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 [ edit ]
Chair of IB Board of Governors [ edit ]
Randa Abdel-Fattah , author, graduate of the Australian International Academy .
Douglas Alexander , British Labour party Politician and former Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, graduate of the Pearson College UWC in Canada
Maudy Ayunda , Indonesian singer, graduate of British School Jakarta
Yuriko Backes , Luxembourgish diplomat and politician, graduate of Canadian Academy [ 18]
Alexander Baggio , graduate of Cobequid Educational Centre
Alia Bhatt , Bollywood actress, daughter of Mahesh Bhatt , graduate of Jamnabai Narsee School
Marina Catena , Director of the United Nations World Food Program , graduate of UWC Adriatic
Felipe Contepomi , Former Argentine rugby player and Orthopaedic Surgeon, graduate of Colegio Cardenal Newman
Marina Diamandis , Welsh musician and pop artist, who took the diploma at St. Catherine's British School in Greece
Anne Enright , 2007 Man Booker Prize award-winning novelist, first Irish Laureate for Fiction and graduate of Pearson College UWC
Mahan Esfahani , noted harpsichordist, graduate of Richard Montgomery High School [ 19]
Evan Fisher , graduate of Cobequid Educational Centre
Julia Galef , American philosopher,[ 20] graduate of Richard Montgomery High School
Gael García Bernal , actor, graduate of the Edron Academy
Sunit Ghosh graduate of Global Indian International School
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
Princess Raiyah bint Hussein , daughter of King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan , graduate of the United World College of the Atlantic
Khairy Jamaluddin , Malaysian politician, Malaysian federal Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, graduate of the United World College of South East Asia
Lauren Jauregui , Cuban-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and former member of Fifth Harmony , graduate of Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart
Ken Jennings , American quiz show contestant and Jeopardy! winnings record holder, graduate of the Seoul Foreign School
Sonam Kapoor , Bollywood actress, daughter of Anil Kapoor , graduate of the United World College of South East Asia [ 21]
Robbie Kay , actor (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides , Once Upon a Time ), graduate of the British School of Houston
Kesha , American singer[ 22] graduated from Brentwood High School (Tennessee)
Kim Jong-un : Supreme Leader of North Korea, attended the International School of Berne , although it is unclear if he graduated[ 23] [ 24]
Praya Lundberg , Thai/Swedish actress and model, Southeast Asia's first UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador , graduate of NIST International School
Nadiem Makarim , Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, in Indonesia and Founder of Gojek , Indonesia's first startup valued over US$10 billion, graduate of United World College of South East Asia
Mata (rapper) , Polish hip-hop singer-songwriter, graduate of Stefan Batory 2nd High School (Warsaw)
George Miller (Joji) , singer-songwriter, record producer, author, and former Internet personality, graduate of Canadian Academy in Japan
Karen Mok , Hong Kong-based actress and singer-songwriter, attended UWC Adriatic
Dustin Moskovitz , co-founder of Facebook , graduate of Vanguard High School
Derek Muller , creator of Veritasium YouTube channel, graduate of West Vancouver Secondary School
Carey Mulligan , actor, International School of Düsseldorf
Mohamed Nasheed , politician, former 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
Olajide Olatunji (KSI) , singer-songwriter, YouTube personality
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
Kaesang Pangarep , son of Indonesian President Joko Widodo , graduate of ACS International
Julie Payette , Governor General of Canada, astronaut, graduate of the United World College of the Atlantic [ 25]
Nico Rosberg , former Formula 1 driver for Mercedes-AMG Petronas , 2016 FIA Formula 1 Drivers' Championship winner. Graduate of International School of Nice[citation needed ]
Peter Sands , former CEO of Standard Chartered Bank , graduate of Pearson College UWC [ 26]
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
Ebba Busch Thor , Leader of the Christian Democrats (Sweden)
Justin Trudeau , Prime Minister of Canada, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada , IB Diploma from the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in 1991.[ 27]
Michael Tubbs , Mayor of Stockton, California, IB Diploma from Franklin High School (Stockton)
Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange , King of the Netherlands, graduate of United World College of the Atlantic [ 28]
Abiodun Williams , President of The Hague Institute for Global Justice , graduate of Pearson College UWC
Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor , Singer-songwriter colloquially known as "Lorde," graduate of Takapuna Grammar School [ 29]
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