Lavan (name)

Lavan is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Al Lavan (born 1946), former college football head coach
• Doc Lavan (1890–1952), Major League Baseball shortstop
• John Lavan (1911–2006), former judge on the Supreme Court of Western Australia
• Rene Lavan (born 1968), Cuban-American actor
• Samuel Lavan (born 1982), Israeli footballer

Given name:

• LaVan Davis (born 1966), American actor and singer
• Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. (1934-2013), American pianist

Fictional characters:

• Lavan Firestorm, character in the book Brightly Burning