Niven

{{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Niven is a surname. It is derived from the Scottish Gaelic Mac Cnaimhin.<ref>Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) p. 1941.</ref>

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 (1944–2025), 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