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- Archibald C. NivenArchibald C. NivenArchibald Campbell Niven was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Newburgh, New York, Niven completed preparatory studies. He served as Surrogate of Sullivan County 1828-1840, and as adjutant general of New York in 1844.Niven was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress...
, US politician - Bryan NivenBryan NivenBryan Robert Niven is an American artist and photographer, known for his surrealistic and color saturated images displaying families and individuals in a caricaturistic style...
, US artist - David NivenDavid NivenJames David Graham Niven , known as David Niven, was a British actor and novelist, best known for his roles as Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days and Sir Charles Lytton, a.k.a. "the Phantom", in The Pink Panther...
, British film actor - David Niven, Jr.David Niven, Jr.David Niven, Jr. , the son of Oscar-winning actor David Niven and his wife Primula Rollo, is a film producer and film actor with stints as an executive at Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures. His credits include Rush Hour 3, The Cool Surface, Psycho Cop Returns and The Girl with the Hungry Eyes...
, British film actor - Derek NivenDerek NivenDerek Niven is a professional footballer who plays for Northampton Town, on loan from Chesterfield. He previously played for Stenhousemuir, Raith Rovers and Bolton Wanderers.-Playing career:...
, Scottish footballer - Donald Niven Wheeler, accused Soviet spy
- George NivenGeorge NivenGeorge Niven was a Scottish footballer who played during the 1950s and 60s for Rangers and Partick Thistle.-Career:...
, Scottish footballer - Ivan M. NivenIvan M. NivenIvan Morton Niven was a Canadian-American mathematician, specializing in number theory. He was born in Vancouver. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of British Columbia and was awarded his doctorate in 1938 from the University of Chicago. He was a member of the University of Oregon...
, Canadian-American mathematician - John NivenJohn NivenJohn Niven is a Scottish writer. His books include Kill Your Friends, The Amateurs, and The Second Coming.Niven was born in Irvine, Ayrshire and read English Literature at Glasgow University, graduating in 1991 with First Class honours. He then worked for a variety of record companies over the...
, Scottish writer- Niven's constantNiven's constantIn number theory, Niven's constant, named after Ivan Niven, is the largest exponent appearing in the prime factorization of any natural number n "on average"...
, a mathematical constant - Niven numbersHarshad numberA 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 were defined by D. R. Kaprekar, a mathematician from India. The word "Harshad" comes from the Sanskrit + , meaning joy-giver. The Niven...
, a mathematical concept - 12513 Niven12513 Niven12513 Niven is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 27, 1998 by P. G. Comba at Prescott.- External links :*...
, asteroid named after Ivan M. Niven
- Niven's constant
- James B NivenJames B NivenJames B. Niven was a Scottish international footballer.James B. Niven was one of two Scottish internationalists from Moffat. The other was James Fraser....
, Scottish footballer - Larry NivenLarry NivenLaurence van Cott Niven / ˈlæri ˈnɪvən/ is an American science fiction author. His best-known work is Ringworld , which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics...
, US science fiction author- Niven's lawsNiven's lawsNiven’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...
, named after Larry Niven
- Niven's laws
- William NivenWilliam NivenWilliam Niven was a mineralogist and archeologist noted for his discovery of the minerals yttrialite, thorogummite, aguilarite and nivenite , as well as a set of controversial tablets...
, Scottish mineralogist and archeologist