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