Russell T Davies

Stephen Russell Davies, better known as Russell T Davies, is a Welsh screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for being the original showrunner and head writer of the 2005 revival of the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who, from 2005 to 2010 and again from 2023. His other notable works include creating the series Queer as Folk (1999–2000), Bob & Rose (2001), The Second Coming (2003), Casanova (2005), Doctor Who spin-offs Torchwood (2006–2011) and The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007–2011), Cucumber (2015), A Very English Scandal (2018), Years and Years (2019), It's a Sin (2021) and Nolly (2023).

27 April 1963

Born on the same birth day (27 April): Allen Sothoron • August Koern • Charles Robert Cockerell • Dana Milbank • Darcey Bussell • Gian-Carlo Rota • James Mann (South Carolina politician) • Pedro Feliz • Theodor Kittelsen • Yoshihiro Togashi • Zohra Sehgal

Born in the same month (April 1963): Alex Crawford • Andrew Carwood • Doris Leuthard • Graham Norton • Jimmy Osmond • Karl Beattie • Mano Solo • Paul Belmondo • Paul Wassif • Ricky Nixon • Rosalind Gill • Seth Tobias