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