Dr Joe Farman, Ozone Research, University Of Cambridge, Science, ©Shara Henderson May 17, 2013

Scientist who beat Nasa to the ozone hole

Joe Farman, physicist and environmental hero, 1930-2013

May 11, 2013

Terence Beckett, father of the Ford Cortina

High-flying executive who went on to head the CBI at the height of deindustrialisation

Ray Harryhausen ©AFP Nigel Andrews May 11, 2013

Ray Harryhausen, film animator

Special effects designer who created the face of fantasy cinema

Ottavio Missoni May 10, 2013

Ottavio Missoni, designer, 1921-2013

Patriarch whose kaleidoscopic patterns built a family empire

Giulio Andreotti ©Getty May 6, 2013

Giulio Andreotti, Italian statesman

Epitaph for postwar Italy, with its virtues and vices, is that for Andreotti

Stanley A. Dashew May 3, 2013

Stanley Dashew, inventor and entrepreneur

The man who brought us the plastic credit card had a real flair for marketing

Architect Rick Mather photographed in his Primrose Gardens home. ©Daniel Jones Apr 26, 2013

Rick Mather, architect

The American who made a real impact on his adopted homeland’s way of building

Al Neuharth ©AP Apr 21, 2013

Al Neuharth, newspaper publisher

USA Today founder brought colour to news

Sept. 14, 1953 file photo shows Maria Tallchief, prima ballerina of the New York City Ballet, in Tschaikowsky's "Swan Lake" during the opening performance of the company's engagement at the Scala Theater in Milan, Italy. Tallchief died died Thursday, April 11, 2013, in Chicago at the age of 88 ©AP Apr 19, 2013

Maria Tallchief, ballerina

Ballet artist of Native American origin who inspired Balanchine

Sir Colin Davis ©Getty Apr 14, 2013

Sir Colin Davis, conductor

Presided over LSO and was first Briton to conduct at Bayreuth

Apr 12, 2013

Víctor Carranza, mine owner and rancher

The man who seized control of much of Colombia’s emerald industry

Apr 8, 2013

Thatcher: ‘Iron Lady’ who remade Britain

Indomitable leader, who has died at 87, transformed UK politics and exported her forceful market ideals to the world

Apr 5, 2013

Yvonne Brill, aeronautical scientist

Rocket woman who gave satellites their soundness of thrust

Apr 5, 2013

Influential US film critic Ebert dead

Populist known for ‘two thumbs up’ rating system

Mar 29, 2013

Joe Weider, bodybuilding tycoon

Muscleman who inspired the Governator

Mar 24, 2013

Boris Berezovsky, exiled oligarch

Exiled oligarch lost successive battles

Mar 22, 2013

Innovator who helped to make Apollo fly

Ian Ross, electrical engineer and IT executive, 1927-2013

Mar 15, 2013

Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist, plotter against Hitler

The last of the conspirators who went on to found an elite security forum

Mar 8, 2013

Patrick Heiniger, watch executive

Rolex chief who designed a crucial restructuring

Mar 6, 2013

Obituary: Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan president

Charismatic populist who built his power using petrodiplomacy