List of homeschooled people

People who were home-educated, either for some of their childhood or without attending school at all, include:

• Patrick Henry first governor of Virginia, proponent of 1776 secession from Great Britain, opponent of U.S. Constitution
• Alexander Hamilton first secretary of the treasury of the United States
• George Washington first president of the United States
• Abigail Adams wife of John Adams
• John Adams second president of the United States
• Thomas Jefferson third president of the United States
• James Madison fourth president of the United States
• John Quincy Adams sixth president of the United States
• Andrew Jackson seventh president of the United States
• William Henry Harrison ninth president of the United States
• John Tyler tenth president of the United States
• James Garfield 20th president of the United States
• Grover Cleveland 22nd and 24th president of the United States
• Theodore Roosevelt (b. 1858), 26th President of the United States, homeschooled until college.^[1]
• Woodrow Wilson (b. 1856), 28th President of the United States, homeschooled by his father.^[2]
• Franklin D. Roosevelt (b. 1882), 32nd President of the United States, homeschooled by parents and private tutors.^[3]
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b. 1756), composer^[4]
• Daniel Webster (b. 1782).S. senator from Massachusetts, member of house of representatives from Massachusetts, secretary of state of United States
• Susan B. Anthony (b. 1820), American civil rights leader and feminist^[5]
• Florence Nightingale (b. 1820), founder of modern nursing^[6]
• Louisa May Alcott (b. 1832), American novelist^[4]
• Alexander Graham Bell (b. 1848), inventor, homeschooled by his mother.^[7]
• Lewis Carroll (b. 1832), mathematician, logician, and author of Alice in Wonderland. Carroll was homeschooled until he was 12.
• Ernst Mach, (b. 1838) Austrian physicist, homeschooled until high school by his parents.^[8]
• Thomas Edison (b. 1847), inventor, homeschooled starting age 12.^[9]
• Laura Ingalls Wilder (b. 1867)^[4] Author of the Little House series of children's novels.
• Edith Claypole and Agnes Claypole (b. 1870), twin sister scientists
• Robert Frost (b. 1874), American poet^[4]
• Virginia Woolf (b. 1882), English novelist and a central figure in the influential Bloomsbury Group of intellectuals.
• Erwin Schrödinger, (b. 1887) Austrian Nobel Prize-winning physicist, homeschooled until age 10^[10]
• Pearl S. Buck (b. 1892), novelist^[11]
• J. R. R. Tolkien (b. 1892), English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor. Tolkien was schooled at home by his mother until she died, when he was 12.
• Ansel Adams (b. 1902), photographer^[4]
• Andrew Wyeth (b. 1917), US realist painter, taken out of school at young age because of illness, then received education from his parents on art and other subjects.^[12]
• Olavo de Carvalho (b. 1947), Philosopher, author, journalist
• Francis Collins (b. 1950), US physician-geneticist, discovered a number of disease genes, and led the Human Genome Project, home-schooled by his mother until the sixth grade.^[13]
• Julian Assange (b. 1970), founder of WikiLeaks was homeschooled for a time, when his parents ran a traveling theater company.^[14]
• Jedediah Purdy, (b. 1974) Duke University law professor, homeschooled until High School.
• Caitlin Moran, (b. 1975) Journalist, author, broadcaster
• Benjamin Bolger, (b. 1975) perpetual student, homeschooled starting from 4th grade.
• Gianna Jessen (b. 1977), activist^[15]
• Bode Miller (b. 1977), US alpine skier, homeschooled by his parents until age 10^[16]
• Brett Dennen (b. October 28, 1979), musician^[17]
• Astra Taylor (b. 1979) Canadian-American documentary film-maker, writer, musician. Unschooled until age 13.
• Felicia Day, (b. 1979) actress, writer, musician^[18]
• Michelle Kwan (b. 1980), US figure skater^[19][20]
• Erik Demaine, (b. 1981) mathematician, artist, MacArthur winner^[21]
• Reid W. Barton, (b. 1983) one of the most successful performers in the International Science Olympiads, homeschooled after 3rd grade.
• Lindsay Lohan (b. 1986), actress, was homeschooled after 10th grade.^[22]
• Kat Dennings, actor
• Hilary Duff (b. 1987) actor.
• Kevin Jonas (b. 1987) a member of The Jonas Brothers, musician, actor
• Tim Tebow (b. 1987), American football player, homeschooled, allowed to play in a local school's football team.^[23]
• Blake Griffin (b. 1989), Basketball Player^[24][25]
• Lucy Hale (b. 1989), actress^[26]
• Joe Jonas (b. 1989) a member of The Jonas Brothers, musician, actor
• Hayden Panettiere (b. 1989), actress, homeschooled from grade nine to the completion of high school.^[27]
• Taylor Swift (b. 1989), singer, homeschooled during her junior and senior years.^[28]
• Aly Michalka (b. 1989) Actress and former Disney star
• Jamie Anderson (b. 1990), American snowboarder^[29]
• Bethany Hamilton (b. 1990), surfer^[15]
• Joey Logano (b. 1990), NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racer, youngest driver ever to win a NASCAR race, homeschooled after the 3rd grade^[30]
• Emma Watson (b. 1990) English actress and model. She was homeschooled during the period in which the Harry Potter movies were filmed.^[31]
• Skyler Day (b. 1991), actress, homeschooled after second grade.^[32]
• AJ Michalka, (b. 1991) Actress and former Disney star
• Nick Jonas (b. 1992) a member of The Jonas Brothers, musician, actor
• Demi Lovato (b. 1992), actress and singer^[33][34]
• Miranda Cosgrove (b. 1993), actress, homeschooled from sixth grade onwards.^[35]
• Sage Kotsenburg (b. 1993), American snowboarder^[36]
• Christina Grimmie (1994-2016), homeschooled starting junior year.^[37]
• Arran Fernandez,(b 1995) mathematician, youngest ever Senior Wrangler at Cambridge University
• Rebecca Black (b. 1997), US singer from Anaheim, California, homeschooled to devote more time to her musical career.^[38]
• Chloë Grace Moretz (b. 1997) American actress and model.^[39]
• Atticus Shaffer (b. 1998), american actor, known for portraying Brick Heck on the ABC sitcom The Middle
• Cozi Zuehlsdorff (b. 1998), american actress and singer, known for the Dolphin Tale movies.^[40]
• Julian Trevelyan, (b. 1998) British concert pianist and youngest-ever winner of the top prize at the Long-Thibaud-Crespin International Piano Competition in 2015.
• Michael Andrew (b. 1999), the youngest American swimmer to turn professional (at age 14) and has broken more than 100 National Age Group records.
• Camren Bicondova (b. 1999) American dancer and child actress.^[41]
• Michelle Creber, (b. 1999) Canadian child actress, daughter of musician-producer Michael Creber and vocalist-producer Monique Creber.
• Kaitlyn Maher, (b. 2004) US child singer who made it to the top 10 on America's Got Talent.

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