| LEAKEY | Richard, Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist born in 1944 (6) |
| NIGEL | ___ Marven, wildlife TV presenter and conservationist born in 1960 (5) |
| LAURENS | ___ van der Post, South African writer and conservationist born in 1906 (7) |
| BRENDA | ____ Lee, U.S. singer born in 1944 nicknamed Little Miss Dynamite (6) |
| BARBER | Lynn ___, journalist born in 1944 noted for her interviews (6) |
| BEATRIXPOTTER | English author and conservationist who died at her home in the Lake District in 1943 (7,6) |
| LUCAS | United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944). |
| RANULPH | ___ Fiennes, British adventurer and pioneering polar explorer born in 1944 (7) |
| LEONARD | ******* Slatkin, conductor and composer born in 1944 (7) |
| TEKANAWA | Kiri, New Zealand opera singer born in 1944 (2,6) |
| KIRI | New Zealand operatic soprano born in 1944 (4,2,6) |
| CONSERVATIONIST | Richard Leakey, born in 1944, was a noted one (15) |
| CARL | **** Bernstein, US investigative journalist and author born in 1944 (4) |
| ADAIR | Gilbert, Scottish novelist, poet and film critic born in 1944 (5) |
| INNES | Neil, comedian and musician born in 1944, dubbed the 'seventh Python' (5) |
| JONATHAN | ___ Dimbleby, TV presenter and historian born in 1944 (8) |
| IRONSIDE | Virginia ___, agony aunt and author born in 1944 (8) |
| BILLODDIE | English comedian born in 1941 also noted as a birdwatcher and conservationist (4,5) |
| DIANFOSSEY | American primatologist and conservationist who wrote the book Gorillas in the Mist |
| LABELLE | Patti, U.S. singer and actress born in 1944 noted for her song If Only You Knew (7) |
