Recognizable Montessori Alumni:
Jeff Bezos, financial analyst, founder of Amazon.com
Sergey Brin & Larry Page, co-founders of Google.com
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Katharine Graham, former owner-editor of the Washington Post
Prince William and Prince Harry, English royal family
Anne Frank, famous diarist from World War II
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel Prize winner for Literature
Berry Brazelton, noted pediatrician and author
Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian painter and architect
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia
Will Wright, designer of The Sims
Julia Child, famous chef
Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, rap star, music mogul
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, former editor, former first lady (John F. Kennedy)
Helen Hunt, Academy Award-winning actress
George Clooney, Academy Award-winning actor
Joshua Bell, American violinist, owner of Stradivarius violin
Lea Salonga, a Filipino-American singer and Broadway actress
Famous People with Montessori Connections:
Alexander Graham Bell, noted inventor, provided financial support directly to Dr. Montessori, helped establish the first Montessori class in Canada and one of the first in the United States
Bruno Bettelheim, noted psychologist/author, was married to a Montessori teacher
Erik Erikson, anthropologist/author, had a Montessori teaching certificate
Jean Piaget, noted Swiss psychologist, made his first observations of children in a Montessori school
Thomas Edison, noted scientist and inventor, helped found a Montessori school
President Wilson’s daughter trained as a Montessori teacher. There was a Montessori classroom in the basement of the White House during Wilson’s presidency.
Mister Rogers, children’s TV personality, strong supporter of Montessori education
Famous people who chose Montessori education for their children:
John Bradshaw, psychologist and author
William & Hillary Clinton, former president/former secretary of state
Yo Yo Ma, cellist
Willie Nelson, musician, has a Montessori school on his ranch
