Editing Rob Lowe (section)

==Early life==
Robert Lowe was born in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], to Barbara ([[née]] Hepler), a teacher, and Charles 'Chuck' Davis Lowe, a trial lawyer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whoswhopr.com/2016/06/top-attorney-charles-d-lowe/|title=Charles D. Lowe - Top Attorney|date=June 9, 2016}}</ref> While still a baby, he lost complete hearing in his right ear as a result of undiagnosed mumps.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2014/celebrities-with-hearing-loss-photo.html/|title=Celebrities, Famous People With Hearing Loss}}</ref> His parents divorced when Lowe and his younger brother [[Chad Lowe|Chad]] were young.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://esme.com/single-mom-hall-of-fame/sons-daughters/rob-lowe-solo-mom-barbara-thinks-about-her-every-day|title=Rob Lowe About His Solo Mom, Barbara: "I Think About Her Every Day"|publisher=Esme.com|access-date=2018-07-05|language=en-US|archive-date=July 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705233248/https://esme.com/single-mom-hall-of-fame/sons-daughters/rob-lowe-solo-mom-barbara-thinks-about-her-every-day|url-status=live}}</ref> Lowe was [[baptized]] in the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]].<ref name="guardian">{{Cite news|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,671671,00.html|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|title=Pretty witty|first=Simon|last=Fanshawe|date=March 23, 2002|access-date=May 22, 2010|archive-date=October 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012181306/http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,671671,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He is of German, English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh ancestry. On the show ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S. TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', Lowe found out that one of his ancestors, Christopher East, served as a [[Hessian (soldier)|Hessian soldier]] during the U.S. War of Independence. His ancestor served under the command of Colonel [[Johann Gottlieb Rall]] and was captured at the American victory at [[Trenton, New Jersey]], on the morning of December 26, 1776. As a [[POW]], his ancestor was given a choice<!--of what?-->, and took the option to stay in the United States.<ref>Stated on ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S. TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', April 27, 2012,</ref> He has two half brothers from the second marriages of his parents, the producer Micah Dyer (maternal) and Justin Lowe (paternal).

Lowe grew up in [[Dayton, Ohio]], in a "traditional American setting".<ref name="guardian"/> He attended Oakwood Junior High School before moving to the [[Point Dume]] area of [[Malibu, California]], with his mother and brother.<ref name="malibu1">''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', [https://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/03/rob-lowes-early-years-press Rob Lowe on His Early Years as an Actor, His Friendships with the Sheens and Tom Cruise, and the Movie that Launched His Career, The Outsiders] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129205403/http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/03/rob-lowes-early-years-press |date=January 29, 2012 }} March 29, 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2012.</ref><ref name="malibu2">[[New York Times]], [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/books/rob-lowes-stories-i-only-tell-my-friends-review.html He's Handsome – You Noticed? – but Not Just] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128102945/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/books/rob-lowes-stories-i-only-tell-my-friends-review.html |date=January 28, 2017 }} on April 20, 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2012.</ref> In California, he attended [[Santa Monica High School]], where he met [[Charlie Sheen]]. In his autobiography ''Stories I Only Tell My Friends'', he wrote regarding Sheen, "We were both nerds [...] he wanted to be a baseball player."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-05-04 |title=Rob Lowe Dishes On Being A Former 'Nerd', Charlie's Sheen's Bizarre High School Attire & Punching Tom Cruise {{!}} Access Online |url=https://www.accessonline.com/articles/rob-lowe-dishes-on-being-a-former-nerd-charlies-sheens-bizarre-high-school-attire-punching-tom-cruise-100713 |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Access |language=en}}</ref> On a March 25, 2019 episode of the ‘WTF!? With Marc Maron’ podcast, Lowe boasted that he was once capable of bench pressing 135 pounds as a senior member of Santa Monica High School's baseball team, which has become a reoccurring punchline on his ‘Literally’ podcast.