Alfred North Whitehead wuxuu ku dhashay Ramsgate, Kent, England, sanadkii 1861. Aabihiis, Alfred Whitehead, wuxuu ahaa wasiir iyo macalin dugsi oo ka tirsan Chatham House Academy, dugsi wiilal ah oo uu aasaasay Thomas Whitehead, awoowe Alfred North. Whitehead laftiisu wuxuu xasuustaa labadoodaba inay ahaayeen dugsiyo aad u guulaystay, laakiin awoowgiis wuxuu ahaa ninka ugu cajiibka badan. Hooyada Whitehead waxay ahayd Maria Sarah Whitehead, oo horey u ahayd Maria Sarah Buckmaster. Whitehead sida muuqata si gaar ah uma uusan xiriirin hooyadiis, maadaama uusan waligiis ku xusin qoraalladiisa, waxaana jira caddeyn muujineysa in xaaska Whitehead, Evelyn, ay aragti hoose ka qabtay. Whitehead wuxuu wax ku bartay Sherborne School, Dorset, oo ka mid ah dugsiyada ugu wanaagsan ee dadweynaha ee dalka.
Sanadkii 1861