Sheeran ni a bi ni Halifax, West Yorkshire on 17 February 1991. Nigba ti o wà a ọmọ, o gbe pẹlu ebi re lati Hebden Bridge to Framlingham ni Suffolk. O ni o ni a agbalagba arakunrin ti a npè Matthew ti o ṣiṣẹ bi a composer. Sheeran ká obi, John ati Imogen, ni lati London.
Ọdún 1991