Robert Fogel ©AP Jun 16, 2013

Controversial scholar behind ‘cliometrics’

Robert Fogel, Nobel laureate in economics, 1926-2013

©Bloomberg Jun 14, 2013

Wall Street’s first female partner

Isabel Benham, Railway bonds expert, 1909-2013

Sir Henry Cecil poses with winning horse Frankel after the Queen Anne Stakes during the first day of racing at Royal Ascot in June 2012 Matthew Engel Jun 11, 2013

Trainer of great racehorse Frankel dies

Sir Henry Cecil, 1943-2013

Carl Elsener ©AFP Jun 7, 2013

Cutler who gave Swiss army knife its edge

Carl Elsener, toolmaker and businessman, 1922-2013

May 31, 2013

Developer who brought smart hotels to US towns

John Q. Hammons, Hospitality executive, 1919-2013

Ray Manzarek of The Doors performs at the Sunset Strip Music Festival ©AP May 24, 2013

Magical musician who kept alight the fire

Ray Manzarek, keyboard player, 1939-2013

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

May 6, 2013

Giulio Andreotti, Italian statesman

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

May 3, 2013

Stanley Dashew, inventor and entrepreneur

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

Apr 26, 2013

Rick Mather, architect

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

Apr 21, 2013

Al Neuharth, newspaper publisher

USA Today founder brought colour to news

Apr 19, 2013

Maria Tallchief, ballerina

Ballet artist of Native American origin who inspired Balanchine

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