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
