{"id":2020849,"date":"2025-09-14T09:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T09:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2020849"},"modified":"2025-09-14T09:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T09:45:04","slug":"5-famous-people-who-were-born-or-grew-up-on-treasure-coast-include-jake-owen-megan-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/5-famous-people-who-were-born-or-grew-up-on-treasure-coast-include-jake-owen-megan-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"5 famous people who were born or grew up on Treasure Coast include Jake Owen, Megan Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Some celebrities <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/cole-hauser-megan-fox-burt-090131136.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:have called the Treasure Coast home;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">have called the Treasure Coast home<\/a>. Here are five famous people who were born or grew up in Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin counties.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Dan Bakkedahl<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Actor grew up in Stuart, graduated from Martin County High; TV shows include \u201cVeep;\u201d brother of State Attorney Tom Bakkedahl of the 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Judicial Circuit<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Scotty Emerick<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Country music singer grew up in Vero Beach; songwriter for Toby Keith, Willie Nelson, George Strait<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Megan Fox<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Actress lived in Port St. Lucie, attended St. Lucie West Centennial High; movies include \u201cTransformers\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Khalil Mack<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Football player born in Fort Pierce, graduated from Westwood High; NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2016<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Jake Owen<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Country music singer grew up in Vero Beach, graduated from Vero Beach High; songs include \u201cBarefoot Blue Jean Night\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_bgt56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_bgt56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_bgt56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 hidden pb-5 md:block\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_jgt56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_jgt56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\n        #_R_jgt56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/staff\/4388137002\/laurie-k-blandford\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Laurie K. Blandford;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Laurie K. Blandford<\/a>\u00a0is TCPalm&#8217;s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/meet-staff-entertainment-reporter-loves-090300359.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:entertainment\u00a0reporter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">entertainment\u00a0reporter<\/a>\u00a0dedicated to finding the best things to do on the Treasure Coast. Email her at\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/mailto:laurie.blandford@tcpalm.com\" data-ylk=\"slk:laurie.blandford@tcpalm.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">laurie.blandford@tcpalm.com<\/a>. Sign up for her What To Do in 772 weekly newsletter at\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.tcpalm.com\/newsletters\/manage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:tcpalm.com\/newsletters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">tcpalm.com\/newsletters<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/story\/entertainment\/2025\/09\/14\/5-famous-people-born-grew-up-port-st-lucie-vero-beach-fort-pierce\/85822128007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:5 famous people born, grew up Port St. Lucie, Vero Beach, Fort Pierce;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">5 famous people born, grew up Port St. Lucie, Vero Beach, Fort Pierce<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some celebrities have called the Treasure Coast home. Here are five famous people who were born or grew up in Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin counties. Dan Bakkedahl Actor grew up in Stuart, graduated from Martin County High; TV shows include \u201cVeep;\u201d brother of State Attorney Tom Bakkedahl of the 19th\u00a0Judicial Circuit Scotty Emerick [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2020850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[371377,371378,371381,371379,344140,371380,359076],"class_list":["post-2020849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-19th-judicial-circuit","tag-indian-river","tag-khalil-mack","tag-martin-counties","tag-toby-keith","tag-tom-bakkedahl","tag-vero-beach"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-famous-people-who-were-born-or-grew-up-on.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}