Elliott Erwitt obituary

American photographer and member of Magnum who captured celebrities, politicians and the incongruities of life in his work

Natalie Zemon Davis obituary

Academic and author of The Return of Martin Guerre, an account of peasant life in France that inspired a generation of historians

Georgian film director who was the true heir to Jean Renoir, Jacques Tati and Luis Buñuel

Other lives: Actor, riding school owner and drama teacher who spent much of her life in and around the New Forest

British actor who starred in the 1960s film classics Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Entertainer

Star of Love Story, Paper Moon and Barry Lyndon who remained a prolific screen actor despite his stormy personal life

Award-winning stage, film and TV actor who had memorable roles as meddling mothers in Cheers and Sex and the City

Other Lives: Director on the classic 1960s puppet TV series Thunderbirds

Kool & the Gang drummer and co-writer of hits including Celebration, Ladies Night and Jungle Boogie

Veteran British actor known for his many and varied film, TV and stage roles in a career that spanned more than 70 years

Magician and illusionist who was one of the first conjurors to establish himself on British television in the 1950s

Other lives: Experimental film-maker who was an exponent of the art of replacement animation

Novelist whose exhilarating genius came into its own with Possession, a worldwide bestseller and winner of the Booker prize

Actor known for screen roles in The Long Good Friday and Harry’s Game, and as a stalwart of the Joint Stock Theatre Group

Prolific character actor who starred in the dramas Wings and Piece of Cake and enjoyed a busy TV career