21 Famous Homeschooled People

Homeschooling is still a hotly contested issue, with great arguments from both camps explaining the pro’s and con’s of it, but it is worth noting that more people than you would imagine have emerged from homeschooling study to become world changes, celebrities and more.

We’ve narrowed down the Top 21 list of well known inventors, leaders and celebrities who were home schooled at one point or another. It is worth noting that some of these in the list were home schooled as a consequence of early successes in their chosen career, such as Emma Watson, who required home schooling whilst completing filming during the Harry Potter series.

Enjoy!

 

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   – (b. 1970), founder of WikiLeaks was homeschooled for a time, when his parents ran a traveling theater company.

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   – (b. 1848), inventor, homeschooled by his mother.

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   – (b. 1832), mathematician, logician, and author of Alice in Wonderland. Carroll was homeschooled until he was 12.

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   – (b.1987) Former Disney star.

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   – (b. 1847), inventor, home schooled starting age 12.

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   – (b. 1993), American snowboarder

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   – (b. 1980), US figure skater

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   – (b. 1986), actress, was home schooled after 10th grade.

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    – (b. 1992), actress and singer

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    – (b. 1997) American actress and model.

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    – (b. 1756), composer

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    – (b. 1820), founder of modern nursing

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    – (b. 1989), actress, home schooled from grade nine to the completion of high school.

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    – (b. 1882), 32nd President of the United States, home schooled by parents and private tutors.

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    – (b. 1858), 26th President of the United States, home schooled until college.

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    – (b. 1989), singer, home schooled during her junior and senior years.

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    – (b. 1987), American football player, home schooled, allowed to play in a local school’s football team.

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    – (b. 1892), English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor. Tolkien was schooled at home by his mother until she died, when he was 12.

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    – (b. 1990) English actress and model. She was home schooled during the period in which the Harry Potter movies were filmed.

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    – (b. 1856), 28th President of the United States, home schooled by his father.

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Sources:

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_homeschooled_people

www.homeschoolacademy.com/a/famoushomeschoolers/