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Attended Montessori schools as children:
- Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Co-founders of Google
- Jeffrey Bezos, Founder of Amazon.com
- Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia
- Will Wright, Designer of The Sims video games
- Peter Drucker, Management Guru
- Katherine Graham, Owner/Editor of the Washington Post
- Julia Child, Chef, Star of many TV Cooking Shows, and Author
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian painter and Architect
- Anne Frank, Famous Diarist from WWII. (The Diary of Anne Frank)
- T. Berry Brazelton, Pediatrician and Author
- Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, Former First Lady and Editor
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel Prize winner for Literature
- Prince William and Prince Harry, English Royal Family
- Chelsea Clinton, Daughter of former U. S. President William “Bill” Clinton and Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton
- George Clooney, Actor
- Helen Hunt, Actress
- Melissa and Sarah Gilbert, Actresses
- Sean Combs, Rap mega-star, Record producer, and Fashion Designer
- Sergei Bubka, Olympic Gold Medalist Pole Vaulting
- Joshua Bell, American violinist
- Lea Salonga, multi-award singer and Broadway actress
Other notable people connected to Montessori include:
- 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 in the United States.
- President Woodrow Wilson’s daughter trained as a Montessori teacher. There was a Montessori classroom in the basement of the White House during Wilson’s presidency.
- 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.
- Thomas Edison, Scientist and Inventor, helped found a Montessori school.
- Mister Rogers, early children’s TV personality, was a supporter of Montessori education.
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