Bayanin: Alfred North Whitehead an haife shi ne a Ramsgate, Kent, Ingila, a cikin 1861. Mahaifinsa, Alfred Whitehead, ya kasance minista kuma malamin makarantar Chatham House Academy, makarantar yara maza da Thomas Whitehead, kakan Alfred North ya kafa. Whitehead da kansa ya tuna da su duka a matsayin makarantu masu nasara sosai, amma kakansa shi ne mutum mafi ban mamaki. Mahaifiyar Whitehead ita ce Maria Sarah Whitehead, a baya Maria Sarah Buckmaster. Whitehead ba ta da kusanci da mahaifiyarsa, kamar yadda bai taɓa ambaton ta a cikin rubuce-rubucensa ba, kuma akwai shaidar cewa matar Whitehead, Evelyn, tana da ra'ayi mara kyau game da ita.
Shekara ta 1861