Notable people with the surname Alavi include: *

Ali Alavi Ali Alavi FRS (born May 10, 1966) is a professor of theoretical chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge and a Director of the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart. Education Alavi was born i ...

, Theoretical chemist *

Patrick Alavi Patrick Alavi is a German musician and DJ specialising in funk and electronic. Career History In 1996, Alavi released his first EP as Dj Alavi on Sonic House, a Sub Label of the German Techno Label Atomic Silence. In 2001, Alavi was signed ...

, a German Musician * Abass Alavi, is Professor of Radiology and Neurology *

Abrar Alvi Abrar Alvi (1 July 1927 – 18 November 2009) was an Indian film writer, director and actor. Most of his notable work was done in the 1950s and 1960s with Guru Dutt. He wrote some of the most respected works of Indian cinema, including ''Sahib ...

, 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 Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi (; born 29 July 1949) is a Pakistani dentist and politician currently serving as the 13th President of Pakistan, in office since 9 September 2018. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2 ...

, 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 Moniza Alvi (born 2 February 1954) is a Pakistani-British poet and writer. She has won several well-known prizes for her verse. Life and education Moniza Alvi was born in Lahore, Pakistan, to a Pakistani father and a British mother. Her father ...

, 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 Sk Samroj Ajmi Alvi ( bn, শেখ সামরোজ আজমী আলভী), is a Bangladeshi actress and model. She became nationally known in 2007 when she finished as the first runner up in the Lux Channel I Superstar beauty pageant. Se ...

, is a Bangladeshi actress and model. * Sajida Alvi, is a female academic of Pakistani origin in Canada *

Salman Alvi Salman may refer to: People * Salman (name), people with the name Places in Iran * Salman, Khuzestan, a village in Khuzestan Province * Salman, alternate name of Deh-e Salman, Lorestan, a village in Lorestan Province * Salman, Razavi Khorasan, a ...

, is a Pakistani Ghazal and Semi-Classical Vocalist *

Sattar Alvi Air Commodore Abdus Sattar Alvi ( Urdu: عبد الستار علوی), , is a retired one-star rank air officer and a fighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force, who is renowned for his gallant actions during the third Indo-Pakistani in 1971 ...

, 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 Suroosh Alvi (; born ) is a Canadian journalist and filmmaker. He is the co-founder of Vice Media, a digital media and broadcasting brand that operates in more than 50 countries. Alvi is a travelled journalist and an executive producer of film, ...

, is a Pakistani Canadian journalist and film-maker *

Shahood Alvi Shahood Alvi (Punjabi, Urdu:شہود علوی) (born in Multan, Punjab) is a Pakistan TV actor, Director and a Producer. He has been working in Pakistani television dramas since 1994. He started work in TV industry as an assistant of sound mixer ...

, is a television actor, Pakistan *

Mahmoud Alavi Al-Zobb Mahmoud Alavi ( fa, محمود علوی; born 4 May 1954) is an Iranian conservative politician, and formerly minister of intelligence in Hassan Rouhani's government. Early life Alavi was born in Lamerd, Fars province, in 1954. He ho ...

, is the Minister of Intelligence of

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

Mohammad Alavi (nuclear engineer) Mohammad Alavi is an Iranian nuclear engineer and a former employee at Palo Verde, the largest nuclear power plant of the United States. He was held in jail for 54 days by US court. He was arrested April 8, 2007 as he stepped off a plane in Los ...

, is an Iranian nuclear engineer *

Mohammad Alavi Gorgani Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Ali Hosseini Alavi Gorgani ( fa, سيد محمد على حسينى علوى گرگانى; March 1940 – 15 March 2022) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a marja. He was born in a religious family in Najaf, Iraq. He ...

, 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

External links

* http://www.palikanon.com/english/pali_names/aa/aalavii.htm Alavi in Buddhist Dictionary of Pali Proper Names {{surname, Alavi Arabic-language surnames Shi'ite surnames