Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech

Ruth Lynn Deech, Baroness Deech, DBE is a British academic, lawyer, bioethicist and politician, most noted for chairing the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), from 1994 to 2002, and as the former Principal of St Anne's College, Oxford. Deech sits as a Crossbench peer in the House of Lords (2005–) and chaired the Bar Standards Board (2009–2014).

29 April 1943

Born on the same birth date (29 April 1943): Brenda Dean • Duane Allen

Born on the same birth day (29 April): Amy Krouse Rosenthal • Bill Slater (footballer) • Charles Nodier • Edward Blishen • James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde • Joachim Andersen (composer) • John Arbuthnot • Nora Dunn • Polly Samson • Richard Carlson (actor)

Born in the same month (April 1943): Alan Jones (radio broadcaster) • Andrzej Badeński • Antonio Sabàto Sr. • Chris Orr (artist) • Clive Sullivan • Dafydd Wigley • Duane Allen • Fighting Harada • Gail Goodrich • Hugh Thompson Jr. • Ian MacRae • John Maples • John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich • John Watkins (Australian cricketer) • Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce • Mick Abrahams • Miet Smet • Richard Epstein • Tim Krabbé • Titina Silá • Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone