1 Elvis Presley -$49 million

2 John Lennon -$44 million

3 Charles Schulz -$35 million

4 George Harrison -$22 million

5 Albert Einstein -$18 million

6 Andy Warhol -$15 million

7 Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) -$13 million

8 Tupac Shakur -$9 million

9 Marilyn Monroe -$7 million

10 Steve McQueen -$6 million

11 James Brown -$5 million

12 Bob Marley -$4 million

13 James Dean-$3.5 million

Rapper Tupac Shakur rejoins the list with $9 million--he debuted back in 2002, before falling off--following the sale of catalog rights in May for upward of $5 million. Over a decade after his unsolved 1996 murder in a drive-by shooting, Tupac remains a hot commercial property. Said to be in development are a Tupac biopic, videogame and--gasp!--Broadway show.

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