List of International Baccalaureate people

This is a list of notable people affiliated with the International Baccalaureate, including IB directors-general, chairs of the IB Board of Governors (previously known as the IB Council of Foundation), and notable graduates of one or more of the three IB programmes.

IB directors-general

• Alec Peterson (1968–1977)^[1]
• Gerard Renaud (1977–1983)^[2]
• Roger Peel (1983–1998)^[3]
• Derek Blackman (1998–1999)^[4]
• George Walker (1999–2005)^[5]
• Jeffrey Beard (2006-2013)^[6]
• Dr Siva Kumari (2014 - present)^[7]

Chair of IB Board of Governors

• John Goormaghtigh (1968–1981)^[8]
• Seydou Madani Sy (1981–1984)^[9]
• Piet Gathier (1984–1990)^[10]
• Thomas Hagoort (1990–1996)^[11]
• Bengt Thelin (1996–1997)^[12]
• Greg Crafter (1997–2003))^[13]
• Monique Seefried (2003–2009)^[14]
• Carol Bellamy (2009 - April 2015)^[15]
• George Rupp (April 2015 - present)^[16]

Notable alumni

• Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, IB Diploma of the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in 1991.^[17]
• Princess Raiyah bint Al Hussein, daughter of King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan, graduate of the United World College of the Atlantic
• Douglas Alexander, British Labour party Politician and current Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, graduate of the Pearson College UWC in Canada
• Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, King of the Netherlands, graduate of United World College of the Atlantic^[18]
• Gael García Bernal, actor, graduate of the Edron Academy
• Marina Catena, Director of the United Nations World Food Program, graduate of UWC Adriatic
• Marina Diamandis, British musician and pop artist, who took the diploma in Greece
• Anne Enright, 2007 Man Booker Prize award winning novelist, first Irish Laureate for Fiction and graduate of Pearson College UWC
• Randa Abdel-Fattah, author, graduate of the Australian International Academy.
• Alex Honnold, American professional rock climber, graduate of Mira Loma High School
• Akihiko Hoshide, astronaut, graduate of the United World College of South East Asia
• Ken Jennings, holds the record for the longest winning streak on the U.S. syndicated game show Jeopardy!, graduate of the Seoul Foreign School
• Kim Jong-Chul, son of Kim Jong-Il, and brother of dictator of North Korea, attended International School of Berne, Switzerland
• Sonam Kapoor, Bollywood actress, daughter of Anil Kapoor, graduate of the United World College of South East Asia^[19]
• Robbie Kay, actor (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Once Upon a Time), graduate of the British School of Houston
• Karen Mok, Hong Kong-based actress and singer-songwriter, attended UWC Adriatic
• Dustin Moskovitz, co-founder of Facebook, graduate of Vanguard High School
• Mohamed Nasheed, President of the Maldives, attended Overseas Children's School (now Overseas School of Colombo), Sri Lanka
• Lupita Nyong'o, Kenyan actress, (12 Years a Slave, Academy Award for best supporting actress 2014), graduate of St. Mary's School, Nairobi
• Jorma Ollila, former CEO of Nokia, graduate of the United World College of the Atlantic
• Ignacio Padilla, Mexican novelist and short story writer, graduate of Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa
• Julie Payette, astronaut, graduate of the United World College of the Atlantic^[20]
• Hege Solbakken, CEO of Offshore Media Group, graduate of Bergen Katedralskole
• Sarah Tan, Channel V VJ, graduate of the United World College of South East Asia
• Toby Turner, YouTube star and actor on The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange, graduated from Niceville High School in Florida^[21]
• Abiodun Williams, President of The Hague Institute For Global Justice, graduate of Pearson College UWC

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