Famous Montessorians

Elizabeth Berridge , actress (Constanze in "Amadeus")

Jeff Bezos , financial analyst, founder, AMAZON.COM

Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Co-founders of GOOGLE.COM

T. Berry Brazelton , noted pediatrician and author

Julia Child , famous chef, star of many TV cooking shows and author of numerous cookbooks

Kami Cotler , actress (youngest child on long-running series "The Waltons")

Katherine Graham (deceased), owner/editor of the Washington Post newspaper

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (deceased), editor, former first lady (John F. Kennedy)

Sean ‘P. Diddy’ ( formerly known as Puffy) Combs, Rap mega-star

Prince William and Prince Harry , English royal family

Anne Frank , famous diarist from World War II

Gabriel Garcia Marquez , Nobel Prize winner for literature

Melissa and Sarah Gilbert , actors

Famous people who chose Montessori schools for their own children:

Stephen J. Cannell , TV writer-producer-director ("The Rockford Files" and many others)

Patty Duke Austin , actress

Cher Bono , singer-actress

John Bradshaw , psychologist and author

Yul Brynner (deceased), actor

Marcy Carcy , TV producer

William Jefferson , former president/senator

Hillary Clinton , U.S. senator, NY

Michael Douglas , actor

Shari Lewis (deceased), puppeteer

Yo Yo Ma , cellist

Dick Ebersol and Susan St. James, television executive and actress

Others with a Montessori Connection:

Alexander Graham Bell (deceased), noted inventor, provided financial support directly to Dr. Montessori.  Helped establish the first Montessori class in Canada and one of the first in the United States.

Bruno Bettelheim (deceased), noted psychologist/author, was married to a Montessori teacher.

Erik Erikson (deceased), anthropologist/author, had a Montessori teaching certificate.

Jean Piaget (deceased), noted Swiss psychologist, made his first observations of children in a Montessori school.

Alice Waters , restauranteur and writer, is a former Montessori teacher

Thomas Edison , noted scientist and inventor, helped found a Montessori school

Mister Rogers , children's TV personality, strong supporter of the Montessori method