An haifi Hawking a ranar 8 ga Janairu 1942 a Oxford zuwa Frank (1905<unk>1986) da Isobel Eileen Hawking (née Walker; 1915<unk>2013). An haifi mahaifiyar Hawking a cikin dangin likitoci a Glasgow, Scotland. Mahaifinsa mai arziki daga mahaifinsa, daga Yorkshire, ya kara da kansa sayen gonar gona sannan kuma ya rushe a cikin babban mawuyacin hali na aikin gona a farkon karni na 20. Mahaifinsa na mahaifinsa ya ceci iyalin daga lalacewar kudi ta hanyar bude makaranta a gidansu. Duk da iyalansu na iyalansu, iyaye biyu sun halarci Jami'ar Oxford, inda Frank ya karanta magani da kuma Isobel ya karanta Falsafa, Maryamu da Siyasa da Tattalin Arziki. Isobel ya yi aiki a matsayin sakatare na cibiyar bincike, kuma Frank ya kasance mai bincike.
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