Use the table below to browse notable alumni from private schools around the United States.
Private School Alumni Directory:
Famous Private School Alumni (Utah):
School Name
Notable School Alumni (Sample)
- Barbara Baker - Founder of Challenger School and advocate for phonics education. -
- Emma Watson, Actress -
- John Legend, Musician -
- Andrew Smith, 2020 -
- Sergei Brin - Founder of Google - "I benefited from Montessori education, which in some ways gives the students a lot more freedom to do things at their own pace, to discover… Some of the credit for the willingness to go on your own interests, you can tie that back to that Montessori education."
- Larrry Page - Founder of Google - "We both went to Montessori school, and I think it was part of that training ... of being self-motivated, questioning what’s going on in the world, doing things a little bit different"
- Alexander Graham Bell - Inventor - He and his wife Mabel founded the Montessori Education Association in 1913. They also provided financial support directly to Dr. Maria Montessori and helped establish the first Montessori class in Canada and one of the first in the United States.
- Ryan T. Anderson, PhD, President of The Ethics and Public Policy Center -
- Kevin D. Roberts, PhD, President of The Heritage Foundation -
- Kathy Roberts, Director of Hilltop Christian School -
- Alan Osmond, Musician, 1971 -
- Melanie Houston, Texas municipal court judge, Class of '01 -
- James J. Heckman, Nobel Laureate -
- John Doe, Nobel Laureate -
- Jane Smith, Academy Award Winner -
- Elizabeth, parent, whose children prepped for kindergarten at KinderCare. -
- Picabo Street - Alpine Skier
- Nancy Borgenicht ’60 - Actress
- Katharine Coles ’77 - Poet and educator
- James Bauer ’86 - Astronomer
- Missy Marlowe ’89 - Gymnast
- Levi Leipheimer ’92 - Cyclist
- Matthew Prince ’92 - Business executive, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare
- Caroline Gleich ’03 - Skier, mountaineer, environmental activist, United States Senate candidate
- Chirine Njeim ’03 - Alpine skier and long-distance runner
- Breezy Johnson ’13 - Alpine skier
- Gary Green, Principal -
- Sunrise Alum, Notable community member -
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