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Colonel Sanders
Sign in to saveAlso known as Harland Sanders, Colonel Harland Sanders, Colonel Harland David Sanders, Col. Harland David Sanders, Col. Harland Sanders, Col. Sanders, The Kentucky Colonel, Harland David Sanders
American entrepreneur (1890-1980) who founded KFC
Key facts
- Born
- Harland David Sanders , ( 1890-09-09 ) September 9, 1890, Henryville, Indiana , U.S.
- Died
- December 16, 1980 (1980-12-16) (aged 90), Louisville, Kentucky , U.S.
- Resting place
- Cave Hill Cemetery
- Education
- La Salle Extension University
- Occupations
- Businessman restaurateur entrepreneur
- Years active
- 1930–1980
- Known for
- Founding Kentucky Fried Chicken
- Spouses
- Josephine King ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1909 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1947 ) Claudia Price ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1949 )
- Branch
- United States Army
- Service years
- 1906–1907
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- Wagoner
- Conflicts
- Second Occupation of Cuba
- Awards
- Cuban Pacification Medal
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Family name
- Sanders
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Henryville
- Place of death
- Louisville
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- KFC
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Christian
- Industry
- fast food
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Image
- Col. Harland Sanders' Portrait Commissioned by Winston L. Shelton.jpg
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- Commons category
- Harland Sanders
- name in kana
- カーネル・サンダース
- place of burial
- Cave Hill Cemetery
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- date of birth
- 1890-09-09
- date of death
- 1980-12-16
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Harland David Sanders
- nickname
- Colonel Sanders
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
- facial hair
- Van Dyke beard
- hashtag
- colonel_sanders
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Encyclopedic overview
Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980), commonly known as Colonel Sanders, was an American entrepreneur and founder of fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). He later acted as the company's brand ambassador and symbol. His name and image are still symbols of the company today.
Sanders held a number of jobs in his early life, such as being a steam engine stoker, insurance salesman, and filling station operator. He began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in North Corbin, Kentucky, during the Great Depression. During that time, Sanders developed his "secret recipe" and his patented method of cooking chicken in a pressure fryer. Sanders recognized the potential of the restaurant franchising concept, and the first KFC franchise opened in South Salt Lake, Utah, in 1952. When his original restaurant closed, he devoted himself full-time to franchising his fried chicken throughout the country.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colonel Sanders” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.