Matching Pairs Road to SuccessOnline version Match the Famous Person with the description of a failure. by Carly Berry 1 Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of the United States 2 Thomas Edison - Inventor of Lightbulb 3 Colonel Sanders - Founder of KFC 4 Elvis Presley - Famous Singer 5 Michael Jordan - Famous Athlete 6 J.K. Rowling - Wrote the Harry Potter Series 7 Whoopi Goldberg - Famous Actress 8 Walt Disney - Creator of Mickey Mouse Lived on welfare and was rejected by 12 publishers Was told to go back to driving a truck and quit singing. 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. Lost 8 Elections. Had A Nervous Breakdown. Had a recipe that was rejected from more than 1,000 restaurants