LaVerne Sewell (July 14, 1888 – November 9, 1906) was an up-and-coming American thoroughbred racing jockey who was competing in only his second year of racing when he died at age eighteen as a result of a racing accident at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack. In their reporting on LaVerne Sewell's death, the widely respected Daily Racing Form (DRF) called him "one of the best race riders on the American turf."