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Famous people that have attended Montessori schools
This list of people that have attended Montessori schools is provided to illustrate that Montessori isn’t a wild, wacky method of education – plenty of people turn out just fine (and more than moderately successful).
Some famous people who attended Montessori school as children are:
Larry Page, Co-Founder of Google
Sergey Brin, Co-Founder of Google. Recently, this article· was written which describes how Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, remembers his Montessori experience.
Katherine Graham, former owner-editor of the Washington Post. "The Montessori method—learning by doing— once again became my stock in trade..." from Personal History by Katharine Graham
Sean Combs, Sean 'P.Diddy' (formerly known as Puffy) Combs, RAP mega-star
Julia Child, famous chef, star of many TV cooking shows and author of numerous cookbooks Chef
Helen Hunt, Academy Award-winning actress
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel Prize winner for Literature
Joshua Bell, American violinist, owner of Stradivarius violin
Lea Salonga, multi-awarded Filipino-American singer and Broadway actress
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, former editor, former first lady (John F. Kennedy)
Berry Brazelton, noted paediatrician and author
Kami Cotler, actress (youngest child on long-running series The Waltons)
Melissa and Sarah Gilbert, actors
Famous people who chose Montessori schools for their own children:
Stephen J. Cannell, TV writer-producer-director (The Rockfor Files and many other)
Patty Duke Austin, actress
Bill and Hillary Clinton, Former President and New York Senator
Cher Bono, singer, actress
John Bradshaw, psychologist and author
Yul Brynner, former actor
Marcy Carcy, TV producer
Michael Douglas, actor
Shari Lewis, former puppeteer
Yo Yo Ma, cellist
Willie Nelson, musician, has a Montessori school on his ranch
Elizabeth Berridge, actress
David Blaine, street magician
Jennifer Granholm and Daniel Mulhern, Governor of Michigan
Others with a Montessori connection:
Bruno Bettelheim, noted psychologist/author, was married to a Montessori teacher
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.
Erik Erikson, anthropologist/author, had a Montessori teaching certificate
Jean Piaget, noted Swiss psychologist, made his first observations of children in a Montessori school. He was also head of the Swiss Montessori Society for many years.
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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