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Famous people who attended Montessori

Montessori Method has been around for years and here are names of a few who did attend Montessori at some point in their life. The biggest similarity among them besides a Montessori background is, all of them have specifically spoken about how Montessori education was beneficial for them in one way of another. Here are a few quotes, and many names of some achievers with a Montessori background:

  • Sergey Brin & Larry Page: Founders of Google, they don’t credit their success to drive or brain,  “We both went to Montessori, and I think as part of that training of being self-motivated and questioning things going on in the world makes it a little different,” said Larry Page in an interview in 2010
  • Julia Child: Author, Chef, Host. Julia Child credited the Montessori way of learning for love for mastery & constant discovery.
  • Jeff Bezos: Founder of Amazon.com. Jeff Bezos feels his love for experimentation was due to spending holidays  at his Grandparent’s home and of course the Montessori method. 
  • Sean ‘P.Diddy’ Combs: Singer - “I feel like I was nurtured into wanting to be somebody special.”
  • Prince William, Prince Harry are alumni of The Montessori School of Winston - Salem. 
  • Will Wright: Videogame Pioneer (The Sims and Spore): He said to The Wall Street Journal, "Montessori taught me the joy of discovery. It showed you can become interested in pretty complex theories, like Pythagorean theory, say, by playing with blocks. It’s all about learning on your terms, rather than a teacher explaining stuff to you. SimCity comes right out of Montessori.”

Among others are: 

  • Mark Zuckerberg - Co-founder of Facebook 
  • Jeffrey Bezos - Founder of Amazon.com
  • Anne Frank - Author of The Diary of Anne Frank 
  • Katharine Graham - Owner/Editor of The Washington Post
  • Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis - Former First Lady, Editor
  • Peter Drucker  - Management Guru
  • Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Nobel Prize Winner for Literature 
  • Bill Gates - Founder of Microsoft
  • George Clooney - Actor
  • Hugh Grant - Actor
  • Jimmy Wale s- Wikipedia Founder
  • David Blaine - Magician
  • Cher Bono - Singer and Actress
  • Elizabeth Berridge – actress
  • Kami Cotler – Actress
  • John Bradshaw - Psychologist and Author
  • Melissa and Sarah Gilbert – Actresses
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber - British Composer 
  • Lea Salonga - Broadway Actress and Singer
  • Stephen J. Cannell - TV Writer-Producer-Director
  • Patty Duke Austin - Actress
  • Yul Brynner - Actor
  • Susan St.  James – Actress
  • Marcy Carcy - Television Producer
  • Bill and Hillary Clinton - Former President and New York Senator  
  • Michael Douglas - Actor
  • Shari Lewis - Puppeteer
  • Yo Yo Ma - Cellist

List from Daily Montessori 
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