Famous people
Numerous Montessori students have reached remarkable heights of success, and we can see why
The smart choice for smart people
Montessori education, favored by many accomplished individuals, emphasizes creativity, critical thinking, individualized learning tailored to each child’s needs, early development of independence and self-discipline, hands-on experiential learning, and a holistic focus on the child’s social, emotional, and physical well-being.
Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American entrepreneur, media proprietor and investor. He is the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world’s largest e-commerce and cloud computing company
Both Google founders – Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
Will Wright is an American computer game designer and co-founder of the game development company Maxis. He is best known as the original designer of computer games such as SimCity and The Sims. Recently, he created the life simulation game Spore.
SimCity was a hit and has been credited as one of the most influential computer games ever made.
Famous Montessori Students
“Montessori the surest route to joining the creative elite, which are so overrepresented by the schools’ alumni that one might begin to suspect a Montessori mafia”
Joshua Bell
A world-renowned violinist, Joshua Bell is thoughtful about the role his music plays in society. In a cultural experiment turned Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post story, it is Bell’s humility, not his virtuosity, that most inspires. In suspending his fame to explore the true meaning of his work, Bell exhibits Montessori thinking at its best.
David Blaine
David Blaine was a four-year old Montessori student when he fell in love with magic. Today he’s called “the modern day Houdini” by The New York Times, which says, “He’s taken a craft that’s been around for hundreds of years and done something unique and fresh with it… [His magic] “operates on an uncommonly personal level.”
T Berry Brazelton
Dr. Brazelton’s positive, child-oriented philosophy of parenting has influenced countless families to raise children who are “confident, caring, and hungry to learn”. Brazelton attended a Montessori school as a child and now supports Montessori philosophy through his lectures and publications.
Sean “P Diddy” Combs
The multi-talented hip hop artist Sean “P Diddy” Combs says he feels fortunate to have attended Mount Vernon Montessori School during his childhood, recalling that, “I feel like I was nurtured into wanting to be somebody special”.
