Lavern is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

  • Lavern Ahlstrom, retired provincial level politician and former leader of the Alberta Social Credit Party
  • LaVern Baker (1929–1997), American R&B singer
  • Alan LaVern Bean (1932–2018), American former naval officer and aviator, the fourth person to walk on the Moon
  • Lavern Corbin, American basketball player who was an NCAA All-American as a senior at Cal in 1929
  • LaVern Dilweg (1903–1968), professional football player, attorney, and U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin
  • Lavern Eve (born 1965), female track and field athlete from the Bahamas who competes in the javelin throw
  • Edward Lavern Johnstone (born 1954), retired Canadian ice hockey player
  • Ryan Lavern (born 1987), American professional baseball player in the Atlanta Braves organization
  • LaVern W. Parmley (1900–1980), the fifth general president of the Primary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)
  • Lavern Roach (1925–1950), boxer from Texas who was Ring Magazine's Rookie-of-the-Year in 1947
  • Lavern Spencer (born 1984), Saint Lucian high jumper
  • LaVern Torgeson (1929–2015), American football linebacker

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