Sylvester McCoy

Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith, known professionally as Sylvester McCoy, is a Scottish actor. Gaining prominence as a physical comedian, he became best known for playing the seventh incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1987 to 1989—the final Doctor of the original run—and briefly returning in a television film in 1996. He is also known for his work as Radagast in The Hobbit film series (2012–2014).

20 August 1943

Born on the same birth date (20 August 1943): Roger Gale

Born on the same birth day (20 August): Alexandre Finazzi • Alvin Greenidge • Andrew Surman • Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle • Ben Barnes (actor) • Finlay Calder • H. R. Van Dongen • Henry Every • Jean Gebser • José Zamora (footballer, born 1988) • Lieke Klaver • Liu Chunyan • Maxim Vengerov • Robin Oakley • Roger Wolcott Sperry • Roy Gardner (businessman) • Salvatore Quasimodo • Thomas Corneille • Vedran Janjetović • Venelin Filipov

Born in the same month (August 1943): Bjørn Wirkola • Béla Bollobás • David Maslanka • Dick Halligan • Eileen Bell • Gianni Rivera • Herbert M. Allison • Pervez Musharraf • Pino Presti • Rodney Alcala • Ronnie Spector • Sammi Smith • Surayud Chulanont • Tuesday Weld • Vicente Álvarez Areces