title: Lavan (name)
text: # 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:
  
  