Rizvi

Rizvi or Rizavi or رضوی is the Urdu form of the Arabic surname Radawi/Radhawi and the Persian surname Razavi. These are the descendants of Ali al-Ridha, the eighth Imam.

Notable people with the surname Rizvi

• Abbas Rizvi is a Pakistani author and Urdu poet.
• Abis Rizvi is an Indian film producer and businessman.
• Adeebul Hasan Rizvi is head of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT).
• Akhtar Hussein Rizvi was a noted Indian lyricist and poet under the pen name "Kaifi Azmi".
• Ali Amjad Rizvi is a Pakistani-born Canadian atheist, secular humanist and activist.
• Ali Hussain Rizvi is a former Pakistani cricketer.
• Anusha Rizvi is a Bollywood director, famous for her debut movie, Peepli Live.
• Asif Iqbal Rizvi is a former Pakistani cricketer.
• Haidar Abbas Rizvi is the deputy parliamentary leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement in the National Parliament of Pakistan.
• Hasan Rizvi was a Pakistani Urdu poet under the pen name Shakeb Jalali.
• Shah Ïnayatullah Rizvi was a 17th-century revolutionary poet from Miranpur, Sindh, Pakistan.
• Jalaluddin Rizvi is a former field hockey player who represented India.
• Kalbe Rushaid is an Indian Shia scholar and politician.
• Khadim Hussain Rizvi is a controversial hard-line cleric and politician.
• Khawar Rizvi was a prominent poet in Urdu and Persian.
• Khurshid Rizvi is a Pakistani scholar, poet, linguist and historian of Arabic languages and literature.
• Komal Rizvi is a Pakistani singer and TV host.
• Majida Rizvi is the first woman judge of a High Court in Pakistan.
• Nasreen Rizvi, known as Kaveeta, is a Pakistani film actress.
• Naushad Ali Rizvi is a former Pakistani cricketer.
• Parveen Rizvi, known as Sangeeta, is a Pakistani film actress, director and producer.
• Qasim Razvi was the leader of a local militia, the Razakars of Hyderabad, India.
• Runa Rizvi is an Indian singer.
• Saeed Rizvi is a Pakistani film director, producer, and writer.
• Ayatollah Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi was an Indian advocate of Islam in East Africa.
• Sonya Rizvi, known as Sonya Jehan, is a Pakistani actress
• Suhail Rizvi is an Indian-American co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Rizvi Traverse Management.
• Ayatollah Syed Ahmed Rizvi Kashmiri was a Shia Mujtahid who lived in Kashmir and died on 9 July 1964.
• Allamah Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi was an Indian Twelver Shī'ah scholar, public speaker, author, historian and poet.
• Syed Ali Nawaz Shah Rizvi is a Pakistani politician.
• Syed Ali Qutab Shah Rizvi was a member of the Pakistani Sindh Provincial Assembly.
• Syed Meesaq Rizvi was a Pakistan sprinter and middle-distance runner.
• Syed Shaukat Hussain Rizvi was a pioneer of the Pakistani film industry.
• Syed Zaheer Rizvi is a Pakistani music director and teacher.
• Zameer Rizvi is a Canadian singer and musician
• Ziauddin Rizvi was a Shi'a cleric born at Aumphary, Gilgit.

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