Louis Leakey

Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey was a Kenyan-British palaeoanthropologist and archaeologist whose work was important in demonstrating that humans evolved in Africa, particularly through discoveries made at Olduvai Gorge with his wife, fellow palaeoanthropologist Mary Leakey. Having established a programme of palaeoanthropological inquiry in eastern Africa, he also motivated many future generations to continue this scholarly work. Several members of the Leakey family became prominent scholars themselves.

7 August 1903

Born on the same birth day (7 August): Anisa Mohammed • Carlos Monzón • Elinor Ostrom • Felice and Boudleaux Bryant • Francesca Eastwood • Giorgetto Giugiaro • Josh Franceschi • Karol Zalewski • Kenny Ireland • Markus Bundi • Uwe Nettelbeck • Victoria of Baden • Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange • Zoltán Berczik

Born in the same month (August 1903): Arpad Elo • Arthur Godfrey • Bruno Bettelheim • Habib Bourguiba • Karl Hanke • Kostas Giannidis • Lucienne Boyer • Ward Moore