Relier Pairs Road to SuccessVersion en ligne Match the Famous Person with the description of a failure. par Carly Berry 1 Michael Jordan - Famous Athlete 2 Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of the United States 3 Thomas Edison - Inventor of Lightbulb 4 J.K. Rowling - Wrote the Harry Potter Series 5 Whoopi Goldberg - Famous Actress 6 Walt Disney - Creator of Mickey Mouse 7 Elvis Presley - Famous Singer 8 Colonel Sanders - Founder of KFC Lived on welfare and was rejected by 12 publishers Was kicked off of his varsity basketball team Lost 8 Elections. Had A Nervous Breakdown. Had a recipe that was rejected from more than 1,000 restaurants Was told he had no talent for drawing. Performed odd and un-glamourous jobs, such as fixing hair and makeup for corpses. Thrown out of school because his teachers said he couldn't learn Was told to go back to driving a truck and quit singing.