Leakey family

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.

Notable members

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
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^[1]
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