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...who attended a Montessori school as a child?

Larry Page and Sergey Brin, cofounders of Google.com	Julia Child, famous chef, star of many TV cooking shows and author of numerous cookbooks
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis editor, former first lady	Anne Frank, famous diarist from World War II
Melissa and Sarah Gilbert, actors	Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel Prize winner for Literature
Jeff Bezos, financial analyst, founder, Amazon.com	Elizabeth Berridge, actress (Constanze in Amadeus)
Katherine Graham – owner/editor of the Washington Post	Sean "P Diddy" Combs - Record Producer, Actor, Fashion Designer, Entrepreneur, Dancer, Rapper
Prince Harry and Prince William - Heirs to the British Throne

...who chose a Montessori school for their children?

Patty Duke Austin, actress	Marcy Carcy, TV producer
Yo Yo Ma, cellist	Michael Douglas, actor
Shari Lewis, puppeteer	Dick Ebersol and Susan St. James, television executive and actress
Bill & Hillary Clinton, Former President, Former First Lady, and Secretary of State	Yul Brynner – actor

 

Other Montessori Connections

Alexander Graham Bell, 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.

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

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

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

Bruno Bettelheim, noted psychologist/author, was married to a Montessori teacher Alice Waters, restaurateur and writer, is a former Montessori teacher Mister Rogers, children's TV personality, strong supporter of the Montessori method

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.

Source: Grand Traverse Montessori Academy