Joan Bakewell
- Born
- 16 April 1933 (93 years)
- Place of birth
- Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK
- Gender
- Female
Joan Dawson Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell, DBE, HonFBA, is an English journalist, television presenter and Labour Party peer. Baroness Bakewell is President of Birkbeck, University of London; she is also an author and playwright, and has been awarded Humanist of the year for services to humanism.
