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