Oakeshott is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ewart Oakeshott (1916–2002), British illustrator, collector, and amateur historian Grace Oakeshott (1872–1929), British activist for women's rights Isabel Oakeshott (born 1974), right-wing British political journalist and non-fiction author Matthew Oakeshott, Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay (born 1947), British Liberal Democrat politician Michael Oakeshott (1901–1990), English philosopher Rob Oakeshott (born 1969), Australian politician Walter Fraser Oakeshott (1903–1987), schoolmaster and Oxford college head
See also
Oakeshott typology