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): Betty Mae Tiger Jumper • Chris Carpenter • Geoffrey Shovelton • George Petty • Isobel Campbell • Jenna Coleman • Jules Lemaître • Lara Gut-Behrami • Mary Wollstonecraft • Meselech Melkamu • Mike Krushelnyski • Pierre-Marc Bouchard • Robert Dhéry • Rogers Hornsby • Sergei Prokofiev • Walter Lantz
Born in the same month (April 1963): A. Michael Baldwin • Alec Stewart • Andrew Carwood • Billy Gould • Dean Norris • Manzoor Elahi • Marc Jacobs • Marc Lacroix (biochemist) • Paul Belmondo • Rachel Whiteread • Tine Asmundsen