John Nathan-Turner
John Turner, known professionally as John Nathan-Turner, was an English television producer. He was the ninth producer of the long-running BBC science fiction series Doctor Who and the final producer of the series' first run on television. He finished the role having become the longest-serving Doctor Who producer and cast Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy as the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, respectively.
12 August 1947
Born on the same birth day (12 August): Alfred Lunt • Andrei Agius • Bob Buhl • Charles Gibson (historian) • Christian III of Denmark • D. J. Houlton • Graham J. Zellick • Guy Gibson • Harry Hopman • Ian Hutchinson (motorcyclist) • John McDermott (golfer) • John Waller (fight director) • Julio Urías • Jürgen Dehmel • Karl Stefanovic • Mark Kinsella • Martha Hedman • Samuel Fuller • Sitaram Yechury • Terry Nutkins • Tom Cleverley • Vikram Sarabhai • Walter Dean Myers
Born in the same month (August 1947): Barbara Mason • France A. Córdova • Gerald McRaney • Joe Manchin • Larry Wilcox • Lawrence Wright • Linda Thompson (singer) • Nicolae Dobrin • Paulo Coelho • Peter Krieg • Radhia Cousot • Ruth Bakke • Temple Grandin • The Buckinghams • Willy Russell