The Colonel or the Colonels can refer to:

People

Colonel Sanders Colonel Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 December 16, 1980) was an American businessman, best known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain KFC, Kentucky Fried Chicken (also known as KFC) and later acting as the company's brand ...

, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) *

Colonel Tom Parker Thomas Andrew Parker (born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk; June 26, 1909 January 21, 1997),

, the manager for Elvis Presley *

Jean-Charles Langlois Jean-Charles Langlois, known as The Colonel (22 July 1789 – 1870) was a French soldier and painter. Biography Langlois was born in Beaumont-en-Auge. He graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1806 and fought, as an infantry officer at th ...

, 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 Americans'' is an American historical drama, period spy fiction, spy drama television series created by Joe Weisberg that aired on the FX (TV channel), FX television network for six seasons from January 30, 2013, to May 30, 2018. Weisberg ...

'' *The Colonel, a character in the ''Conker'' (series) video games *The Colonel, the alias used by Colin Moulding of the band

XTC XTC were an English rock band formed in Swindon in 1972. Fronted by songwriters Andy Partridge (guitars, vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass, vocals), the band gained popularity during the rise of punk and new wave in the 1970s, later playing in ...

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 ''Looking for Alaska'' is American author John Green‘s debut novel, published in March 2005 by Dutton Juvenile. Based on his time at Indian Springs School, Green wrote the novel as a result of his desire to create meaningful young adult fiction ...

'' *''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 Alanna Nash is an American journalist and biographer. Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1950, Nash holds a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and is the author of several acclaimed books. She is a 1972 graduat ...

'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 Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...

, whether actively serving or retired. See also

Kentucky colonel Kentucky Colonel is the highest title of honor bestowed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and is the most well-known of a number of honorary colonelcies conferred by United States governors. A Kentucky Colonel Commission (the certificate) is ...

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 William Edmund Butterworth III (November 10, 1929 – February 12, 2019), better known by his pen name W. E. B. Griffin, was an American writer of military and detective fiction with 59 novels in seven series published under that name. Twenty-one ...

*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 A military junta () is a government led by a committee of military leaders. The term ''junta'' means "meeting" or "committee" and originated in the national and local junta organized by the Spanish resistance to Napoleon's invasion of Spain in ...