Niven
Niven is a surname. It is derived from the Scottish Gaelic Mac Cnaimhin.
Notable people with the name include:
- Archibald C. Niven, American politician
- Alan Niven, New Zealand manager of Guns n Roses
- Alan Niven (soccer), Australian soccer player
- Alastair Niven, British literary scholar and author
- Charles Niven, Scottish mathematician
- Colin Niven, Australian rules footballer
- David Niven, British actor and author
- David Niven, Jr., British actor, producer and executive, son of David
- Derek Niven, Scottish footballer
- Frances Gamble, née Niven, South African climatologist and speleologist
- Frederick Niven, Canadian novelist
- George Niven, Scottish footballer
- Ivan M. Niven, Canadian–American mathematician
- James Niven, Scottish physician
- Jennifer Niven, American novelist
- Jimmy Niven, Scottish footballer
- John Niven, Scottish writer
- John Niven (footballer), Scottish football player
- Kip Niven, American actor and theater director
- Larry Niven, American science fiction author
- Margaret Graeme Niven, English artist
- Ninian Niven, Scottish horticulturist and landscape gardener
- Paul K. Niven Jr., American journalist
- Peter Niven, Scottish jockey
- Ray Niven, Australian footballer
- Robert Niven (English cricketer), English cricketer
- Robert Niven (New Zealand cricketer), New Zealand cricketer
- Robert Niven (soldier), American officer awarded the Medal of Honor
- Stuart Niven, Scottish footballer
- Thornton M. Niven, Scottish-American architect and stonecutter
- William Niven, Scottish mineralogist and archeologist
- William Davidson Niven, British mathematician and electrical engineer
- William Dickie Niven, ecclesiastical historian