Lavan is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
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Al Lavan
Alton Lavan (September 13, 1946 – April 23, 2018) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Delaware State University from 2004 to 2010. Lavan was also as the interim head football coach at Eastern Mich ...
(born 1946), former college football head coach
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Doc Lavan (1890–1952), Major League Baseball shortstop
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John Lavan
Sir John Martin Lavan (September 1911 – 1 December 2006) was a judge in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
He was educated at CBC Perth (now Trinity College Trinity College may refer to:
Australia
* Trinity Anglican College, an Angli ...
(1911–2006), former judge on the Supreme Court of Western Australia
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Rene Lavan (born 1968), Cuban-American actor
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Samuel Lavan (born 1982), Israeli footballer
Given name:
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LaVan Davis (born 1966), American actor and singer
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Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. (1934-2013), American pianist
Fictional characters:
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Lavan Firestorm, character in the book ''Brightly Burning''
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