Stallman ni a bi March 16, 1953, ni New York City, si a ebi ti Juu ogún. awọn obi rẹ ni Alice Lippman, a ile-iwe olukọ, ati Daniel Stallman, a titẹ sita tẹ alagbata. Stallman ní a nira ibasepọ pẹlu awọn obi rẹ, bi baba rẹ ní a mimu iwa ati ki o verbally abused rẹ stepmother. o nigbamii ti wá lati apejuwe awọn obi rẹ bi "tyrants". o ti nife ninu awọn kọnputa ni kan kekere ọjọ ori; nigbati Stallman wà a pre-ọmọde ni kan ooru ibudó, o ka iwe-ašẹ fun awọn ibm 7094. lati 1967 to 1969, Stallman lọ si a Columbia University Saturday eto fun ile-iwe giga omo ile. Stallman tun a oluranlowo laboratory oluranlowo ni biology eka ni Rockefeller University.
ẹ̀ka ẹ̀kọ́ nípa ohun alààyè ní yunifásítì Rockefeller