Neil Armstrong | Astronaut | $8 million

Only a few can claim to have an out-of-this-world experience, and Neil Armstrong is one of them, having gone to the moon and back. Apart from being an astronaut and aeronautical engineer, Armstrong is also given credit for being the first person to ever walk on the moon. However, before being part of history, he was an ordinary midshipman and later on a test pilot at the Edwards Air Force Base in California.

After Armstrong resigned from NASA, he taught at the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati, honing his skills. He also took on endorsement deals when he became the face of Chrysler and other businesses in 1979. All of these contributed to him accumulating a net worth of $8 million when he passed on in 2012. He is truly with the moon and the stars now.