Is it a coincidence that many of the mavericks on the leading edge of innovation and creativity in our culture are Montessori graduates? To the millions of Montessori students, families, and supporters around the world, the answer is obvious. Montessori offers an education for life – and with that comes the skills needed to succeed in our ever-changing global society.
Famous Montessori Graduates
Larry Page & Sergey Brin Founders of Google
Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs Music Producer & Entrepreneur
David Blaine
Magician
Peter Drucker
Father of Modern Management
Melissa Gilbert
Actress & former SAG president
Will Wright
Creator “The Sims” video game
Jeff Bezos
Founder & CEO
Amazon.com
T. Berry Brazelton
Pediatrician & Author
Katherine Graham (deceased)
Owner & Editor
Washington Post
Helen Hunt
Academy Award-winning Actress
Julia Child
Chef & Author
Prince William & Prince Harry
English Royal Family
Dakota Fanning
Academy Award-nominated
Actress
Anne Frank (deceased),
Diarist from World War II
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Nobel Prize winner for Literature
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (deceased)
Editor & former First Lady
Famous Montessori Advocates
- Alice Waters, restaurateur, owner of Chez Panisse, author, and trained Montessori teacher
- Thomas Edison, scientist, inventor, and founder of a Montessori school
- Erik Erikson, noted anthropologist, author, and trained Montessori teacher
- Mister Rogers, a children’s television personality and strong supporter of Montessori education
- Jean Piaget, noted Swiss psychologist and head of the Swiss Montessori Society