Category: Famous Montessori Alumni

Today, in our quest to feature the amazing, brilliant, and influential people who attended Montessori school as children, we feature Devi Sridhar, the youngest-ever American Rhodes scholar, author, Oxford research fellow, and professor on global health politics. Her latest book, Governing Global Health, was co-written with Chelsea Clinton (who was also a former Montessori student!). 

In our continuing foray into the famous, influential, and amazing people who attended Montessori school as children, today we focus on Beyoncé Knowles. Though she certainly needs no introduction, Beyoncé is one of America’s most beloved singer/songwriters who has sold 100 million records worldwide, won 22 Grammy’s, and has been listed in Time’s 100 most influential people … Continue reading “Famous People Who Attended Montessori: Beyoncé Knowles”

Along the thread of circuses and magic, we wanted to explore one famous magician, illusionist, and endurance artist who just so happened to attend a Montessori school when he was young: David Blaine. 

In our quest to discover the influential and well-known people who attended Montessori school as children, we feature Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Columbian author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, who has not only won the Nobel Prize, but is also credited for shaping world literature for the past 28 years.