Jaroslav Marvan (11 December 1901 – 21 May 1974) was a Czechoslovak actor.
He was born in Prague.
He was married since the 1920s with Marie Marvanová and had a daughter (Alena Marvanová) with Alena Jancaríková.
He passed his school-leaving exam in 1919 and became a member of the Central Office of posts.
He was sent to Uzghorod on business matters (1920–1923).
He was a member of Vlasta Burian's Theatre 1926–1943, then of the Vinohradské divadlo (1943–1950) and then of the Mestská divadla pražská (1950–1954), from where he became a member of the Národní divadlo (National Theatre), where he served for until two years before his death, in 1972.