With over 100 years of history, Montessori education has helped shape some of the most remarkable people of the 20^th and 21^st century, including:

• Sergey Brin & Larry Page, Founders of Google
• Jimmy Wales, creator of Wikipedia
• Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis,  Editor, Former First Lady (John F. Kennedy)
• Sean Combs, Music producer
• Anne Frank, Author of  The Diary of Anne Frank
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel Prize winner for Literature
• Jeff Bezos, Financial analyst, founder, AMAZON.COM
• Prince William and Prince Harry, British Royal Family
• T. Berry Brazelton, Pediatrician and author
• Julia Child, Chef, star of many TV cooking shows, and author of 
numerous cookbooks
• Kami Cotler, Actress
• Melissa Gilbert and Sarah Gilbert, Actresses
• Will Wright, Creator of SimCity, The Sims
• George Clooney, actor
• Katherine Graham, Owner/Editor of The Washington Post
• Chelsea Clinton, former U.S. First Daughter
• John Cusak and Joan Cusak, actors
• Peter Drucker, entrepreneur and business management expert

Dr. Montessori and the Montessori Method has received the enthusiastic support of such people as:

• Alexander Graham Bell, inventor.  He and his wife, Mabel, founded the Montessori Education Association in 1913. They also provided financial support directly to Dr. Montessori and helped establish the first Montessori class in Canada and one of the first in the United States
• Fred Rogers, children's TV personality, strong supporter of Montessori education
• Thomas Edison, notes scientist and inventor, helped found a Montessori school
• President Woodrow Wilson and Margaret Wilson, President of The United States of America had a Montessori classroom installed in the basement of the Whitehouse during his term of office for staff to send their children to and his daughter trained as a Montessori teacher. Margaret Wilson was on the committee that brought Dr Montessori to the USA in 1915.'s daughter trained as a Montessori teacher.
• Alice Waters, restaurateur and writer, is a former Montessori teacher
• Bruno Bettelheim, noted psychologist/author, was married to a Montessori teacher
• Erik Erikson, noted anthropologist/author, had a Montessori teaching certificate
• Jean Piaget, noted Swiss psychologist, made his first observations of children in a Montessori school. He was also head of the Swiss Montessori Society for many years.
• Robert Frost - Poet Laureate. One of Americas best-loved poets
• Cher, singer-actress
  
• John Bradshaw, psychologist and author
• Bill & Hillary Rodham Clinton, former United States President;  former NY State Senator, Secretary of State
• Michael Douglas, actor
• Yo Yo Ma - cellist