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