John Stewart Deeble AO[1] (9 July 1931 – 5 October 2018) was an Australian academic, health economist and the architect of Medicare in Australia.
A native of Wimmera, Deeble grew up near Donald, Victoria, and left school aged 15.
While working there, Deeble and Richard Scotton coauthored proposals for what became known as Medicare.
[2] He was also a World Bank consultant on healthcare financing in Hungary, Turkey and Indonesia, and from 1995 to 2005, an adviser to the government of South Africa.
[6][7] His funeral was held in Canberra on 19 October[8] and he was buried privately in Woodend, Victoria.