Niven

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

Notable people[]

Archibald C. Niven, US politician
Bryan Niven, US artist
Charles Niven, Scottish mathematician
David Niven, British film actor and author
David Niven, Jr., British film actor
Derek Niven, Scottish footballer
Donald Niven Wheeler, accused Soviet spy
George Niven, Scottish footballer
Ivan M. Niven, Canadian–American mathematician
- Niven's constant, a mathematical constant
- Niven numbers, a mathematical concept
- Niven's theorem
- 12513 Niven, asteroid named after Ivan M. Niven
James Niven, Scottish physician
Jennifer Niven, American novelist
Jimmy Niven, Scottish footballer
John Niven, Scottish writer
John Niven (footballer), Scottish footballer
Larry Niven, US science fiction author
- Niven's laws, named after Larry Niven
Margaret Graeme Niven, English artist
Peter Niven, Scottish jockey
William Niven, Scottish mineralogist and archeologist
William Davidson Niven (1842–1917), British mathematician and electrical engineer
William Dickie Niven (1879–1965), Professor of Ecclesiastical History

Given name[]

Niven Busch, US novelist and screenwriter
Niven Govinden, English novelist

Other uses[]

Niven (restaurant), a Michelin starred restaurant in Rijswijk, Netherlands
Harshad numbers, also called Niven numbers

Citations[]

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

References[]

Hanks, P; Coates, R; McClure, P, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Vol. Vol. 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-879883-5. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

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

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