List of homeschooled people

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

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

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