Famous Montessori Students
Since Dr. Montessori established her first school in 1907, students throughout the world have reaped the benefits of her pioneering efforts. The following individuals are some of the famous students who have attended Montessori schools:
- Larry Page and Sergey Brin, founders of Google, credit their Montessori education for much of their success
- Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
- Julia Child
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel Prize-winning novelist
- Anne Frank, famous child diarist from World War II
- Prince William and Prince Harry
- T. Berry Brazelton, noted pediatrician and author
- Melissa and Sarah Gilbert, actresses
Below are some other prominent individuals who endorse to the Montessori method:
- Alexander Graham Bell helped to start one of the first Montessori schools in the United States.
- Mister Rogers voiced strong support of Montessori education.
- Thomas Edison helped to establish a Montessori school.
- Woodrow Wilson's daughter trained as a Montessori teacher and had a Montessori classroom in the basement of the White House during her father's presidency.
- Alice Waters, well known restaurateur and food writer, worked as a Montessori teacher.
- Erik Erikson, noted anthropologist and author, held a Montessori teaching certificate.
- Jean Piaget, noted Swiss psychologist, made his first observations of children in a Montessori school. He was the head of the Swiss Montessori Society for many years.
