Niger (disambiguation)
Appearance
Niger is a country in Western Africa.
Niger may also refer to:
Places
[edit]- Niger River, a river in West Africa
- Niger State, the largest state in Nigeria
- Niger River (Tomifobia River tributary), a river in Estrie, Quebec, Canada
- Niger Vallis, a valley on Mars that appears to have been carved by water
- 8766 Niger, an asteroid
People
[edit]Given name
[edit]- Niger Innis (born 1968), American political consultant and strategist
Surname
[edit]- Simeon Niger, a person in the Book of Acts in the New Testament
- Pescennius Niger (c. 135/140 – 194), Roman usurper
- Sextius Niger, Roman writer on pharmacology during the reign of Augustus
- Ermoldus Nigellus or Niger (fl. 824–830), a poet at the court of Pippin of Aquitaine
- Dub, King of Scotland (died 967), called Niger
- Ralph Niger (c. 1140 – c. 1217), Anglo-French theologian and Archdeacon of Gloucester
- Roger Niger (died 1241), Bishop of London
- Peter Georg Niger (1434–1481/1484), Dominican theologian, preacher and controversialist
- Shmuel Niger (1883–1955), a Yiddish writer
Other uses
[edit]- HMS Niger, several British warships
- Niger-class frigate, a class of Royal Navy frigate built in the mid 18th century
- Guizotia abyssinica, a cultivated plant with the common name 'niger'