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5. John Lennon. Former Beatle Lennon, who would have turned 70 this year, was ranked No. 5 with an income of $17 million. A person lays a drawing of John Lennon on the Imagine mosaic in Strawberry Fields in Central Park to celebrate Lennon's birthday in New York, October 9, 2010.[Photo/Agencies]