Niger (disambiguation)

Niger is a country in Western Africa.

Niger may also refer to:

Places

 * 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

Given name

 * Niger Innis (born 1968), American political consultant and strategist

Surname

 * 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

 * 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'