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People

First name

Gavan Daws Gavan Daws is an American writer, historian and filmmaker residing in Honolulu, Hawaii. He writes about Hawaii, the Pacific, and Asia. He is a retired professor of history at University of Hawaii at Manoa. Daws is originally from Australia and ...

(born 1933), American writer, historian, and filmmaker from Hawaii *

Gavan Duffy Charles Gavan Duffy (November 2, 1874 – March 14, 1958) was a lawyer, judge and political figure on Prince Edward Island. He represented 5th Queens in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1920 to 1923 as a Prince Edward Is ...

(1874–1958), Canadian lawyer, judge, and political figure *

Gavan Herlihy Gavan Herlihy (born 16 January 1947) is a New Zealand former politician. He was educated at St. Kevin's College and University of Canterbury. He was a member of Parliament for the National Party from 1996 to 2002. Before entering politics, He ...

(born 1947), New Zealand politician * Gavan Horsley (born 1933), Australian rugby union player *

Gavan Levenson Gavan Neil Levenson (born 18 December 1953) is a South African professional golfer. Levenson was born in Johannesburg. He represented South Africa in the 1976 Eisenhower Trophy and won several major amateur tournaments including the French and ...

(born 1953), South African professional golfer *

Gavan McCarthy Gavan McCarthy (born 16 May 1945) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). McCarthy, who was recruited from Yea, made two appearances for North Melbourne in the 1965 VFL s ...

(born 1945), Australian rules footballer *

Gavan McCormack Gavan McCormack is a researcher specializing in East Asia who is Emeritus Professor and Visiting Fellow, Division of Pacific and Asian History of the Australian National University. He is also a coordinator of an award-winning open access journal ...

, Australian researcher specializing in East Asia *

Gavan McDonell Gavan McDonell (27 November 1932, Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian civil engineer, economist and political sociologist in the fields of national infrastructure policy reform, international development and academic education for advanced sust ...

(born 1932), Australian civil engineer *

Gavan Moran Gavan Desmond Moran (4 March 1936 – 1 April 1983) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia servin ...

(1936–1983), Australian rules footballer *

Gavan O'Connor Gavan Michael O'Connor (born 2 December 1947) is an Australian politician who was an Australian Labor Party (ALP) member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1993 to November 2007, representing the Division of Corio, Victoria. ...

(born 1947), Australian politician *

Gavan O'Herlihy Gavan John O'Herlihy (29 July 1951 – 15 September 2021) was an American actor. He was known for playing Chuck Cunningham in the first episodes of '' Happy Days'', as well as his appearances in films such as ''Never Say Never Again'', '' Death ...

(1951–2021), Irish actor *Gavan Whelan, former member of

James James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

, an English rock band from Manchester

Last name

Alexandru Găvan Alex Găvan (born 19 May 1982) is a leading Romanian mountaineer specializing in Himalayan climbing of 8,000 meter peaks without using supplemental oxygen or sherpa support in his ascents. By now he had successfully climbed seven 8,000 meter peak ...

(born 1982), Romanian mountain climber *

John Gavan John Gavan (1640–20 June 1679) was an English Jesuit. He was a victim of the fabricated Popish Plot, and was wrongfully executed for conspiracy to murder King Charles II. He was beatified in 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Life He was born in London ...

(1640–1679), English Jesuit *

Paul Gavan Paul Gavan (born 29 November 1965) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has served as a Senator for the Labour Panel since April 2016. He is Sinn Féin Seanad Spokesperson for Education and Workers Rights. He is also a member of the Parliame ...

(born 1965), Irish politician

Fictional characters

*Gavan, from ''

Space Sheriff Gavan , also known as ''Space Cop Gabin'' and ''Space Cop Gaban'', is a Japanese Tokusatsu series produced by Toei Company that aired on TV Asahi from March 5, 1982 to February 25, 1983. The series launched the Metal Hero franchise and was the first ...

'', a Japanese TV series, and '' Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie'', a 2012 movie

Places

Gavan, Karnataka Gavan, Karnataka is a village in Belgaum district in the southern state of Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage ...

, India, a village *

Gavan, Ardabil Gavan ( fa, گاوان, also Romanized as Gāvān; also known as Kāvān and Kavān) is a village in Khvoresh Rostam-e Shomali Rural District, Khvoresh Rostam District, Khalkhal County, Ardabil Province, Iran Iran, officially the Is ...

, Iran, a village *

Gavan-e Pain , native_name_lang = fa , settlement_type = Village , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_alt = , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_alt = , ...

, Iran, a village *Gavan Municipal Okrug, a municipal okrug in

Vasileostrovsky District Vasileostrovsky District (russian: Василеостро́вский райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 214,625; down from 236,856 recorded in the 200 ...

of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia *

Găvan River (disambiguation) Găvan River may refer to: * Găvan, a tributary of the Olt in Brașov County * Găvan River (Siret) See also * Gavan (disambiguation) Gavan may refer to: People First name *Gavan Daws (born 1933), American writer, historian, and filmmaker f ...