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