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

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, 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
• Manoj Tiwari, Bhojpuri actor, singer and director
• 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.