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): Alberto Romulo • Alexandre Aja • David Testo • Dominic Cork • Elizabeth Báthory • Georg Stiernhielm • Gerard Denton • Henri Le Sidaner • James Bowdoin • Jason Grimsley • Koenraad Elst • Mikhail Gorsheniov • Nikolai Triik • Paul Dunn (rugby league) • Rocky Bridges • Sándor Simó • Veljo Tormis

Born in the same month (August 1903): Arpad Elo • Bhagwati Charan Verma • Bruno Bettelheim • Caroline Pafford Miller • Habib Bourguiba • Jerry Iger • Lucienne Boyer • Ward Moore