John Bird, Baron Bird

The Right Honourable The Lord Bird MBE
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 7 December 2015 – Life Peer
Personal details
Born	John Anthony Bird (1946-01-30) 30 January 1946 (age 78) Notting Hill, London, England
Education	Chelsea School of Art
Known for	The Big Issue
Awards	MBE Life Peer

John Anthony Bird, Baron Bird MBE (born 30 January 1946), is a British social entrepreneur and life peer. He is best known as the co-founder of The Big Issue, a magazine edited by professional journalists and sold by street vendors who are largely homeless or vulnerably housed.^[1]

Bird sits as an independent crossbench member of the House of Lords.^[2]