# Niven

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For other uses, see [Niven (disambiguation)](/source/Niven_(disambiguation)).

**Niven** is a surname. It is derived from the [Scottish Gaelic](/source/Scottish_Gaelic) *Mac Cnaimhin*.[1]

Notable people with the name include:

- [Archibald C. Niven](/source/Archibald_C._Niven) (1803–1882), American politician
- [Alan Niven](/source/Alan_Niven), New Zealand manager of Guns n Roses
- [Alan Niven (soccer)](/source/Alan_Niven_(soccer)) (1955–1999), Australian soccer player
- [Alastair Niven](/source/Alastair_Niven) (1944–2025), British literary scholar and author
- [Charles Niven](/source/Charles_Niven) (1845–1923), Scottish mathematician
- [Colin Niven](/source/Colin_Niven) (1903–1968), Australian rules footballer
- [David Niven](/source/David_Niven) (1910–1983), British actor and author
- [David Niven, Jr.](/source/David_Niven,_Jr.) (born 1942), British actor, producer and executive, son of David
- [Derek Niven](/source/Derek_Niven) (born 1983), Scottish footballer
- [Frances Gamble](/source/Frances_Gamble) (1949–1997), née Niven, South African climatologist and speleologist
- [Frederick Niven](/source/Frederick_Niven) (1878–1944), Canadian novelist
- [George Niven](/source/George_Niven) (1929–2008), Scottish footballer
- [Ivan M. Niven](/source/Ivan_M._Niven) (1915–1999), Canadian–American mathematician
- [James Niven](/source/James_Niven) (1851–1925), Scottish physician
- [Jennifer Niven](/source/Jennifer_Niven), American novelist
- [Jimmy Niven](/source/Jimmy_Niven) (1861–1933), Scottish footballer
- [John Niven](/source/John_Niven) (born 1966), Scottish writer
- [John Niven (footballer)](/source/John_Niven_(footballer)) (1921–2011), Scottish football player
- [Kip Niven](/source/Kip_Niven) (1945–2019), American actor and theater director
- [Larry Niven](/source/Larry_Niven) (born 1938), American science fiction author
- [Margaret Graeme Niven](/source/Margaret_Graeme_Niven) (1906–1997), English artist
- [Ninian Niven](/source/Ninian_Niven) (1799–1879), Scottish horticulturist and landscape gardener
- [Paul K. Niven Jr.](/source/Paul_K._Niven_Jr.) (1924–1970), American journalist
- [Peter Niven](/source/Peter_Niven) (born 1964), Scottish jockey
- [Ray Niven](/source/Ray_Niven) (1911–1992), Australian footballer
- [Robert Niven (English cricketer)](/source/Robert_Niven_(English_cricketer)) (born 1948), English cricketer
- [Robert Niven (New Zealand cricketer)](/source/Robert_Niven_(New_Zealand_cricketer)) (1859–1919), New Zealand cricketer
- [Robert Niven (soldier)](/source/Robert_Niven_(soldier)) (1853–1921), American officer awarded the Medal of Honor
- [Stuart Niven](/source/Stuart_Niven) (born 1978), Scottish footballer
- [Thornton M. Niven](/source/Thornton_M._Niven) (1806–1895), Scottish-American architect and stonecutter
- [William Niven](/source/William_Niven) (1850–1937), Scottish mineralogist and archeologist
- [William Davidson Niven](/source/William_Davidson_Niven) (1842–1917), British mathematician and electrical engineer
- [William Dickie Niven](/source/William_Dickie_Niven) (1879–1965), ecclesiastical historian

## See also

- [McNiven](/source/McNiven)
- [Nivan](/source/Nivan)

## Citations

1. [Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016)](#H1) p. 1941.

## References

- *The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland*. Vol. 3. Oxford: [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). 2016. ISBN 978-0-19-879883-5.

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