Laverne or La Verne is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
LaVerne Andrews (1911–1967), American singer of the Andrews Sisters singing trio Laverne Brackens (born 1927), American quilt maker Laverne Cox (born 1972), American actress and LGBT advocate Verne Gagne (real first name Laverne) (1926-2015), American amateur and professional wrestler and professional wrestling promoter Laverne Harding (1905–1984), American cartoon animator LaVerne Jones-Ferrette (born 1981), sprinter from the U.S. Virgin Islands LaVerne E. Ragster (born 1951), U.S. Virgin Islands marine biologist and academic administrator Laverne Smith (born 1954), American football player Harry Laverne Anderson (1952–2018), American actor
Surname
Andy LaVerne (born 1947), American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger Marc Chirik (1907–1990), also known as Marc Laverne, Communist revolutionary and one of the founding militants of the International Communist Current Lauren Laverne (born 1978), English disc jockey and television presenter Lucille La Verne (1872–1945), American actress Pattie Laverne (died 1916), English singer and actress Thomas Laverne (1917–1994), New York state senator
Fictional characters
LaVerne, a character in Stephen King's The Raft (short story) and its adaptation in Creepshow 2 Laverne De Fazio, of the television series Laverne & Shirley Laverne Roberts, a nurse on the television series Scrubs Laverne Todd, a nurse on the television series Empty Nest One of the characters in the television show The Cher Show One of the player characters in the adventure game Day of the Tentacle Laverne (gargoyle), one of the supporting characters from Disney's 1996 animated feature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame Julie LaVerne, a character in the film Show Boat (1951), played by Ava Gardner Judith Laverne Hopps, the full name of Judy Hopps, the main protagonist from Disney's animated film, Zootopia Judge Laverne Holt, a character in the television show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
See also Lavern