Worth Bingham was born on May 7, 1932 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He was married to Joan Bingham. He died on July 12, 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.