Stallman akaberekwa musi wa16 Kurume 1953, muNew York City, kumhuri yechiJudha. Vabereki vake ndiAlice Lippman, mudzidzisi wechikoro, naDaniel Stallman, mutengesi wekudhinda. Stallman aive nehukama hwakaoma nevabereki vake, sezvo baba vake vaive netsika yekunwa uye vaishungurudza amai vake vokurera. Akazotaura vabereki vake se "vadzvinyiriri". Aifarira makomputa achiri mudiki; Stallman paakanga asati ave kuyaruka kumusasa wezhizha, akaverenga zvinyorwa zveIBM 7094. Kubva muna 1967 kusvika 1969, Stallman akapinda chirongwa cheSaturday yeColumbia University yevadzidzi vechikoro chesekondari. Stallman aivewo mubatsiri wekuzvipira mubazi rezvehupenyu paRockefeller University. Kunyange zvazvo aifarira masvomhu uye fizikisi, purofesa wake paRockefeller akafunga kuti aizopedza nguva yake semunhu anodzidza biology.
dhipatimendi rezvinhu zvipenyu paRockefeller University