Alvin Boone Straight (October 17, 1920 – November 9, 1996) was a resident of Laurens, Iowa, who gained fame for traveling <abbr title="390 km">240 miles</abbr> on a 1966 John Deere riding lawn mower to visit his 80-year-old brother Henry in Blue River, Wisconsin who had recently suffered a stroke. At a top speed of <abbr title="8.0 km/h">5 miles per hour</abbr>, the journey took six weeks. The event happened in the summer of 1994 when Alvin was 73 years old.