klˈeɪtmən wʌz bˈɔːɹn ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi fˈoːɹ ɪn bɹˈʊklɪn, nˈuː jˈɔːɹk, ðə jˈʌŋɡɚɹ ʌv bˈɜːθə ænd mˈɪltən klˈeɪtmənz tˈuː sˈʌnz.
Kleitman was born in 1934 in Brooklyn, New York, the younger of Bertha and Milton Kleitman's two sons.