If you go to any KFC (formerly, Kentucky Fried Chicken), you will notice the image of Colonel Sanders. Take this example from their website of a family meal:

It’s not just a drawing, though. Back when I was a child I remember commercials with the Colonel in them, like this one:

You never know how long YouTube videos will work, or if they will work embeded, but here’s a KFC commercial from 1980 featuring him:

As a child I had assumed that he was a fictional character, like Ronald McDonald or The Burgher King. But it turns out that no, he was very real. He was even a real colonel, if, granted, not a military colonel. He was a Kentucky Colonel, which is a title of honor bestowed on prominent citizens by the state of Kentucky, analogous to modern knighthood in Britain. He was even the guy who developed the KFC method of frying chicken using a pressure fryer and their secret “eleven herbs and spices”.

He led a curious life; he grew the facial hair and wore the white suit to play the part of the character of the Colonel in relation to his restaurant franchise. Apparently he wasn’t much of a businessman but actually was a good cook.