Miscellaneous Names
Top-paid Stars
According to Forbes magazine, these people enjoyed the largest incomes in the entertainment industry in 1996.
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Clint Eastwood (born 1930)
American actor, director and politician.
- 1996 gross earnings: $26 million
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Denzel Washington (born 1954)
American actor and producer.
- 1996 gross earnings: $20 million
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Eddie Murphy (born 1961)
American actor, writer, producer, director, and comedian.
- 1997 gross earnings: $24 million
- 1998 gross earnings: $47.5 million
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George Lucas (born 1944)
American director and producer.
- 1997 gross earnings: $189 million
- 1999 gross earnings: $400 million
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Harrison Ford (born 1942)
American actor.
- 1996 gross earnings: $25 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $47 million
- 1998 gross earnings: $58 million
- 1999 gross earnings: $46.5 million
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Jim Carrey (born 1962)
Canadian-American comedian and actor.
- 1996 gross earnings: $34 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $19 million
- 1998 gross earnings: $32.5 million
- 1999 gross earnings: $45.5 million
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John Grisham (born 1955)
American novelist.
- 1996 gross earnings: $30 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $36 million
- 1999 gross earnings: $36 million
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Michael Crichton (born 1942)
American novelist.
- 1996 gross earnings: $37 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $65 million
- 1998 gross earnings: $65 million
- 1999 gross earnings: $33.5 million
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Mick Jagger (born 1943)
English singer and songwriter. Lead singer of the Rolling Stones.
- 1996 gross earnings for the Rolling Stones: $6 million
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Mike Tyson
- 1999 gross earnings: $33 million
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Shaquille O'Neal
- 1999 gross earnings: $31 million
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Stephen King (born 1947)
American novelist.
- 1996 gross earnings: $34 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $50 million
- 1998 gross earnings: $40 million
- 1999 gross earnings: $65 million
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Sylvester Stallone (born 1946)
American actor, director and business executive.
- 1996 gross earnings: $10 million
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Tom Cruise (born 1962)
American actor and producer. Original name: Thomas Mapother IV.
- 1996 gross earnings: $27 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $55 million
- 1999 gross earnings: $27 million
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Tom Hanks (born 1956)
American actor, director and comedian.
- 1996 gross earnings: $14 million
- 1998 gross earnings: $44 million
- 1999 gross earnings: $71.5 million
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Tom Clancy (born 1947)
American novelist.
- 1996 gross earnings: $16 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $34 million
- 1999 gross earnings: $66 million
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Giorgio Armani
- 1999 gross earnings: $135 million
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Charles M. Schulz (born 1922)
American cartoonist.
- 1996 gross earnings: $15 million
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Bill Cosby (born 1937)
American actor and comedian.
- 1996 gross earnings: $18 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $18 million
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Robin Williams (born 1952)
American comedian and actor.
- 1996 gross earnings: $27 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $23 million
- 1998 gross earnings: $56 million
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Arnold Schwarzenegger (born 1947)
Austrian-American actor, business executive, and five-time winner of the Mr. Universe bodybuilding title.
- 1996 gross earnings: $52 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $22 million
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David Copperfield (born 1957)
American magician. Original name: David Kotkin.
- 1996 gross earnings: $22 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $45 million
- 1998 gross earnings: $49.5 million
- 1999 gross earnings: $50 million
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Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948)
British composer.
- 1996 gross earnings: $26 million
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Will Smith (born 1968)
- 1998 gross earnings: $34 million
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Mel Gibson (born 1956)
American actor, director and producer.
- 1996 gross earnings: $17 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $42 million
- 1998 gross earnings: $55 million
- 1999 gross earnings: $45.5 million
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Nicolas Cage (born 1964)
American actor. Original name: Nicholas Coppola.
- 1998 gross earnings: $38.5 million
- 1999 gross earnings: $36 million
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David Bowie (born 1946)
English singer, songwriter and actor. Original name: David Robert Hayward-Jones.
- 1997 gross earnings: $57 million
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Kevin Costner (born 1955)
American actor, director and producer.
- 1996 gross earnings: $22 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $20 million
- 1998 gross earnings: $41 million
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Garth Brooks (born 1961)
American country singer and songwriter.
- 1996 gross earnings: $29 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $26 million
- 1998 gross earnings: $54 million
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Michael Jordan (born 1962)
American basketball and baseball player.
- 1999 gross earnings: $40 million
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David Letterman (born 1947)
Television talk-show host.
- 1996 gross earnings: $14 million
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Michael Douglas (born 1944)
American actor and producer.
- 1996 gross earnings: $20 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $21 million
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Luciano Pavarotti (born 1935)
Italian opera singer and actor.
- 1996 gross earnings: $25 million
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Keith Richards (born 1943)
English musician, singer and songwriter. A member of the Rolling Stones.
- 1996 gross earnings for the Rolling Stones: $6 million
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Steven Spielberg (born 1947)
American director and producer.
- 1996 gross earnings: $30 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $283 million
- 1998 gross earnings: $125 million
- 1999 gross earnings: $60 million
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Brad Pitt (born 1963)
Actor
- 1998 gross earnings: $40 million
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Robert Zemeckis (born 1952)
American writer, director and producer.
- 1996 gross earnings: $10 million
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Evander Holyfield (born 1962)
African American boxer
- 1999 gross earnings: $36 million
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Paul McCartney (born 1942)
English musician, singer and composer. A member of the legendary rock band The Beatles.
- 1996 gross earnings for former Beatles: $30 million
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Ringo Starr (born 1940)
English musician, singer and actor. A member of the legendary rock band The Beatles. Original name: Richard Starkey.
- 1996 gross earnings for former Beatles: $30 million
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George Harrison (born 1943)
English musician, singer and songwriter. A member of the legendary rock band The Beatles.
- 1996 gross earnings: $30 million as a former member of the Beatles
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Michael Jackson (born 1958)
American singer, songwriter, producer.
- 1996 gross earnings: $45 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $20 million
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Michael Stipe (born 1960)
American musician, singer and songwriter. A member of R.E.M.
- 1996 gross earnings for R.E.M.: $20 million
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Peter Crisscola
American musician.
- 1996 gross earnings for Kiss: $27 million
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Paul Frehley
American musician.
- 1996 gross earnings for Kiss: $27 million
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Gene Klein (born 1949)
American musician and singer.
- 1996 gross earnings for Kiss: $27 million
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Stanley Eisen
American musician.
- 1996 gross earnings for Kiss: $27 million
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Bruce Willis
American actor.
- 1996 gross earnings: $20 million
- 1999 gross earnings: $54.5 million
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Charlie Watts
English musician. Member of the Rolling Stones.
- 1996 gross earnings for the Rolling Stones: $6 million
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Ron Wood
English musician. A member of the Rolling Stones.
- 1996 gross earnings for the Rolling Stones: $6 million
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Peter Buck
A member of the band R.E.M.
- 1996 gross earnings for R.E.M.: $20 million
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Mike Mills
A member of the band R.E.M.
- 1996 gross earnings for R.E.M.: $20 million
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Bill Berry
Member of the band R.E.M.
- 1996 gross earnings for R.E.M.: $20 million
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John Travolta (born 1954)
American actor.
- 1997 gross earnings: $39 million
- 1998 gross earnings: $47 million
- 1999 gross earnings: $32 million
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James Cameron (born 1954)
Canadian screenwriter and director.
- 1998 gross earnings: $115 million
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Eldrick ''Tiger'' Woods (born 1975)
American golfer. Of Thai and African-American heritage, he was the first person of color to win a major golf tournament, and the youngest person to win the Masters.
- 1999 gross earnings: $47 million
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Jerry Seinfeld
American comedian, actor, writer, and producer
- 1997 gross earnings: $66 million
- 1998 gross earnings: $267 million
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Tim Allen
American actor.
- 1997 gross earnings: $47 million
- 1998 gross earnings: $77 million
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Adam Sandler (born 1966)
American comedian and writer.
- 1999 gross earnings: $28 million
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Dean Koontz
American novelist
- 1999 gross earnings: $34 million
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Percy Miller aka Master P
African-American rap musician
- 1998 gross earnings: $56.5 million
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Sean ''Puffy'' Combs
African-American rap musician
- 1998 gross earnings: $53.5 million
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Greg Daniels
Emmy Award-winning writer
- 1998 gross earnings: $53 million
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Chris carter (born 1957)
Television writer and director
- 1998 gross earnings: $52 million
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Paul Reiser (born 1957)
Actor, writer and director
- 1998 gross earnings: $48 million
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Danny Jacobson
Writer and director
- 1998 gross earnings: $42 million
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Bruce Helford
Writer and director
- 1998 gross earnings: $38 million
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Leonardo diCaprio (born 1974)
American actor
- 1998 gross earnings: $37 million
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John Wells
American producer
- 1998 gross earnings: $35 million
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David Kelley
American writer snd producer
- 1999 gross earnings: $118 million
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Bill Blass
Designer
- 1999 gross earnings: $50 million
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Michael Schumacher (born 1969)
German-born sports driver
- 1999 gross earnings: $49 million
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Oscar de La Hoya (born 1973)
Boxer
- 1999 gross earnings: $43.5 million
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Lennox Lewis
American boxer
- 1999 gross earnings: $29 million
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Dale Earnhardt (born 1951, died 2001)
American automobile racer
- 1999 gross earnings: $26.5 million
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Michael Flatley
American choreographer
- 1997 gross earnings: $27 million
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Estefan Gloria (born 1957)
Cuban-American musician and singer
- 1997 gross earnings: $30 million
Top-paid Stars
According to Forbes magazine, these people enjoyed the largest incomes in the entertainment industry in 1996.
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Julia Roberts
- 1999 gross earnings: $50 million
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Mariah Carey (born 1970)
American singer.
- 1996 gross earnings: $24 million
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Oprah Winfrey (born 1953)
American actress and television personality.
- 1996 gross earnings: $97 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $104 million
- 1998 gross earnings: $115 million
- 1999 gross earnings: $150 million
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Roseanne (born 1952)
American actress.
- 1996 gross earnings: $21 million
- 1997 gross earnings: $34 million
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Cher (born 1946)
American singer, actress and director. Original name: Cherilyn Sarkisian.
- 1999 gross earnings: $40 million
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''Rosie'' O'Donnell (born 1962)
American comedian, actress, and TV talk-show host.
- 1999 gross earnings: $25 million
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Sandra Bullock
American actress.
- 1996 gross earnings: $15 million
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Celine Dion
Canadian musician.
- 1997 gross earnings: $34 million
- 1998 gross earnings: $55.5 million
- 1999 gross earnings: $43 million
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Helen Hunt (born 1963)
American actress.
- 1998 gross earnings: $31 million
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Joanne Kathleen (J. K.) Rowling
British writer
- 1999 gross earnings: $42 million
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