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The Office of the New York State Comptroller wants you to know there’s about $9.9 billion in unclaimed funds lying around and it might be worth the time to see if any of it is yours. And it’s pretty easy to find out. Go here and put in your name. Bam!

The list of New Yorkers in the database is vast and includes both plebeians, celebs, captains of industry, and the deceased, RIP Basquiat/Warhol:

Name: Al Franken
Owed: Wages, payrolls, salaries, pension payments from Walt Disney Co.
Year reported: 2002

Name: Al Pacino
Owed: Wages/payroll/salaries/comm/pension payments from Walt Disney Co.
Year reported: 2006

Name: Andy Warhol
Owed: Stock Dividends from Lockheed Corporation
Year reported: 1987

Name: Jean-Claude Basquiat
Owed: Utility service deposit from New York Telephone
Year reported: 1987

Name: Brian Williams
Owed: Credit balances from American Express when he still worked at Reuters
Year reported: 1999

Name: Eliott Spitzer
Owed: Amounts due for undelivered goods/services from Global Strategies Group
Year reported: 2008

Name: George Soros
Owed: Outstanding checks issued to vendors from the Washington Post
Year reported: 2005

Name: Jon Stewart
Owed: Wages, payrolls, salaries, pension payments from SCIE LLC and Walt Disney Co.
Year reported: 2003

Name: Keith Olbermann
Owed: Wages/payroll/salaries/comm/pension payments from Walt Disney Co.
Year reported: 2006

Name: Marisa Tomei
Owed: Wages/payroll/salaries/comm/pension from SCIE LLC
Year reported: 2006

Name: Rudolph W. Giuliani
Owed: Refunds/Other amounts due under policy term from Group Health, Inc.
Amounts due for undelivered goods from ufrom Paid Prescriptions
Uncashed checks from NYS Department of Tax and Finance
Year reported: 2004/2006

Name: Rupert Murdoch
Owed: Amounts due for undelivered goods/services from General Motors
Year reported: 2009