An haifi Aung San Suu Kyi a ranar 19 ga Yuni 1945 a Rangoon (yanzu Yangon), Biritaniya Biritaniya. A cewar Peter Popham, an haife ta ne a wani ƙaramin ƙauye a waje da Rangoon da ake kira Hmway Saung. Mahaifinta, Aung San, ya haɗu da Jafananci a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II. Aung San ya kafa sojojin Burma na zamani kuma ya yi shawarwari game da 'yancin Burma daga Daular Burtaniya a shekarar 1947; abokan hamayyarsa sun kashe shi a wannan shekarar. Ta girma tare da mahaifiyarta, Khin Kyi, da 'yan'uwa biyu, Aung San Lin da Aung San Oo, a Rangoon. Aung San Lin ya mutu yana da shekara takwas, lokacin da ya nitse a cikin wani tafkin ado a kan gidan.
Shekara ta 1947