#14 famous people come from Oakton, Jacob Frey the best known
Jacob Frey is the best known, with articles in 18 languages. Second and third on the list are Theodore Ku-DiPietro and Keira D'Amato. Over 21 years of births, the list goes from Jacob Frey (1981) to Theodore Ku-DiPietro (2002). Athletes make up the largest group, 3 of them.
What stands out about Oakton’s famous people
Born in Oakton
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#3When Oakton’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 2 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Oakton is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2.1 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Oakton
1 more, best known first.
Also called Oakton home
3 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Jared Taylor the best known.



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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Fairfax lists the most people: 45.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oakton and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (7)
- Jacob Frey: August Schwerdfeger, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keira D'Amato: JazzyJoeyD, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jared Taylor: Jared Taylor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Terzian: Persist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grace Paine Terzian: Persist, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Sudeikis: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Garrett Roe: Alex Micheu Photography from VILLACH, Austria, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

