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