Leakey is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
People
Bob Leakey (1914–2013), inventor, potholer and cave diver Caroline Leakey (1827–1881), English writer Colin Leakey (born 1933), English botanist David Leakey (born 1952), British Army general Frida Leakey (1902–1993), British archaeologist and wife of Louis Leakey James Leakey (1775–1866), English landscape and portrait painter Joshua Leakey (born c. 1988), British recipient of the Victoria Cross Louis Leakey (1903–1972), Kenyan archaeologist and naturalist Louise Leakey (born 1972), Kenyan paleontologist Mary Leakey (1913–1996), British paleoanthropologist Meave Leakey (born 1942), British paleontologist Nigel Gray Leakey (1913–1941), Kenyan recipient of the Victoria Cross Phil Leakey (1908–1992), British make-up artist Philip Leakey (born 1949), Kenyan politician Rea Leakey (1915–1999), British Army major-general Richard Leakey (1944–2022), Kenyan paleontologist, archaeologist and conservationist
Fictional characters Mr. Leakey, a magician in J. B. S. Haldane's 1937 children's book My Friend Mr Leakey