Colonel[a] Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980) was an American businessman and founder of fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (also known as KFC). He later acted as the company's brand ambassador and symbol. His name and image are still symbols of the company.

We didn’t build our fried chicken empire overnight. The Colonel — aka Harland Sanders — was born Sept. 9, 1890, on a farm near Henryville, Indiana, and learned to cook at an early age. After serving in the U.S. Army and trying his hand at more than couple careers — firefighter, streetcar operator and insurance salesperson, to name a few.

Apr 2, 2014 · Colonel Sanders is best known for creating a fried chicken recipe that would launch the world's largest fast-food chicken chain, Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Experience eating delicious Kentucky Fried Chicken® in the Colonel’s dining room and take in his innovative open-kitchen and model motel room. Also view the exhibits featuring the Colonel’s artifacts and memorabilia from the early days of KFC®.

In 1964, when the 75-year-old Sanders sold his company for $2 million dollars, more than 600 franchises were distributing his fried chicken—made from the Colonel’s secret blend of “eleven...

Sep 9, 2015 · Before it became the world's second-largest fast-food chain, Kentucky Fried Chicken was the brainchild of a man named Harland "Colonel" Sanders, who cooked up simple country dishes at a...

Jan 3, 2025 · Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is the second-largest food chain with presence over 25,000 restaurants across 145 countries. The recipe that made KFC marketable and sought-after was a pressure-fried chicken blended with Sander’s 11 spices and recipes.

Dec 20, 2024 · By 1936, Sanders was recognized by the state of Kentucky as a “Colonel” for his contributions to the state’s cuisine, marking the birth of the now-iconic Colonel Sanders persona. In the 1940s, Sanders made a breakthrough that would change the …

Colonel Harland David Sanders[a] (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980) was an American businessman, best known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (now known as KFC) and later acting as the company's brand ambassador and symbol. His name and image are still symbols of the company.

Feb 26, 2024 · The story of original KFC restaurants is unique not just because the chain became a huge success, but also because the KFC founder — a real person who was actually named Colonel Sanders — started Kentucky Fried Chicken past the age when most men retired.