Niven

For other uses, see Niven (disambiguation).

Niven is a surname. It is derived from the Scottish Gaelic Mac Cnaimhin.[1]

Notable people with the name include:

* Archibald C. Niven (1803–1882), American politician
* Alan Niven, New Zealand former manager of the band Guns n Roses
* Alan Niven (soccer) (1955–1999), Australian soccer player
* Alastair Niven (born 1944), British literary scholar and author
* Charles Niven (1845–1923), Scottish mathematician
* Colin Niven (1903–1968), Australian rules footballer
* David Niven (1910–1983), British actor and author
* David Niven, Jr. (born 1942), British actor, producer and executive, son of David Niven
* Derek Niven (born 1983), Scottish footballer
* Frances Gamble (1949-1997), née Niven, South African climatologist and speleologist
* Frederick Niven (1878–1944), Canadian novelist
* George Niven (1929–2008), Scottish footballer
* Ivan M. Niven (1915–1999), Canadian–American mathematician
* James Niven (1851–1925), Scottish physician
* Jennifer Niven, American novelist
* Jimmy Niven (1861–1933), Scottish footballer
* John Niven (born 1966), Scottish writer
* John Niven (footballer) (1921–2011), Scottish football goalkeeper
* Kip Niven (1945–2019), American actor and theater director
* Larry Niven (born 1938), American science fiction author
* Margaret Graeme Niven (1906–1997), English artist
* Ninian Niven (1799–1879), Scottish horticulturist and landscape gardener
* Paul K. Niven Jr. (1924–1970), American journalist
* Peter Niven (born 1964), Scottish jockey
* Ray Niven (1911–1992), Australian rules footballer
* Robert Niven (English cricketer) (born 1948), English cricketer
* Robert Niven (New Zealand cricketer) (1859–1919), New Zealand cricketer
* Robert Niven (soldier) (1853–1921), American Civil War officer awarded the Medal of Honor
* Stuart Niven (born 1978), Scottish former footballer
* Thornton M. Niven (1806–1895), Scottish-American architect and master stonecutter
* William Niven (1850–1937), Scottish mineralogist and archeologist
* William Davidson Niven (1842–1917), British mathematician and electrical engineer
* William Dickie Niven (1879–1965), professor of ecclesiastical history

## See also

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* McNiven
* Nivan

## Citations

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1. ^ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) p. 1941.

## References

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* Hanks, P; Coates, R; McClure, P, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Vol. 3\. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-879883-5.

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