Vavra or Vávra is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Greg Vavra (born 1961), Canadian football player
Jiří Vávra (born 1975), Czech footballer
Joe Vavra (born 1959), American baseball coach
Lawrence Vavra (born 1977), American music manager
Otakar Vávra (1911–2011), Czech film director and screenwriter
Robert Vavra (born 1935), American photographer
Stanislav Vávra (born 1993), Czech footballer
Zdeněk Vávra (1891–?), Czech fencer
Vávra Suk (born 1973), Swedish politician