Vern is a masculine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Vernon, Lavern or other names. People named Vern include:Vernon Vern Bakalich (1929-2015), New Zealand rugby league player Verdi Vern Barberis (1928–2005), Australian weightlifter Vernon Vern Buchanan, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida Vern Bullough (1928–2006), American historian and sexologist Vernon Vern Burke, American former National Football League player Vernon Vern Clark, former US Navy admiral and Chief of Naval Operations Lavern Vern Corbin, American college basketball player (1926-1929) Vernon Vern Countryman (1917-1999), American Harvard Law School professor and social critic Vern Den Herder, American retired National Football League player and member of the College Football Hall of Fame Vern Fleming, American former National Basketball Association player Vern Fonk (1930–2006), American entrepreneur best known for founding Vern Fonk Insurance, a high-risk auto insurance agency Vern Gardner (1925–1987), American National Basketball Association player Vernon Vern German (1969-) Sleek prince of fashion. Vernon Vern Gosdin (1934–2009), American country music singer Vernon Arnold Haugland (1908-1984), American reporter, war correspondent and writer Vernon Vern Kaiser (1925-2011), Canadian National Hockey League player Vern Oliver Knudsen (1893–1974), American acoustical physicist Vern Krishna, Canadian law professor and accountant Vernon Vern Law, American retired Major League Baseball pitcher Arild Verner Vern Mikkelsen (1928-2013), American National Basketball Association player Vern Miller, American attorney, former police officer and former Attorney General of Kansas Vern Moore (footballer) (1895–1955), former Australian rules footballer Vern Mullen (1900-1980), American National Football League player Vern Paxson, Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley Vern Poore, American Oscar-winning sound engineer Vern Poythress, American Calvinist philosopher, theologian and New Testament scholar Lavern Vern Pyles, American politician, former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1975-1980) Vernal Vern Riffe Jr. (1925–1997), American politician, longest serving speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives Vernon Vern Roberson, American former National Football League and Canadian Football League player Vern Rutsala (1934–2014), American poet Vern L. Schramm, American biochemist and professor Vern Smith (journalist) (1892-?), American communist, journalist and editor Vernon Vern Sneider (1916–1981), American novelist best known for The Teahouse of the August Moon Vernon Vern Stephens (1920-1968), American Major League Baseball player Verner E. Suomi (1915-1995), Finnish-American educator, inventor and scientist, considered the father of satellite meteorology Vern Swanson, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives Vern Taylor, Canadian figure skater (1970s) and coach Vern Terpstra (1927-2013), Professor Emeritus of international business at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan Vern Tincher, American politician, former member of the Indiana House of Representatives Delbert Lavern Vern Williams (1930-2006), American bluegrass musician
