Ian Hislop and his wife, Victoria Hislop have two children. They are Will Hislop and Emily Helen Hislop.
Their son, Will Hislop is a British actor, writer and stand-up comedian. He studied at Tonbridge School followed by the University of Oxford and alongside Barney Fishwick formed a comedy double act called, Giants.
In 2017, the 23-year-old won the UK’s Musical Comedy Awards.
He has been featured in videos such as “When you pretend you’re not posh”, featuring Hislop as a privately educated individual downplaying his privileged upbringing (reverse snobbery) and Sexy guy, which is filmed at the Radcliffe Camera at Oxford.