# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-oaks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:58:45.458Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-oaks"
name: "David Oaks"
slug: "david-oaks"
description: "David William Oaks is a civil rights activist and co-founder and former executive director of Eugene, Oregon-based MindFreedom International."
tagline: "American mental health activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David-william-oaks.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1955-09-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.606948
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://davidwoaks.org/"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "ديفيد أواكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "ديفيد اواكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Oaks"
    title: "David Oaks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Oaks"
    title: "David Oaks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Oaks"
    title: "David Oaks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5238179"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump