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