Colonel Harland David Sanders (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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Colonel Sanders, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
