ARCHAEOLOGIST
Meave Leakey
1942 - Today
Meave Leakey
Meave G. Leakey (born Meave Epps; 28 July 1942) is a British palaeoanthropologist. She works at Stony Brook University and is co-ordinator of Plio-Pleistocene research at the Turkana Basin Institute. She studies early hominid evolution and has done extensive field research in the Turkana Basin. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meave Leakey has received more than 146,378 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Meave Leakey is the 114th most popular archaeologist (up from 115th in 2019), the 3,962nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,147th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Archaeologist.
Memorability Metrics
150k
Page Views (PV)
53.88
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
17
Languages Editions (L)
4.84
Effective Languages (L*)
2.35
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Among archaeologists, Meave Leakey ranks 114 out of 151. Before her are Rudolf Wagner, Lewis Binford, Anne Stine Ingstad, Mortimer Wheeler, Spyridon Marinatos, and Franz Weidenreich. After her are Ekrem Akurgal, Robert T. Bakker, Zakaria Goneim, Grafton Elliot Smith, Klaus Schmidt, and Carl Blegen.
Most Popular Archaeologists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsRudolf Wagner
1805 - 1864
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 108
Lewis Binford
1932 - 2011
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 109
Anne Stine Ingstad
1918 - 1997
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 110
Mortimer Wheeler
1890 - 1976
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 111
Spyridon Marinatos
1901 - 1974
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 112
Franz Weidenreich
1873 - 1948
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 113
Meave Leakey
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 114
Ekrem Akurgal
1911 - 2002
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 115
Robert T. Bakker
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 116
Zakaria Goneim
1905 - 1959
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 117
Grafton Elliot Smith
1871 - 1937
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 118
Klaus Schmidt
1953 - 2014
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 119
Carl Blegen
1887 - 1971
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 120
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1942, Meave Leakey ranks 513. Before her are Joanna Pettet, Petar Kirov, Philippe Gondet, Néstor Togneri, Michael Giles, and Klaus Beer. After her are Christine Darden, Bernard Darniche, Shere Hite, Gennady Logofet, Arrigo Miglio, and Salim Ahmed Salim.
Others Born in 1942
Go to all RankingsJoanna Pettet
ACTOR
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 507
Petar Kirov
WRESTLER
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 508
Philippe Gondet
SOCCER PLAYER
1942 - 2018
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 509
Néstor Togneri
SOCCER PLAYER
1942 - 1999
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 510
Michael Giles
MUSICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 511
Klaus Beer
ATHLETE
1942 - 2023
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 512
Meave Leakey
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 513
Christine Darden
MATHEMATICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 514
Bernard Darniche
RACING DRIVER
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 515
Shere Hite
WRITER
1942 - 2020
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 516
Gennady Logofet
SOCCER PLAYER
1942 - 2011
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 517
Arrigo Miglio
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 518
Salim Ahmed Salim
POLITICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 519
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Meave Leakey ranks 3,962 out of 8,785. Before her are Liam Howlett (1971), Edward Carpenter (1844), Henry Liddell (1811), Michael Giles (1942), Charles Howard Hinton (1853), and John André (1750). After her are Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930), Isaac Roberts (1829), Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857), Horace Lamb (1849), William Powell Frith (1819), and Gerald Finzi (1901).
Others born in United Kingdom
Go to all RankingsLiam Howlett
MUSICIAN
1971 - Present
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 3,956
Edward Carpenter
WRITER
1844 - 1929
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 3,957
Henry Liddell
LINGUIST
1811 - 1898
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 3,958
Michael Giles
MUSICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 3,959
Charles Howard Hinton
MATHEMATICIAN
1853 - 1907
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 3,960
John André
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1750 - 1780
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 3,961
Meave Leakey
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 3,962
Abdalqadir as-Sufi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1930 - 2021
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 3,963
Isaac Roberts
ENGINEER
1829 - 1904
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 3,964
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1857 - 1932
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 3,965
Horace Lamb
MATHEMATICIAN
1849 - 1934
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 3,966
William Powell Frith
PAINTER
1819 - 1909
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 3,967
Gerald Finzi
COMPOSER
1901 - 1956
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 3,968
Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom
Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, Meave Leakey ranks 23. Before her are John O. Westwood (1805), James Mellaart (1925), E. A. Wallis Budge (1857), James Prinsep (1799), Colin Groves (1942), and Mortimer Wheeler (1890). After her are John Beazley (1885), Dorothea Bate (1878), James Quibell (1867), Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871), John M. Allegro (1923), and Grahame Clark (1907).
John O. Westwood
1805 - 1893
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 17
James Mellaart
1925 - 2012
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 18
E. A. Wallis Budge
1857 - 1934
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 19
James Prinsep
1799 - 1840
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 20
Colin Groves
1942 - 2017
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 21
Mortimer Wheeler
1890 - 1976
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 22
Meave Leakey
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 23
John Beazley
1885 - 1970
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 24
Dorothea Bate
1878 - 1951
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 25
James Quibell
1867 - 1935
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 26
Arthur Surridge Hunt
1871 - 1934
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 27
John M. Allegro
1923 - 1988
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 28
Grahame Clark
1907 - 1995
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 29