People
- Dallin D. Oaks, American linguistics professor
- Dallin H. Oaks (born 1932), American attorney, jurist, author, professor, public speaker, and religious leader
- David Oaks, American executive director of MindFreedom International
- Harold Anthony Oaks (1896-1968), Canadian World War I flying ace
- Jeff Oaks, American poet
- Louis D. Oaks, American Chief of Police for Los Angeles
- Nathaniel T. Oaks (born 1946), American politician in Maryland
- Robert Oaks (born 1952), American politician in New York
- Robert C. Oaks (born 1936), American general and general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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