50 Famous People Who Failed Before Becoming Successful

50 Famous People Who Failed Before Becoming Successful

In my book, How to Reinvent Your Career, I write about how some things we see as failures may actually lead us to something better.  The following is a list of 50 famous people compiled by Katrina Solomon from onlinecollege.org who failed before they became successes:

1.  Henry Ford
2.  R. H. Macy
3.  F. W. Woolworth
4.  Soichiro Honda
5.  Akio Morita (Sony)
6.  Bill Gates
7.  Harland David Sanders (KFC)
8.  Walt Disney
9.  Albert Einstein
10.  Charles Darwin
11.  Robert Goddard (rocket researcher)
12.  Isaac Newton
13.  Socrates
14.  Robert Sternberg (President of APA)
15.  Thomas Edison
16.  Orville and Wilbur Wright
17.  Winston Churchill
18.  Abraham Lincoln
19.  Oprah Winfrey
20.  Harry S. Truman
21.  Dick Cheney
22.  Jerry Seinfeld
23.  Fred Astaire
24.  Sidney Poitier
25.  Jeanne Moreau (actress)
26.  Charlie Chaplin
27.  Lucille Ball
28.  Harrison Ford
29.  Marilyn Monroe
30.  Oliver Stone
31.  Vincent Van Gogh
32.  Emily Dickinson
33.  Theodore Seuss Giesel (Dr. Seuss)
34.  Charles Schulz
35.  Steven Spielberg
36.  Stephen King
37.  Zane Grey
38.  J. K. Rowling
39.  Monet
40.  Jack London
41.  Louisa May Alcott
42.  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
43.  Elvis Presley
44.  Ludwig van Beethoven
45.  Igor Stravinsky
46.  The Beatles
47.  Michael Jordan
48.  Stan Smith
49.  Babe Ruth
50.  Tom Landry

Stephen Hawking’s IQ – How Yours Compares to His and Other Famous Persons’ IQ

There is a lot of talk recently about Stephen Hawking since his recent comment about God and the creation of the universe and the release of his upcoming book.   This has led to many searching for information on Hawking.  Interestingly his IQ is reported around 160.  Hawking claimed, “people who boast about their IQs are losers”.  In our book about understanding personalities and intelligence, my daughter, Toni Rothpletz, and I wrote about the importance of IQ and EQ (emotional quotient or measure of emotional intelligence).  Many organizations now are putting more of a focus on hiring those with a high EQ.  However, it may be fun to see how your IQ compares to some famous people in history.  The following chart is from aceviper.net: