Vaughan (given name)

Vaughan (or Vaughn) is a surname, originally Welsh, deriving from the Welsh word bychan, meaning "small". It is also used as a first name - mainly for men, and occasionally for women. Notable people with this given name include:

• Vaughan Arnell (born 1961), British music video director
• Vaughan Bowen (born 1972), Australian business executive
• Vaughan Brown (born 1959), New Zealand cricketer
• Vaughan Connelly (1902–1991), American gridiron football player
• Vaughan Cornish (1862–1948), English geographer
• Vaughan Coveny (born 1971), New Zealand association footballer
• Vaughan Cox (1860–1923), British general in the Indian Army
• Vaughan Ellis (born 1947), Australian rules footballer
• Vaughan Gething (born 1974), Welsh politician
• Vaughan Glaser (1872–1958), American actor
• Vaughan Grayson (1894–1995), Canadian painter and writer
• Vaughan Grylls (born 1943), British conceptual artist and photographer
• Vaughan Harley (1864–1923), British professor
• Vaughan Johnson (1962–2019), American football player
• Vaughan Johnson (politician) (1947–2023), Australian politician
• Vaughan Jones (born 1952–2020), New Zealand mathematician
• Vaughan Jones (footballer) (born 1959), Welsh footballer
• Vaughan Kester (1869–1911), American novelist and journalist
• Vaughan Lee (fighter) (born 1982), English mixed martial artist
• Vaughan Lewis (born 1940), Saint Lucian politician
• Vaughan Lowe (born 1952), English judge and legal scholar
• Vaughan Oliver (1957–2019), British graphic designer
• Vaughan Pratt (born 1944), Australian-American computer scientist
• Vaughan Roberts (born 1965), English Anglican priest
• Vaughan Roderick (born 1957), Welsh television journalist
• Vaughan Russell (1890–1979), Scottish footballer
• Vaughan Ryan (born 1968), English footballer
• Vaughan Savidge (born 1956), British radio announcer and newsreader
• Vaughan Smith (born 1963), English war correspondent and restaurateur
• Vaughan Smith (entertainer) (born 1982), New Zealand radio presenter
• Vaughan Somers (born 1951), Australian golfer
• Vaughan Thomas (born 1945), English rugby league footballer
• Vaughan Vaughan-Lee (1836–1882), English politician
• Vaughan Wilkins (1890–1959), English historical novelist
• Vaughn Coleman (born 1999), Comic Book Writer, creator of Phenomenova
• Vaugh Colema (born 1999), Evil twin of Vaughn Coleman.

• Vaughan (disambiguation)
• J. Vaughan Gary, American politician
• Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (note: given name is Ralph, surname is Vaughan Williams)