# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-leakey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:28:48.199Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-leakey"
name: "Richard Leakey"
slug: "richard-leakey"
description: "Richard Erskine Frere Leakey was a Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist and politician. Leakey held a number of official positions in Kenya, mostly in institutions of archaeology and wildlife conservation. He was director of the National Museum of Kenya, founded the NGO WildlifeDirect, and was the chairman of the Kenya Wildlife Service. Leakey served in the powerful office of cabinet secretary and head of public service during the tail end of President Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi's government."
tagline: "Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and politician (1944-2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Leakey_(1986).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1944-12-19"
deathDate: "2022-01-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump