Jack Baran
Jack Mathew Baran (born January 13, 1997), also known on YouTube as thatsojack, is an American YouTube personality.

Early life
Baran was born in Fairfield, Connecticut on January 13, 1997. He attended and graduated from Fairfield Warde High School in 2014.

Career
Baran created his YouTube channel in 2010 and now primarily uploads lifestyle and vlog videos. In early 2015, Baran starred in an AwesomenessTV skit alongside Paulina Cerrilla, portraying a Starbucks barista. In the summer of 2015, Baran and fellow YouTube personality Jenn McAllister (jennxpenn) began starring in an AwesomenessTV series titled First Times with Jack + Jenn. In December 2016 Jack Baran, along with co-stars Gabbie Hanna, Andrew Lowe, Chachi Gonzales, and Ricky Dillon, went across the United States lip-syncing as part of the Drop the Mic Tour.

In 2017, Baran hosted a game show on Snapchat for the Grammy Awards, quizzing people on the streets about their knowledge of the awards show.

As of 28 October 2021, he has over 1.2 million subscribers on YouTube.

Personal life
Baran currently resides in Los Angeles, California. On July 24, 2015, Baran uploaded a video to his YouTube channel, titled I'm Gay, announcing that he is gay. Baran was active on all of his social media April 2019 and thereafter he deleted his YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. On July 5, 2020, he reactivated his YouTube channel and his Twitter, however not much activity has come from his social media since, as he referenced in his video he is taking time to work on himself and will update fans when he is comfortable sharing his journey.

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1997 births
YouTubers from Connecticut
Gay entertainers
Living people
LGBT YouTubers
LGBT people from Connecticut
American LGBT entertainers
People from Fairfield, Connecticut
21st-century American LGBT people
21st-century American people