Ford commonly refers to: * Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford * Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river Ford may also refer to:

Ford Motor Company

* Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company * Ford Foundation, established by Henry and Edsel * Ford Australia * Ford Brasil * Changan Ford * Ford Motor Company of Canada, Canadian subsidiary *

Ford of Britain Ford of Britain (officially Ford Motor Company Limited)The Ford 'companies' or corporate entities referred to in this article are: * Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, USA, incorporated 16 June 1903 * Ford Motor Company Limited, incorporat ...

Ford of Europe Ford of Europe GmbH is a subsidiary company of Ford Motor Company founded in 1967 in Cork (city), Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, with headquarters in Cologne, Germany. History Ford of Europe was founded in 1967 by the merger of Ford of Bri ...

, the successor of British, German and Irish subsidiaries * Ford Germany * Ford Lio Ho * Ford New Zealand * Ford Motor Company Philippines * Ford Romania * Ford SAF, the French subsidiary between 1916 and 1954 * Ford Motor Company of South Africa * Fordson, the tractor and truck manufacturing arm of the Ford Motor Company * Ford Vietnam * Ford World Rally Team (aka Ford Motor Co. Team prior to 2005), Ford Motor Company's full factory World Rally Championship team (1978–2012) *

Ford Performance Ford Performance (formerly Ford Racing) is the high-performance division of the Ford Motor Company and the multinational name used for its motorsport and racing activity. History * 1896 – Henry Ford reached a top speed of 20 mph in his ...

* Henry Ford & Son Ltd, Ireland *

List of Ford vehicles The following is a list of vehicles manufactured by the Ford Motor Company under the Ford marque. Current production vehicles Former production vehicles 1900–1929 1940–1949 ;Notes 1930–1939 ;Notes 1950–1959 ; ...

, models referred to as Ford

Arts and entertainment

* ''The Ford'' (painting), a 1644 painting by Claude Lorrain * Ford, a religious figure in Aldous Huxley's '' Brave New World'' * Ford and Mistress Ford, characters in William Shakespeare's ''

The Merry Wives of Windsor ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' or ''Sir John Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare first published in 1602, though believed to have been written in or before 1597. The Windsor of the play's title is a ref ...

'' * Ford Cruller, a character in '' Psychonauts'' * Ford Fairlane, a character in '' The Adventures of Ford Fairlane'' named after an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company * Ford Prefect (character), in Douglas Adams' ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' * Kira Ford, a ''Power Rangers Dino Thunder'' character * Judge J.J. Ford, a character in '' The Westing Game'' * Grunkle Ford, a character in the animated series '' Gravity Falls''

Businesses and organizations

Ford Hospital and Research Centre Ford Hospital and Research Centre (FHRC) was established in Patna, Bihar, India in Year 2008 and officially inaugurated by Chief Minister of Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar on 24 August 2010, with the sole objective of providing advance healthcare servi ...

, Bihar, India *

Ford Hotel The Ford Hotel was a historic hotel in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was one of five hotels in the R.T. Ford & Company hotel chain and was identical to the Ford Hotel, Buffalo and Ford Hotel, Montreal. The 750-room hotel consisted of three 1 ...

, a historic hotel in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada *

Ford Instrument Company The Ford Instrument Company was a U.S. corporation known for being the primary supplier of fire control Rangekeepers and analog computers for the United States Navy before and during World War II. A personal blog, Doug Coward's Analog History Mus ...

Ford Library (disambiguation) Ford Library may refer to: *Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, at the University of Michigan * Henry Ford Centennial Library, the main branch of the Dearborn Public Libraries *Ford Library, the library of Duke University's Fuqua School of Busine ...

, several libraries * Ford Models, an American modeling agency *

The Ford Meter Box Company The Ford Meter Box Company is a manufacturer of products for the waterworks industry and is headquartered in Wabash, Indiana, where it operates a brass foundry. Its products include water meter setting and testing equipment, valves, Coupling (pipin ...

, an American manufacturer * Ford's Theatre, Washington D.C., U.S. *

Ford Tractor Company Ford Tractor Company was a Minneapolis-based company active from 1916 to 1917, that built tractors to facilitate "horseless farming". History Ford Tractor Company was incorporated on March 15, 1915, by W. Baer Ewing and Paul W. Ford. Prior to ...

, a manufacturer of tractors in 1916–17, not related to Ford Motor Company * Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Asili, a Kenyan political party * Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Kenya, a Kenyan political party *

Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – People The Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–People, commonly known as Ford People, was a political party in Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 ...

, a Kenyan political party

People

* Ford (surname), a surname (and list of people with the name) **

Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected ...

, 38th president of the United States

People with the given name

* Ford Madox Brown (1821–1893), English painter * Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939), English author *

Ford E. Stinson Ford Edwards Stinson, Sr. (August 24, 1914 – September 22, 1989) was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1940–1944 and again from 1952-1972. Background He attained the rank of lieutenant colonel and was awarded the B ...

(1914–1989), Louisiana state legislator *

Ford Quint Elvidge Ford Quint Elvidge (November 20, 1892 – July 14, 1980) was an American attorney who was governor of Guam from 1953 to 1956. Early life Elvidge was born November 30, 1892, in Oakland, California. He spent his early years in Oakland before movi ...

(1892–1980), second Civilian Governor of Guam *

Ford Rainey Ford Rainey (August 8, 1908 – July 25, 2005) was an American film, stage, and television actor.Myrna Oliver"Ford Rainey, 96; Performed Shakespeare, Shepard and Variety of Film, TV Roles" ''Los Angeles Times'', July 26, 2005. Early life Rainey ...

(1908–2005), American actor

Places

Antarctica

Ford Ice Piedmont Ford Ice Piedmont () is the large ice piedmont lying northward of Dufek Massif and the Forrestal Range between the lower ends of Foundation Ice Stream and Support Force Glacier, in the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory ...

Ford Island (Windmill Islands) Ford Island is a rocky Antarctic island, long, between O'Connor and Cloyd Islands in the southern part of the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. It w ...

Ford Massif Ford Massif is a broad, snow-topped massif long and wide, forming the major topographic landmark of the northern Thiel Mountains in Antarctica. The massif rises to , is essentially flat, and terminates in steep rock cliffs in all but the southern ...

* Ford Nunataks *

Ford Peak Ford Peak () is a rock peak, high, standing west of Mount Billing in the Prince Albert Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1962–63, for M.R.J. Ford ...

* Ford Ranges *

Ford Rock Ford Rock is a prominent rock which lies northeast of Cone Hill on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, Antarctica. Cone Hill and this rock were designated "Cone Hill I" and "Cone Hill II," respectively, by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910� ...

Ford Spur Ford Spur () is a prominent spur which marks the southwestern extremity of Haynes Table, and the confluence of Keltie Glacier and Brandau Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic ...

United Kingdom

Ford, Argyll Ford ( gd, Àth na Crà) is a small village at the southern end of Loch Awe in Argyll, Scotland. The village originated as a stopping point on the drove route to Inveraray. The Ford Hotel dates back to 1864, and was probably erected on the site o ...

Ford, Buckinghamshire Ford is a hamlet in the parish of Dinton-with-Ford and Upton, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the south eastern corner of the parish. The place name is Anglo Saxon in origin and refers simply to the place where a stream crosses ...

* Ford, Derbyshire *

Ford, Chivelstone Ford is a hamlet about 6 miles from Stoke Fleming, in the civil parish of Chivelstone, in the South Hams district, in the county of Devon, England. Ford contains around a dozen houses and has a ruined chapel. In 1870-72 it had a population of 6 ...

, a South Hams Devon *

Ford, Plymouth Ford is a Victorian-built area of Plymouth, Devon, England. It lies north-west of the city centre, between the suburbs of Milehouse and Keyham, Plymouth, Keyham. Between 1890 and 1964 the area was served by Ford (Devon) railway station, Ford r ...

, Devon, a suburb * Ford, East Devon, a location in Devon * Ford, Holbeton, a location in South Hams, Devon * Ford, Torridge, a location in Devon *

Ford, Gloucestershire Ford is a hamlet (place), hamlet in Gloucestershire, England. Ford lies on the B4077 road where it crosses the upper reaches of the River Windrush between Tewkesbury and Stow-on-the-Wold. The nearest village is Cutsdean a mile to its north. Ex ...

* Ford, Herefordshire, a location * Ford, Merseyside **

Ford (ward) Ford is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton Ward (politics), ward in the Bootle (UK Parliament constituency), Bootle Parliamentary constituency that covers the northern part of the locality of Litherland and all of Ford, Merseyside, Ford. Councillors ...

** Ford railway station (Merseyside) * Ford, Northumberland * Ford, Pembrokeshire, a parish of

Hayscastle Hayscastle or Hays-Castle ( cy, Cas-lai) is a village, parish and community of Pembrokeshire in West Wales, 7½ miles (N. W. by N.) from Haverfordwest on the B4330 road. History Richard Fenton, in his 1810 ''Historical Tour'', identified what he ...

Ford, Shropshire Ford is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 890. Ford lies west of the county town of Shrewsbury, just off the A458 road and near to the River Severn, at . The Royal Mail p ...

* Ford, Mendip, a location in Somerset * Ford, Somerset West and Taunton, a location * Ford, Staffordshire, a location *

Ford, West Sussex Ford is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It is centred south by south-west of Arundel and west of Worthing. The civil parish very gently slopes to the east, where it has the public track alongside the Rive ...

Ford railway station Ford railway station is a railway station in Ford, West Sussex, England. It is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton and it is down the line from via . The station and the trains serving it are operat ...

HM Prison Ford HM Prison Ford (informally known as Ford Open Prison) is a Category D men's prison, located at Ford, in West Sussex, England, near Arundel and Littlehampton. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. Air Force and Navy use The ...

Ford, North Wiltshire Ford is a small village in the north-west of Wiltshire, England. The village is on the A420 road, 4 miles west of Chippenham and 11 miles east of Bristol. Ford is the second largest village in the Civil parishes in England, civil parish of Nort ...

* Ford, Salisbury, a hamlet of Laverstock

United States

Ford, Georgia Ford is an extinct town in Bartow County, in the U.S. state of Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may ...

Ford, Kansas Ford is a city in Ford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 203. History Ford was founded around 1885. It was named for Col. James Hobart Ford, a notable Union colonel and brevet brigadier gener ...

Ford, Kentucky Ford is an unincorporated community located in Clark County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It bord ...

Ford, Virginia Ford is an unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States. Ford is located on U.S. Route 460 west-southwest of Petersburg. This town was a stop on the Southside Railroad in the mid-nineteenth Century. This became the At ...

Ford, Washington Ford is an unincorporated community in Stevens County, Washington, United States. It is on Washington State Route 231 south-southwest of Springdale. Ford has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides m ...

Ford, Wisconsin Ford is a town in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 276 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Polley is located in the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total are ...

Ford Block Ford Block is a historic commercial building located at Oneonta in Otsego County, New York. It is a large, three story brick building in a modified Queen Anne style. It was built between 1881 and 1882 and is built of load-bearing brick walls an ...

, a historic commercial building in Oneonta, Otsego County, New York * Ford Center (Evansville), an indoor arena in Evansville, Indiana *

Ford Field Ford Field is a domed American football stadium located in Downtown Detroit. It primarily serves as the home of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL), as well as the annual Quick Lane Bowl college football bowl game, state champ ...

, a stadium in Detroit, Michigan *

Ford Hospital The Ford Hospital, also called the Fifth Avenue Hotel, is located in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. Built in 1916 by Home Builders Incorporated, the hospital was a privately operated facility built and operated by Dr. Michael J. Ford. Operating until ...

, active in the 1920s, Omaha, Nebraska *

Ford Island Ford Island ( haw, Poka Ailana) is an islet in the center of Pearl Harbor, Oahu, in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It has been known as Rabbit Island, Marín's Island, and Little Goats Island, and its native Hawaiian name is ''Mokuumeume''. The isl ...

, Hawaii

Elsewhere

Ford, County Wexford Kilmuckridge (), formerly Ford or The Ford, is a village in County Wexford in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, near the Irish Sea coast. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 722 people, having more than tripled in size (from 235) i ...

, Ireland, a village

Sports

Ford Cup (disambiguation) Ford Cup may refer to: * Ford Cup (tennis) * Ford Cup – Defensive, renamed the Telus Cup – Defensive * Ford Cup – Offensive, renamed the Telus Cup – Offensive {{Disambig ...

, in junior hockey *

Ford Cup (tennis) The Ford Cup is a defunct WTA Tour-affiliated tennis tournament played in 1985. It was held at the Frenchman's Creek Beach & Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in the United States and played on outdoor clay court A clay court is one ...

Other uses

Ford (mango) The 'Ford' mango is a named mango cultivar that originated in south Florida. History Ford was of unknown origin until a 2005 pedigree study estimated that it was a seedling of Tommy Atkins (mango), Tommy Atkins. The cultivar never gained popul ...

, a mango cultivar from Florida * Ford circle, in mathematics * ''

Ford v Quebec (AG) ''Ford v Quebec (AG)'',

988 Year 988 ( CMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Fall – Emperor Basil II, supported by a contingent of 6,000 Varangians ...

2 SCR 712 is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision in which the Court struck down part of the ''Charter of the French Language'', commonly known as "Bill 101". This law had restricted the use of commercial signs ...

'', a landmark Supreme Court of Canada case on freedom of expression * Douglas F4D Skyray, nicknamed Ford, an American jet fighter of the 1950s and 1960s * , the name of several ships * ''Gerald R. Ford''-class aircraft carrier, or ''Ford''-class, a group of American ships ** USS ''Gerald R. Ford'', the lead ship of the USS ''Gerald R. Ford'' class aircraft carrier