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): Andrew Schlafly • Andrew Selous • August Wilson • Bryan Harvey (musician) • Chiang Ching-kuo • Darcey Bussell • Erik Thomson • Nigel Barker (photographer) • Nikos Zachariadis • Stanisław Dziwisz • Sybille Bammer • Terry Willesee • Theo Angelopoulos • Theodor Kittelsen • William Moseley (actor)

Born in the same month (April 1963): Criss Oliva • Dean Norris • Lydia Cacho • Marc Lacroix (biochemist) • Mike Gascoyne • Rosalind Gill • Warren DeMartini