[[Berkas:Nobel_Dan_Shechtman_2011-12-08.ogv|jmpl|250px|Wawancara dengan Dan Shechtman setelah pidato Nobelnya]]
Dan Shechtman lahir di Tel Aviv, [[Mandat Britania atas Palestina|Palestina Mandat]]. Ia menikah dengan Prof. Tzipora Shechtman, Kepala Departemen Konseling dan Pembangunan Manusia di [[Universitas Haifa]], dan penulis dua buku mengenai psikoterapi.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://edu.haifa.ac.il/en/couns-ed/ |title=Professor Zipora Shechtman |access-date=2012-01-10 |archive-date=2011-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928040404/http://edu.haifa.ac.il/en/couns-ed/ |dead-url=yes }}</ref><ref>[https://archive.istoday/20120629213115/www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1666890.php/He-deserves-it-wife-of-2011-Nobel-Chemistry-laureate-says He deserves it, wife of 2011 Nobel Chemistry laureate says]</ref> Mereka dikaruniai seorang putra bernama Yoav Shechtman (mahasiswa PhD fisika) dan tiga putri: Tamar Finkelstein (psikolog organisasi di pusat kepemimpinan polisi Israel), Ella Shechtman-Cory (PhD dalam bidang psikologi klinis), dan Ruth Dougoud-Nevo (PhD dalam bidang psikologi klinis).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-05/technion-s-shechtman-wins-chemistry-nobel-for-discovery-of-quasicrystals?category=%2Fnews%2Fmostread |title=Shechtman Wins Chemistry Nobel for Crystal Find |access-date=2012-01-10 |archive-date=2011-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111218234522/http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-05/technion-s-shechtman-wins-chemistry-nobel-for-discovery-of-quasicrystals?category=%2Fnews%2Fmostread |dead-url=yes }}</ref><ref>[http://www.geni.com/people/Tzipora-Shechtman/286048103530004020 Genealogy of the Shechtman family]</ref>
