1. (noun) English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944)

• richard erskine leakey
• richard leakey

2. (noun) English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)

• mary douglas leakey
• mary leakey

3. (noun) English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)

• louis leakey
• louis seymour bazett leakey