I whanau a Alfred North Whitehead i Ramsgate, Kent, Ingarangi, i te tau 1861. Ko tana papa, ko Alfred Whitehead, he minita me te kaiako o te Chatham House Academy, he kura mo nga tama i whakatuhia e Thomas Whitehead, tupuna o Alfred North. I mahara a Whitehead ano he kura tino angitu raua tokorua, engari ko tana tupuna te tangata tino ahurei. Ko te whaea o Whitehead ko Maria Sarah Whitehead, i mua ko Maria Sarah Buckmaster. Kaore a Whitehead i tino piri ki tona whaea, na te mea kaore ia i whakahua i a ia i roto i tetahi o ana tuhinga, a he tohu kei te iti te whakaaro o te wahine a Whitehead, a Evelyn. I whakaakona a Whitehead i te Kura o Sherborne, Dorset, tetahi o nga kura pai rawa atu o te whenua. I whakaahuatia tona tamarikitanga hei tino tiaki, engari i te wa i whanau ai ia i te kura me te rangatira o te kura i roto i nga kaupapa pāngarau me te upoko o tana akomanga. I te tau 1880, i ako a Edward Routh Whitehead i tana karahipi, ko tana kaitoha
Ko te tau 1861