~Will Wright, Computer Game Designer and Original Designer of The Sims
Famous People That Attended Montessori Schools as Children
- Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Cofounders of google.com
- Jeff Bezos, Financial analaysist, founder of amazon.com
- Sean "P Diddy" Combs, Record Producer, Actor, Fashion Designer, Entrepreneur, Dancer, Rapper
- Prince Harry and Prince William, Brittish Royal Family
- Jacqueline Onassis Kennedy, Former First Lady and Book Editor
- Anne Frank, Famous for writing a diary documenting her experiences during World War II
- Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia
- Will Wright, designer of The Sims
- Lea Salonga, multi-awarded Filipino-American singer and Broadway actress
- Melissa and Sarah Gilbert, actors
- Berry Brazelton, noted paediatrician and author
- Julia Child, famous chef, star of many TV cooking shows and author of numerous cookbooks Chef
- Joshua Bell, American violinist, owner of Stradivarius violin
- Peter Drucker, Management Guru
- Taylor Swift, Singer/Song writer
- George Clooney, Actor
- John Cusack, Actor
- Yo Yo Ma, cellist
- Bruno Bettelheim, noted psychologist/author, married to a Montessori teacher
- Thomas Edison, noted scientist and inventor, helped fund 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!!
- Erik Erikson, anthropologist/author, had a Montessori teaching certificate
- Jean Piaget, noted Swiss psychologist, made his first observations of children in a Montessori school.
- Mister Rogers, children’s TV personality, strong supporter of Montessori education
- Alexander Graham Bell (inventor) and his wife Mabel founded the Montessori Education Association in 1913. They also provided financial support directly to Dr. Maria Montessori and helped establish the first Montessori class in Canada and one of the first in the United States.
- Alice Waters, restaurateur and writer, is a former Montessori teacher
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