The following is a list of billionaire celebrities (from fields like music, cinema, sports, or television), based on calculations by reputable publications such as Forbes and The Sunday Times Rich List.
[1] The list doesn't include former celebrities like Trump or Ion Țiriac, as well music and media proprietors and executives such as Richard Desmond and Clive Calder (The Sunday Times Rich List).
Some milestones include, J. K. Rowling, labeled as the first author to achieve a billionaire status according to Forbes in 2004.
[3] The following celebrities have become billionaire at some point, either during their lifetime or through posthumous earnings, according to Forbes estimations.
The following celebrities have become billionaire at some point, either during their lifetime or through posthumous earnings, according to estimations by other reputable business-related publications, such as Bloomberg and Sunday Times Rich List.