Toivo Veikko Lavi (23 April 1912 Kotka - 22 May 1996 in Hamina) was a Finnish singer, songwriter and author. Lavi made ​​his first album in the early 1950s and became popular again in the late 1960s. His best known hit was perhaps Jokainen ihminen on laulun arvoinen (1976). Lavi was a prolific songwriter, renowned performer and socially active until his death.