Matching Pairs Road to SuccessOnline version Match the Famous Person with the description of a failure. by Carly Berry 1 Walt Disney - Creator of Mickey Mouse 2 Thomas Edison - Inventor of Lightbulb 3 Elvis Presley - Famous Singer 4 Michael Jordan - Famous Athlete 5 Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of the United States 6 Whoopi Goldberg - Famous Actress 7 J.K. Rowling - Wrote the Harry Potter Series 8 Colonel Sanders - Founder of KFC Lost 8 Elections. Had A Nervous Breakdown. Had a recipe that was rejected from more than 1,000 restaurants Was kicked off of his varsity basketball team 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 Was told to go back to driving a truck and quit singing. Performed odd and un-glamourous jobs, such as fixing hair and makeup for corpses.