Worth Bingham was born on 7 May 1932 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He was married to Joan Bingham. He died on 12 July 1966 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA.
Third generation of a local American publishing dynasty; his grandfather was Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937), his father was Barry Bingham his sister was Eleanor Bingham Miller, and his son was Robert Bingham.