Charles Krauthammer est né le 13 mars 1950 dans l'état de New York, États-Unis. Il était marié à Robyn Trethewey. Il est mort le 21 juin 2018 en Géorgie, États-Unis.
When he was a medical student, had a diving accident, in Massachusetts in July 1972, which injured his spinal cord and left him paralyzed. Later regained the use of the upper part of his body.