- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHarland David Sanders
- Nickname
- Colonel
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Harland Sanders was born on September 9, 1890 in Henryville, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Blast-Off Girls (1967), The Phynx (1970) and I've Got a Secret (1952). He was married to Claudia Ledington and Josephine King. He died on December 16, 1980 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
- SpousesClaudia Ledington(November 18, 1948 - December 16, 1980) (his death)Josephine King(1909 - 1947) (divorced, 3 children)
- Goatee
- White suit
- Black Rimmed Glasses
- String bow tie
- One of his district managers was Dave Thomas, who later left Kentucky Fried Chicken and founded Wendy's. When Sanders died, Thomas ordered that flags in front of all Wendy's restaurants be flown at half-staff.
- Appeared in several B-movies, mostly walk-on appearances as himself, in exchange for free fried chicken to the film crew.
- On an airplane flight to a gig, drummer Greg Dewey (of Country Joe and the Fish) found himself seated next to "The Colonel". He asked Sanders how he felt about the hippies. The Colonel reflected for a moment and replied, "They eat fried chicken, don't they?".
- At the time of his death, K.F.C had annual sales of two billion dollars.
- Before he started his restaurant chain, he drove across the country offering his fried chicken recipe to restaurants, in exchange for royalites for each dish sold. He had over 3,000 rejections before his first sale.
- There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.
- I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.
- Don't be against things so much as for things.
- You got to like your work. You have got to like what you are doing, you have got to be doing something worthwhile so you can like it -- because it is worthwhile, that it makes a difference, don't you see?
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