Is it a coincidence that many of the mavericks on the leading edge of innovation and creativity in our culture are Montessori graduates? To the millions of Montessori students, families and supporters around the world, the answer is obvious. Montessori offers an education for life – and with that come the skills needed to succeed in our ever changing global society.

Famous Montessori Graduates
Lary Page & Sergey Brin: Founders of Google - VIDEO	Will Wright: Creator of “The Sims” video game - VIDEO	Anne Frank (deceased), famous diarist from World War II
Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs: Music producer/entrepreneur	Jeff Bezos: Founder & CEO of Amazon.com	Prince William and Prince Harry: English royal family
David Blaine: magician	T. Berry Brazelton: noted pediatrician and author	Dakota Fanning: Academy Award nominated actress
Peter Drucker: “The father of modern management”	Katherine Graham (deceased), owner/editor of the Washington Post	Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Nobel Prize winner for Literature
Melissa Gilbert: actress (Little House on the Praire), former SAG president	Helen Hunt: Academy Award winning actress	Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (deceased), editor, former first lady
Jimmy Wales: Founder of Wikipedia	Julia Child: Chef & author
Famous Montessori Advocates
Alice Waters: restaurateur (Chez Panise), author and trained Montessori teacher.	Thomas Edison: scientist, inventor and founder of a Montessori school	Erik Erikson: noted anthropologist, author and trained Montessori teacher.
Mister Rogers: children’s television personality and strong supporter of Montessori education	Thomas Edison: scientist, inventor and founder of a Montessori school	Jean Piaget: noted Swiss psychologist and head of the Swiss Montessori Society.