Daron Hagen was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the youngest of the three sons of Gwen Hagen (a visual artist, writer and advertising executive who studied with Mari Sandoz) and Earl Hagen (an attorney).
Daron Hagen was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in New Berlin, a suburb west of the city. The youngest of the three sons of Gwen Hagen (a visual artist, writer and advertising executive who studied with Mari Sandoz) and Earl Hagen (an attorney).