Fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent has been named the Top-Earning Dead Celebrity in a new list compiled by Forbes Magazine.

In its ninth annual listing, Forbes.com said the Frenchman, considered one of the greatest designers of the 20th century has earned $350 million since passing away of brain cancer in June 2008.

Following him were Broadway composers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein with $235 million, and Michael Jackson, who has clocked $90 million since his death last June. Elvis Presley was fourth with $55 million.

However, according to Matthew Miller, the editor of the list, Jackson is likely to be a bigger earner in years to come.

“He will make tens of millions because he has lucrative publishing rights and rights to all his memorabilia…”