Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson was a naturalist, artist and author. Her book, Born Free, describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. Born Free was printed in several languages and made

George Alexander Graham Adamson MBE, also known as the Baba ya Simba, was a British wildlife conservationist and author, based in Kenya. His wife Joy Adamson related in her best-selling book Born Free