The Colonel or the Colonels can refer to:

People

* Colonel Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) * Colonel Tom Parker, the manager for Elvis Presley * Jean-Charles Langlois, a 19th-century French soldier and painter

Arts

* ''The Colonel'' (play), an 1881 play by F.C. Burnand * ''The Colonel'' (1917 film), a 1917 film directed by Michael Curtiz * ''The Colonel'' (1974 film), a 1974 film directed by Chatrichalerm Yukol * ''The Colonel'' (2006 film), a 2006 film directed by Laurent Herbiet * ''The Colonel'' (2016 film), a 2016 film directed by Tim Williams *

The Colonel (Monty Python) The Colonel is a recurring fictional character from the British television show ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'', played by Graham Chapman. Character The Colonel acts as a "straight man" comic foil to the show's absurd characters and sketches. H ...

, a recurring character in ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'', played by Graham Chapman * The Colonel (''One Hundred and One Dalmatians''), character in the story ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' * "The Colonel" (''The Americans''), the thirteenth episode of the television series '' The Americans'' *The Colonel, a character in the ''Conker'' (series) video games *The Colonel, the alias used by Colin Moulding of the band XTC for the 1980 single release of ''Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen'' *The Colonel, the nickname of a character in the John Green novel, '' Looking for Alaska'' *''The Colonel'', a novel by

Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Mahmoud Dowlatabadi ( fa, محمود دولت‌آبادی, ''Mahmud Dowlatâbâdi'') (born 1 August 1940 in Dowlatabad, Sabzevar) is an Iranian writer and actor, known for his promotion of social and artistic freedom in contemporary Iran and ...

*''The Colonel'', the short form of the title for Alanna Nash's book ''The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley''

Other

*The Colonel, informal name for anyone with the military rank of colonel, whether actively serving or retired. See also Kentucky colonel *

The Colonel (horse) The Colonel (1825–1847) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for running a dead heat in The Derby and winning the St Leger Stakes in 1828. In a racing career which lasted from 1827 until 1831, The Colonel ran fif ...

, a thoroughbred racehorse

The Colonels

*''The Colonels'', a 1986 novel by W.E.B. Griffin *The Colonels, the regime of Polish colonels during the period 1926-1939 *The Colonels, the

Greek military junta of 1967–1974 The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels, . Also known within Greece as just the Junta ( el, η Χούντα, i Choúnta, links=no, ), the Dictatorship ( el, η Δικτατορία, i Diktatoría, links=no, ) or the Seven Years ( el, η Ε ...

*The Colonels, rule by senior military officials, see military junta