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The Leakey family is a British and Kenyan family consisting of a number of notable military figures and archaeologists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Archaeology and science

  • Colin Leakey (born 1933), plant scientist; son of Louis Leakey
  • Louis Leakey (1903 – 1972), archaeologist; son of Harry Leakey and cousin of Nigel and Rea Leakey
  • Louise Leakey (born 1972), paleontologist; daughter of Meave and Richard Leakey, married to Prince Emmanuel de Merode.
  • Mary Leakey (1913 – 1996), archaeologist; wife of Louis Leakey
  • Meave Leakey (born 1942), palaeoanthropologist; wife of Richard Leakey
  • Richard Leakey (born 1944), politician and palaeoanthropologist; son of Louis and Mary Leakey

    • Military

  • Lieutenant General David Leakey (born 1952), senior British Army officer and current Black Rod
  • Joshua Leakey (born c. 1988), Victoria Cross recipient
  • Air Commodore Mark Leakey, senior Royal Air Force officer and Director of the Armed Forces Christian Union
  • Nigel Leakey (1913 – 1941), Victoria Cross recipient; brother of Rea Leakey
  • Major General Rea Leakey (1915 – 1999), decorated senior British Army officer; brother of Nigel Leakey

    • Other

  • Arundell Gray Leakey, farmer killed in the Mau Mau Uprising; father of Nigel and Rea Leakey
  • Robert ("Bob") Leakey (1914 – 2013), engineer and cave diver; brother of Nigel and Rea Leakey
  • Caroline Leakey (1827 – 1881), writer; daughter of James Leakey
  • The Reverend Harry Leakey, 20th century missionary; father of Louis Leakey
  • James Leakey (1775 – 1866), artist; grandfather of Harry Leakey and great-great-uncle of Nigel and Rea Leakey
  • Jonathan Leakey (born 1940), businessman; son of Louis and Mary Leakey
  • Philip Leakey (born 1949), politician; son of Louis and Mary Leakey

    • References

    Leakey family Wikipedia
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