Famous Failures
Before becoming one of the most successful basketball players of all time, this athlete was cut from his high school team.
Michael Jordan
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Elected in 2008, he was the first African American president of the United States.
Barack Obama
This scientist’s early teachers thought he was mentally slow, but he later developed the theory of relativity.
Albert Einstein
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In 1928, this scientist discovered penicillin, the first widely used antibiotic.
Alexander Fleming
This author was rejected by 12 publishers before her book was finally accepted.
J.K. Rowling
She was the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932.
Amelia Earhart
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Fired from a newspaper job for "lacking imagination," this man went on to create one of the most iconic cartoon character.
Walt Disney
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This city was the first to host the modern Olympic Games in 1896.
Athens, Greece
Before becoming a billionaire talk show host and producer, she was fired from a news job and told she was "unfit for TV."
Oprah Winfrey
In 1498, this Portuguese explorer was the first European to reach India by sailing around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope.
Vasco da Gama
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