Tiwari () is a surname of the

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communities commonly found in

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and

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. Alternative spellings include Tiwary and Tewari.

Notable people

Independence activists

Chandra Shekhar Azad Chandra Shekhar Tiwari ( (23 July 1906 – 27 February 1931), popularly known as Chandra Shekhar Azad, was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican ...

(born Chandrashekhar Tiwari) *

Adrian Cola Rienzi Adrian Cola Rienzi (born Krishna Deonarine on 19 January 1905, died Desh Bandu (''Friend of the Nation'') on July 21, 1972) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian trade unionist, civil rights activist, politician and lawyer. Early life and education ...

(born Krishna Deonarine Tiwari),

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

freedom fighter in

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Spiritual leaders

* Dayananda Saraswati (born Mool Shankar Tiwari), founder of the Arya Samaj *

Maya Tiwari Maya may refer to: Civilizations * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (Ethiopia), a populat ...

Indo-Guyanese Indo-Guyanese or Indian-Guyanese, are people of Indian origin who are Guyanese nationals tracing their ancestry to India and the wider subcontinent. They are the descendants of indentured servants and settlers who migrated from India beginnin ...

spiritual leader, international speaker and author * Sahadeo Tiwari, religious scholar

Information technology and business

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 Sivakant Tiwari, P.P.A.(E.), P.B.S., P.P.A.(E.)(L.), P.J.G. (20 December 1945 – 26 July 2010), known professionally as S. Tiwari, was a senior legal officer of the Singapore Legal Service. He was educated at the University of Singapore, grad ...

, former legal head officer of the

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

Legal Service * A. N. Tiwari, former

Chief Information Commissioner of India The Chief Information Commissioner of India is the head of the Central Information Commission appointed by the President of India. The first Chief Information Commissioner was Wajahat Habibullah Wajahat Habibullah (born 30 September 1 ...

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 Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...

* 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 Manish Tewari (born 8 December 1965) is a Prominent Indian lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Indian National Congress and represents Anandpur Sahib in the 17th Lok Sabha. He was the Minister of Information and Broadcasting from 2012 ...

, politician, former Minister of State in UPA Government * Manoj Tiwari, Indian politician, MP from Delhi, BJP State President. *

Narayan Datt Tiwari Narayan Datt Tiwari (18 October 1925 – 18 October 2018) was an Indian politician who served as the 9th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and 3rd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2002 to 2007. He was first Indian Chief Minister who served for ...

, Indian politician, former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand * Ram Chandra Tiwari, Nepalese politician *

Ravindranath Tewari Ravindranath Tiwari was a politician from Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh who was elected for the Katheri Vidhan Sabha constituency. He was a cabinet minister in the government of Uttar Pradesh during the chief ministership of Mulayam Singh Yadav M ...

, Indian politician, former cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh * Sita Tiwaree, Thai politician *

Shivanand Tiwari Shivanand Tiwari (born 1943) is a prominent politician from Bhojpur district, Bihar who was a member and an officer of the Janata Dal (United) political party, which he represented in the Rajya Sabha. First he was a prominent leader and spokesp ...

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pr ...

politician *

Sriniwas Tiwari Shriyut Sriniwas Tiwari (17 September 1926 – 19 January 2018) was a politician from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India. He had a long career in Madhya Pradesh state politics. He was a six-time member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. For ...

, Indian politician, former Madhya Pradesh speaker and minister * Sushil Kumar 'Indu' Tiwari, MLA from

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

Suresh Tiwari Suresh Tiwari is an Indian politician and a former member of 15th and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of Deoria, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Barhaj constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata ...

, MLA from

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...

* 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

Ankit Tiwari Ankit Tiwari is an Indian playback singer, live perfomer ,music director, composer. His career began upon meeting Pradeep Sarkar where he got a chance to work on jingles and started composing background music for television programmes. Subsequ ...

, playback singer and music director * Anuj Tiwari, Indian novelist *

Nitesh Tiwari Nitesh Tiwari is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist known for his works in Bollywood. He debuted as a co-director in '' Chillar Party'' (2011) which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film for that year. He then he ...

, director, script writer, lyricist *

Bhushan Tiwari Bhushan Tiwari or Chandrabhushan Tiwari (12 February 1935 - 3 October 1994) was an Indian character actor in Hindi films, who largely played negative roles in many Bollywood movies. e.g. of a villain's henchman in films, like '' Zanjeer'' (1973) ...

, 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 Lalit Tiwari is an Indian film and television actor. His best-known television roles are that of Sanjaya in the series ''Mahabharat'' (1988–1990), and the one in the historical television series ''Bharat Ek Khoj - The Discovery of India'' (1 ...

, Indian film and television actor * Laxmi Ganesh Tewari, Indian vocalist *

Manish Tiwary Manish Tiwary is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He has directed and written films like ''Issaq'' and ''Dil Dosti Etc''. Early life and career Manish completed his school education from Sainik School Tilaiya, a boarding school in ...

, Indian film-maker * Gaurav Tiwari, Transgender Bollywood Civil Rights Icon * Manoj Tiwari, Bhojpuri actor, singer and director *

Mukesh Tiwari Mukesh Tiwari (born 24 August 1969) is an Indian actor, who has worked predominantly in Bollywood. and few Tamil films. He is known for playing negative and comic side roles. He entered the film industry in the year 1998 with the movie '' China ...

, actor in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films *

Shweta Tiwari Shweta Tiwari (born 4 October 1980) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She is best known for playing Prerna Sharma in Ekta Kapoor's soap opera '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay''. In 2010, she participated in ''Bigg Boss'' an ...

, Indian film and television actress and producer *

Anand Tiwari Anand Tiwari (born 29 May 1983) is an Indian actor, producer, writer and director known for his work in Hindi films. He has appeared in films like ''Kites'' (2010), '' Udaan'' (2010), ''Aisha'' (2010), and ''Go Goa Gone'' (2013). As a stage act ...

, actor and director in Hindi films *

Ridhima Tiwari Ridheema Tiwari is an Indian television actress. She is known for her roles of Rasika in '' Do Dil Ek Jaan'', Disha in ''Sasural Genda Phool'', and Maldawali in Life OK's Series Ghulaam ''Ghulaam'' () is an Indian action crime thriller tel ...

, television actress *

Vindhya Tiwari Vindhya Tiwari (born 22 November 1989) is an Indian television actress, known for her work Unlimited Nasha with adarsh , directed by RAVI PATWA and Indian soap operas. Her breakthrough role was in the drama ''Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo'' on ...

, Indian show and film actress *

Indira Tiwari Indira Tiwari is an Indian actress. She appeared in the Hindi-language films '' Aarakshan'' (2011), ''Nazarband'' (2020), ''Serious Men'' (2020), and ''Gangubai Kathiawadi'' (2022). Career Tiwari began her acting career by portraying a student ...

, Indian actress *

Surbhi Tiwari Surbhi Tiwari (born 19 October 1980) is an Indian television actress. She has portray Jap tap Vratt, Shree Ganesh Mythology serials very well. She was last seen in ''Tota Weds Maina'', and in the role of Kanchan Kothari in ''Diya Aur Baati Hum ...

, Indian television actress

Literature

* Bhim Nidhi Tiwari, Nepalese

Bahun Bahun ( ne, बाहुन) or Khas Brahmin ( ne, खस ब्राह्मण) is a caste ( ''Varna'') among Khas people of Nepal. Their origins are from the Indo-Aryan Khasa tribe of Nepal and South Asia. According to the 2011 Nepa ...

poet *

Kapil Muni Tiwary Kapil Muni Tiwary (1932-2021) was a professor and head of the department of Linguistics and Literature at Patna University and a professor of English in Yemen. He published many articles in Yemen Times Newspaper during the period 2000/2004. His ...

, linguist and scholar * Nilkanth Tiwari, Indian poet * Siyaram Tiwari, writer and scholar * Anuj Tiwari, Indian novelist *

, research scholar

Sports

* Manoj Tiwary, Indian cricketer *

Saurabh Tiwary Saurabh Sunil Tiwary (born 30 December 1989) is an Indian cricketer who plays as a left-handed middle order batsman. He was one of the key batsmen in the Indian team that won the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia. Indian Premier League He re ...

, Indian cricketer

Other

* Dudhnath Tiwari, Indian sepoy who lived with the

Andamanese The Andamanese are the indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands, part of India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory in the southeastern part of the Bay of Bengal in Southeast Asia. The Andamanese peoples are among the various groups ...

tribes. * Ram Puneet Tiwary, Singaporean Indian and acquitted suspect of the

Sydney double murders On 15 September 2003, two Singaporean students and flatmates Tay Chow Lyang (郑潮亮) (b. 1977–d. 15 September 2003) and Tony Tan Poh Chuan (陈宝川) (b. 3 December 1976–d. 15 September 2003), were found brutally murdered in their flat i ...

References

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