Taqvi is an Arabic-language surname used by descendants of Imam Muhammad al-Jawad.
- Muhammad al-Jawad (811âÂÂ835), ninth of the Twelve Imams of Islam
- Nasim Amrohvi (1908âÂÂ1987), a Pakistani Urdu poet, philosopher, and lexicographer
- Syed Ahmad Khan (1817âÂÂ1898), Islamic pragmatist, Islamic reformer, and philosopher