John Bird, Baron Bird
John Bird, Baron Bird was born on January 30, 1946. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About John Bird, Baron Bird
John Anthony Bird, Baron Bird MBE (born 30 January 1946) is a British social entrepreneur, author and life peer. He co-founded The Big Issue, a weekly street newspaper sold by vendors who are largely homeless or vulnerably housed, which has surpassed 200 million copies in sales since 1991 and is the world's most widely circulated street paper. Since 2015, Bird has sat as a Crossbench member of the House of Lords, where he campaigns on poverty prevention, early intervention and the well-being of future generations.