Randall mụrụ na Queens, New York City, New York. Ọ bụ onye gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Hampshire College Summer Studies na Mathematics; na ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Stuyvesant High School na 1980, ebe ọ bụ onye otu klas nke ibe ya bụ ọkà mmụta sayensị na sayensị na-ewu ewu Brian Greene. O meriri ebe mbụ na 1980 Westinghouse Science Talent Search na afọ 18; na Mahadum Harvard, Randall nwetara BA na physics (1983) na PhD na physics theory (1987) n'okpuru Howard Georgi.
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