

Govardhanram Tripathi Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi (; 20 October 1855 – 4 January 1907) was an Indian Gujarati language novelist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is known for his four volume novel, '' Saraswatichandra'', acclaimed as one of the mas ...

, Indian Gujarati-language writer *

Geeta Tripathee Geeta Tripathee ( ne, गीता त्रिपाठी; born 28 June 1972) is a Nepali poet, lyricist, essayist, literary critic and scholar. An eminent writer in Nepali, Geeta Tripathee has two volumes of poetry collection, one of lyrical ...

(born 1972) Nepalese poet, lyricist, essayist, literary critic and scholar *

Hridayesh Tripathi Hridayesh Tripathi ( ne, हृदयेश त्रिपाठी) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the People's Progressive Party. He's also the current chairman of the party. A former Minister of Health and Population Tripathi has w ...

, Nepalese politician *

Kamalapati Tripathi Kamalapati Tripathi (3 September 1905 – 8 October 1990) was an Indian politician, writer, journalist, and freedom fighter. He was a senior Indian National Congress leader from Varanasi constituency. He served as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh as ...

, politician and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh *

Keshari Nath Tripathi Keshari Nath Tripathi (born 10 November 1934) is an Indian politician, who served as Governor of West Bengal from July 2014 to July 2019. He also had additional charge for short stints as governor of Bihar, Meghalaya and Mizoram. He was a membe ...

, Bharatiya Janata Party politician and Governor of West Bengal *

Kumud Tripathi Kumud Tripathi was a character actor in Bollywood films. He has appeared in 73 films during his career. He has appeared in evergreen films like ''Dilli Ka Thug'' (1958), ''Oonche Log (1965 film), Oonche Log'' (1965), ''Maha Sati Savitri'' (1973) ...

, Bollywood actor *

Kuna Tripathy Satyabrata Tripathy (Popular as Kuna Tripathy) is an Indian actor, radio personality, VJ (media personality) and television presenter, who mostly work on Odia language films and television shows. He is appointed as the chairman of Odisha Film Dev ...

, Indian actor *

Lavanya Tripathi Lavanya Tripathi (born 15 December 1990) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Telugu films along with Tamil films. She made her acting debut with the Hindi television show ''Pyaar Ka Bandhan'' (2009) and made her film debut with ''An ...

, model and actress working in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films *

Leslie Tripathy Leslie Tripathy is an Indian actress who first appeared in Odia music videos and film then in Bollywood. In 2014, Tripathy debuted in the Hindi film industry with ''W (2014 film), W'', directed by Tarun Madan Chopra. Early life and background ...

, Indian actress *

Mansukhram Tripathi Mansukhram Suryaram Tripathi (; 1840–1907) was a Gujarati essayist, biographer, and thinker from British India. He led a conservative school of Gujarati writers who advocated avoiding the use of foreign words in writing and speaking, and promot ...

, Indian Gujarati-language writer * Pankaj Tripathi, Indian actor *

Pravat Tripathy Pravat Tripathy is a leader of Biju Janata Dal and a member of Odisha Legislative Assembly The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubanesw ...

, Indian legislator *

Rahul Tripathi Rahul Ajay Tripathi (born 2 March 1991) is an Indian international cricketer who made his debut for Indian cricket team in January 2023 against Sri Lanka. He also plays for Goa in domestic cricket and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier Le ...

, Indian first-class cricketer *

Rakesh Kumar Tripathi Rakesh Kumar Tripathi ( hi, राकेश त्रिपाठी; born 14 November 1970) is a screenwriter, lyricist and director based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Career He did his schooling from Dum Dum KLS Hindi Vidayalaya and complete ...

, Hindi lyricist, screenwriter and director *

Ramapati Ram Tripathi Dr Ramapati Ram Tripathi (born 14 November 1950) is the 17th Lok Sabha Member of Parliament in 2019 elections, he won the election from the Deoria seat of Uttar Pradesh, Dr Ramapati Ram Tripathi is a former president of Bharatiya Janata Party ...

, Bharatiya Janata Party politician * Ravi K. Tripathi, Indian playback singer *

S. N. Tripathi Shri Nath Tripathi (14 March 1913 – 28 March 1988) was an Indian composer, whose active years were from the 1930s to the 1980s. Tripathi's multi-faceted work range included being a composer, writer, actor, and director of films. His debut film ...

, Indian composer *

Sadashiva Tripathy Sadashiva Tripathy (21 April 1910 – 9 September 1980) was an Indian politician, a leader of the Indian National Congress political party and the Chief Minister of Odisha The chief minister of Odisha, an Indian state, is the head of the Gov ...

, Indian politician *

Sanjeev Tripathi Sanjeev Tripathi is member of the BJP and former Secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing. Tripathi is the son-in-law of Former R&AW secretary, G.S. Bajpai, and comes from a family of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. A keen sportsman, he topped th ...

, former chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) *

Shweta Tripathi Shweta Tripathi Sharma (born 6 July 1985) is an Indian actress popularly known for the character of Golu Gupta in Mirzapur. She began her film career as a production assistant and associate director and gained wider recognition and accolades f ...

, Indian actress * Sunny Tripathy, Indian-American actor *

Sunil Tripathi Sunil Tripathi (August 14, 1990 – March or April 2013) was an American student who went missing on March 16, 2013. His disappearance received widespread media attention after he was wrongfully accused on social media as a suspect in the Boston ...

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

Surajsrikan Diwakar Mani Tripathi On 10 May 2020, one month into the lockdown phase of 2020–21 Singapore circuit breaker measures, circuit breaker period in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, COVID-19 pandemic, 38-year-old assistant manager Tay Rui Hao (郑锐 ...

, Singaporean convicted murderer sentenced to life imprisonment and caning *

Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' Suryakant Tripathi "Nirala" (21 February 1897 – 15 October 1961) was an Indian poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer who wrote in Hindi. He was also an artist, who drew many contemporary sketches. Biography Tripathi was born on 2 ...

, poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer *

S Prakash Tiwari S Prakash Tiwari is an Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist and a former Deputy Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). He was Vice-Chancellor of Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, ...

(born 1948), Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist and research director *

Upendra Tripathy Shri Upendra Tripathy (born 5 October 1956) is a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Karnataka Cadre. He is the first Director General of the International Solar Alliance. Well known for receiving the prestigious Prime Mini ...

, IAS officer of Karnataka Cadre *

Vani Tripathi Vani Tripathi is former national secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party and an Indian actor who has acted in films like ''Chalte Chalte'' and ''Dushman''. Personal life Vani's family hails from Uttarakhand and her father was a professor in Delhi ...

, Indian actor and national secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party

Notable people

See also