Niger (disambiguation)
Niger denotes:
- Niger , a state in Africa
- Niger (colony) a French colony by the Upper Senegal and Niger to French West Africa was summarized
- Niger (river) , a river in Africa
- Niger (state) , a state in Nigeria
- (8766) Niger , an asteroid
Niger is the suffix for several Roman generals or soldier emperors as well as their opposing emperors :
- Pescennius Niger , Roman counter-emperor
- Kanus Junius Niger , Roman suffect consul 138
- Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Niger († 56 BC), Roman politician
- Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger , Roman politician and public speaker
- Publius Herennius Niger , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Publius Petronius Niger , Roman politician, suffect consul in AD 62
Niger is a family name for the following people:
- Radulfus Niger (before 1146– around 1200), English theologian and lawyer
- Franciscus Niger (1452– after 1523), Italian grammarian, poet and music theorist
- Antonius Niger (1500–1555), humanist, natural scientist and physician
- Herman Niger (around 1550–?), Lawyer, university professor and chancellor
- Petrus Niger (* 1434), German Dominican
- Roger Niger , Bishop of London
- Samuel Niger (1883–1955) (also Schmuel or Shmuel Niger ; pseudonym for Samuel Tscharny ; 1883–1955), Yiddish writer, critic and publicist
- Wilwardo Jones Níger , Equatorial Guinean politician, first local mayor of Malabo (1960–1961)
See also:
Wiktionary: Niger - Explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations