Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Ottó Herman a Breznóbánya, Masarautar Hungary (Slovakia ta zamani) a cikin dangin Jamus na Zipser. Ya fara makarantunsa a Miskolc. Ya yi karatun injiniya a Vienna, duk da haka, saboda dalilai na iyali ba zai iya kammala karatunsa ba. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 14 ya so ya shiga cikin 'yan tawayen Hungary na 1848
amma an tura shi gida saboda ba zai iya samar da wasikar amincewar mahaifinsa ba. Daga baya, aka yi wa Herman horo ya yi shekaru yana aikin soja a rundunar Austriya don ya guji shiga aikin soja. Ya zama sanannen ɗan jarida kuma ɗan majalisa na ƙasar Hungary. Sau da yawa yakan ziyarci Lajos Kossuth a Turin, Italiya.