James Byron Dean akaberekwa musi waFebruary 8, 1931, paimba yeSeven Gables pakona ye4th Street neMcclure Street muMarion, Indiana, ndiye ega mwana waMildred Marie (Wilson) naWinton Dean. Aive anonyanya kubva kuEngland, aine zvidiki zvidiki zveGerman, Irish, Scottish, uye Welsh madzitateguru. Akataurawo kuti baba vake vaive chikamu cheNative American, uye kuti amai vake vaive ve "mutsara wevagari vekutanga vanogona kuteverwa kudzokera kuMayflower". Makore matanhatu mushure mekunge baba vake vasiya kurima kuti vave nyanzvi yezve mazino, Dean akatamira nemhuri yake kuSanta Monica, California. Akanyoreswa kuWentwood Public mudunhu reLos Angeles, California, asi munguva pfupi mushure meizvozvo akaendeswa kuIndiana McKinley Elementary School.
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