title: Leake
text: # Leake
  
  The homonym leak may refer to a container or covering) accidentally losing or admitting content, especially liquid or gas, through a hole or crack.
  
  ## Places
  
  * Old Leake and New Leake, Lincolnshire, UK
  * West Leake and East Leake, Nottinghamshire, UK
  * Leake, North Yorkshire, UK
  * Leake County, Mississippi, United States
  * Leake Township, Nevada County, Arkansas, United States
  * Lake Leake, Tasmania, Australia
  
  ## People
  
  * Arthur Martin-Leake (1874–1953), awarded two Victoria Crosses
  * Bernard Elgey Leake (b. 1932), British geologist
  * Damien Leake (b. 1952), American actor and masters athlete
  * George Leake (1856–1902), Australian politician
  * Hugh Martin-Leake (1878–1977), British economic botanist
  * Javon Leake (b. 1998), American football player
  * John Leake (disambiguation), several people
  * Joseph Bloomfield Leake (1828–1918), American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General and U.S. District Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois
  * Mike Leake (b. 1987), a baseball player
  * Walter Leake (1769–1825), US politician
  * William Leake (disambiguation), several people
  * Willie Mae James Leake (1932–1997), American politician
  