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Colonel Sanders

1890 - 1980

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Colonel 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colonel Sanders has received more than 15,861,789 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Colonel Sanders is the 18th most popular businessperson (up from 23rd in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from United States (up from 260th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Businessperson.

Colonel Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, is most famous for his fried chicken recipe.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Colonel Sanders ranks 18 out of 601. Before him are Vince McMahon, Aristotle Onassis, Cosimo de' Medici, David Rockefeller, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, and Tim Cook. After him are Levi Strauss, Bernard Arnault, Florentino Pérez, Philip Kotler, Carlos Slim, and Ludwig Erhard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Colonel Sanders ranks 14. Before him are H. P. Lovecraft, Egon Schiele, Karel Čapek, Alfred Jodl, Kurt Lewin, and Fritz Lang. After him are Stan Laurel, George II of Greece, Lawrence Bragg, Man Ray, Walther Funk, and Carlos Gardel. Among people deceased in 1980, Colonel Sanders ranks 13. Before him are Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Erich Fromm, Roland Barthes, Steve McQueen, Bon Scott, and Jesse Owens. After him are Oskar Kokoschka, Henry Miller, Tamara de Lempicka, Joe Dassin, Marshall McLuhan, and Romain Gary.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Colonel Sanders ranks 228 out of 18,182. Before him are Andrew Jackson (1767), Robert Wadlow (1918), Patti Smith (1946), Charles Sanders Peirce (1839), Tommy Lee Jones (1946), and Orson Welles (1915). After him are Cameron Diaz (1972), Michael Jordan (1963), Spencer Tracy (1900), Peter Falk (1927), Robert E. Lee (1807), and Henry Miller (1891).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Colonel Sanders ranks 9. Before him are John D. Rockefeller (1839), Warren Buffett (1930), Jeff Bezos (1964), Vince McMahon (1945), David Rockefeller (1915), and Tim Cook (1960). After him are Philip Kotler (1931), Ray Kroc (1902), P. T. Barnum (1810), Steve Ballmer (1956), Hugh Hefner (1926), and J. P. Morgan (1837).

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