Niven is a surname. It is derived from the
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...
''Mac Cnaimhin''.
[ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) p. 1941.]
Notable people
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Archibald C. Niven, US politician
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Alan Niven
Alan Niven is a New Zealand-born band manager best known for his tenure as manager of Guns N' Roses and Great White.
Biography
Niven became the manager of Guns N' Roses, serving from 1986 to 1991. He was fired from his post just prior to the ...
, rock n roll composer, producer and manager Guns n Roses, Great White, The Angels, Clarence Clemons etc
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Bryan Niven, US artist
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Charles Niven, Scottish mathematician
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David Niven
James David Graham Niven (; 1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was a British actor, soldier, memoirist, and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Major Pollock in ''Separate Tables'' (1958). Niven's other roles ...
, British film actor and author
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David Niven, Jr., British film actor
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Derek Niven
Derek Dunbar Niven (born 12 December 1983) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
He previously played for Stenhousemuir, Raith Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Chesterfield, Northampton Town, Grimsby Town and Buxto ...
, Scottish footballer
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Donald Niven Wheeler, accused Soviet spy
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Frances Niven (1949-1997), South African climatologist and speleologist
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George Niven
George Niven (11 June 1929 – 17 July 2008) was a Scottish footballer who played during the 1950s and 1960s as a goalkeeper for Rangers and Partick Thistle.
Career Club
Niven was signed to Rangers from junior side Coupar Angus in 1951 by mana ...
, Scottish footballer
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Ivan M. Niven
Ivan Morton Niven (October 25, 1915 May 9, 1999) was a Canadian-American mathematician, specializing in number theory and known for his work on Waring's problem. He worked for many years as a professor at the University of Oregon, and was presiden ...
, Canadian–American mathematician
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Niven's constant, a mathematical constant
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Niven numbers, a mathematical concept
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Niven's theorem
In mathematics, Niven's theorem, named after Ivan Niven, states that the only rational values of ''θ'' in the interval 0° ≤ ''θ'' ≤ 90° for which the sine of ''θ'' degrees is also a rational number ...
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12513 Niven, asteroid named after Ivan M. Niven
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James Niven
James Niven (12 August 1851 – 30 September 1925) was a Scottish people, Scottish physician, perhaps best known for his work during the 1918 flu pandemic, Spanish Flu outbreak in 1918 as City of Manchester, Manchester's Medical Officer of Healt ...
, Scottish physician
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Jennifer Niven
Jennifer Niven is a New York Times and international best selling American author who is best known for the 2015 young adult book, ''All the Bright Places''.
Life and career
Niven grew up in Indiana. As well as writing novels, Niven has also ...
, American novelist
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Jimmy Niven
James Bryden Niven (10 February 1861 – 1933) was a Scottish international footballer.
Niven was born in the parish of Kirkpatrick-Juxta near Moffat, Dumfriesshire, the son of James Bryden Niven, Sr. and Elizabeth Saunders.
Niven was one of t ...
, Scottish footballer
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John Niven
John Niven (born 1966) is a Scottish author and screenwriter. His books include '' Kill Your Friends'', ''The Amateurs'', and ''The Second Coming''.
Career
Born in Irvine, Ayrshire, Niven read English literature at the University of Glasgow, ...
, Scottish writer
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John Niven (footballer), Scottish footballer
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Larry Niven
Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His best-known works are ''Ringworld'' (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards, and, with Jerry Pournelle, ''The Mote in God's Eye'' ...
, US science fiction author
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Niven's laws
Niven's laws were named after science fiction author Larry Niven, who has periodically published them as "how the Universe works" as far as he can tell. These were most recently rewritten on January 29, 2002 (and published in ''Analog'' magazine ...
, named after Larry Niven
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Margaret Graeme Niven
Margaret Graeme Niven (1906-1997) was a British painter of landscapes, portraits and flowers.
Biography
Niven was born in Marlow in Buckinghamshire. Her father was the artist William Niven and she attended the Winchester School of Art, the He ...
, English artist
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Peter Niven
Peter Niven (b. 7 Aug 1964) is a retired British jump jockey in National Hunt racing. In May 2001 he became the first Scotsman and sixth jockey to ride over 1,000 winners, eventually retiring in September that year with 1002 winners. At the time ...
, Scottish jockey
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William Niven
William Niven (2 October 1850 – 2 June 1937) was a mineralogist and archeologist noted for his discovery of the minerals yttrialite, thorogummite, aguilarite and nivenite (named after him), as well as a set of controversial tablets. Orig ...
, Scottish mineralogist and archeologist
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William Davidson Niven
Sir William Davidson Niven (24 March 1842 – 29 May 1917) was a Scottish mathematician and electrical engineer.
After an early teaching career at Cambridge, Niven was Director of Studies at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, for thirty years ...
(1842–1917), British mathematician and electrical engineer
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William Dickie Niven
William Dickie Niven (26 April 1879 – 26 February 1965), of Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, was a Scottish academic.
Family
Niven was the son of Charles Niven and Jane M. Mackay. In 1908, he married Isabella Cumming and they had two daughters.
Educati ...
(1879–1965), Professor of Ecclesiastical History
Given name
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Niven Busch
Niven Busch (April 26, 1903 – August 25, 1991) was an American novelist and screenwriter of movies such as the acclaimed '' The Postman Always Rings Twice''. His novels included ''Duel in the Sun'' (1944) and ''California Street'' (1959). H ...
, US novelist and screenwriter
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Niven Govinden
Niven Govinden (born 1973) is an English novelist. He was born in East Sussex and then educated at Goldsmiths College
Goldsmiths, University of London, officially the Goldsmiths' College, is a constituent research university of the Universi ...
, English novelist
Other uses
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Niven (restaurant)
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''Niven'' is a restaurant in Rijswijk, Netherlands. It is a fine dining restaurant that is awarded one Michelin star in the period 2011–present.
GaultMillau awarded the restaurant 14 out of 20 points in 2012, two points less than in ...
, a Michelin starred restaurant in Rijswijk, Netherlands
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Harshad numbers
In mathematics, a harshad number (or Niven number) in a given number base is an integer that is divisible by the sum of its digits when written in that base.
Harshad numbers in base are also known as -harshad (or -Niven) numbers.
Harshad number ...
, also called Niven numbers
See also
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Nivan
Citations
References
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Anglicised Scottish Gaelic-language surnames
Scottish surnames