Ford commonly refers to: *

Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobi ...

, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford *

Ford (crossing) A ford is a shallow place with good footing where a river or stream may be crossed by wading, or inside a vehicle getting its wheels wet. A ford may occur naturally or be constructed. Fords may be impassable during high water. A low-water c ...

, a shallow crossing on a river Ford may also refer to:

Ford Motor Company

Henry Ford Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. By creating the first automobile that ...

, founder of the Ford Motor Company *

Ford Foundation The Ford Foundation is an American private foundation with the stated goal of advancing human welfare. Created in 1936 by Edsel Ford and his father Henry Ford, it was originally funded by a US$25,000 gift from Edsel Ford. By 1947, after the death ...

, established by Henry and Edsel *

Ford Australia Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited (known by its trading name Ford Australia) is the Australian subsidiary of United States-based automaker Ford Motor Company. It was founded in Geelong, Victoria, in 1925 as an outpost of Ford Motor Com ...

Ford Brasil Ford Brasil is the Brazilian subsidiary of American automaker Ford Motor Company, founded on April 24, 1919. The operation started out importing the Ford Model T cars and the Ford Model TT trucks in kit form from the United States for assembly ...

Changan Ford Changan Ford (; full name Changan Ford Automobile Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Chongqing. It is a 50/50 joint venture between local Changan Automobile and US-based Ford Motor Company. The company's p ...

Ford Motor Company of Canada Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited (French: ''Ford du Canada Limitée'') was founded on August 17, 1904, for the purpose of manufacturing and selling Ford automobiles in Canada and the British Empire. It was originally known as the Walkerville W ...

, Canadian subsidiary * Ford of Britain * Ford of Europe, the successor of British, German and Irish subsidiaries *

Ford Germany Ford-Werke GmbH is a German car manufacturer headquartered in Niehl, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, which operates two large manufacturing facilities in Germany, a plant in Cologne and a plant in Saar ...

Ford Lio Ho Ford Lio Ho Motor () is a Taiwanese-based automaker and the primary dealer of Ford vehicles in Taiwan, formed in 1972. It is 70 percent owned by Ford Motor Company. The remaining 30 per cent is owned by investors in the former Lio Ho Automotive ...

Ford New Zealand Ford Motor Company of New Zealand Limited is the New Zealand subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. The Ford-New Zealand assembly and distribution began in 1936, following the successful representation of Ford's New Zealand business by The Colonial ...

Ford Motor Company Philippines Ford Motor Company Philippines, Inc. (FMCPI) is a Philippine-based subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. It was primarily focused on manufacturing automobiles for local and regional markets from 1998 until 2012. It built the Ford Escape, Ford Laser/ L ...

Ford Romania Ford Romania is an automobile manufacturing company operated by Ford of Europe, located in Craiova, Romania. History 20th century Royal Garage imported Ford cars as early as May 1911. Shortly, other agencies such as Colin & Co., Leonida & Co., Noe ...

Ford SAF Ford France (formerly, Ford SAF, Ford Société Anonyme Française) is the French subsidiary of the American automaker Ford Motor Company, which existed under various names between 1916 and 1954, when Ford sold the manufacturing business to Simca. ...

, the French subsidiary between 1916 and 1954 *

Ford Motor Company of South Africa Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (Pty.) Ltd. is an automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer with corporate headquarters in Pretoria. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. auf der Website der Ford Motor Company of South ...

Fordson Fordson was a brand name of tractors and trucks. It was used on a range of mass-produced general-purpose tractors manufactured by Henry Ford & Son Inc from 1917 to 1920, by Ford Motor Company (U.S.) and Ford Motor Company Ltd (U.K.) from 1920 to ...

, the tractor and truck manufacturing arm of the Ford Motor Company *

Ford Vietnam Ford Vietnam was established in 1995, and is a joint venture between Ford Motor Company (75%) and Song Cong Diesel Company (25%). Ford's investment is credited with helping industrialize Vietnam. Ford Vietnam has its headquarters in Hanoi with an ...

Ford World Rally Team The Ford World Rally Team, also known as the ''Ford Motor Co. Team'' prior to 2005, is Ford Motor Company's full factory World Rally Championship team. In its current form, it has been a competitor since the 1997 season, when Ford Motor Compa ...

(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 Ford Ireland (Officially, Henry Ford & Sons Limited) is the Irish subsidiary of the United States-based automaker Ford Motor Company. With an assembly plant for motor vehicles, it was part of the automotive industry in Ireland. Company history P ...

, Ireland * List of Ford vehicles, 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 ''Brave New World'' is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hiera ...

'' * Ford and Mistress Ford, characters in William Shakespeare's '' The Merry Wives of Windsor'' * Ford Cruller, a character in ''

Psychonauts ''Psychonauts'' is a 2005 platform video game developed by Double Fine Productions. The game was initially published by Majesco Entertainment and THQ for Microsoft Windows, Xbox and PlayStation 2. In 2011, Double Fine acquired the rights for t ...

'' * Ford Fairlane, a character in ''

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane ''The Adventures of Ford Fairlane'' is a 1990 American action comedy mystery film directed by Renny Harlin and written by David Arnott, James Cappe, and Daniel Waters based on a story by Arnott and Cappe. The film stars comedian Andrew Dice C ...

'' named after an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company *

Ford Prefect (character) Ford Prefect (also called Ix) is a fictional character in ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' by the British author Douglas Adams. His role as Arthur Dent's friend – and rescuer, when the Earth is unexpectedly demolished to make way for a ...

, 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 ''The Westing Game'' is a mystery book written by Ellen Raskin and published by Dutton on May 1, 1978. It won the Newbery Medal recognizing the year's most distinguished contribution to American children's literature. ''The Westing Game'' was r ...

'' * Grunkle Ford, a character in the animated series ''

Gravity Falls ''Gravity Falls'' is an American mystery comedy animated television series created by Alex Hirsch for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series follows the adventures of Dipper Pines ( Jason Ritter) and his twin sister Mabel ( Kristen Schaal) ...

Businesses and organizations

* Ford Hospital and Research Centre, Bihar, India * Ford Hotel, a historic hotel in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada * Ford Instrument Company * Ford Library (disambiguation), several libraries *

Ford Models Ford Models, originally the Ford Modeling Agency, is an American international modeling agency based in New York City. It was established in 1946 by Eileen Ford and her husband Gerard W. Ford. Company Ford Models was started in 1946 by Eileen ...

, an American modeling agency * The Ford Meter Box Company, an American manufacturer *

Ford's Theatre Ford's Theatre is a theater located in Washington, D.C., which opened in August 1863. The theater is infamous for being the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth entered the theater bo ...

, Washington D.C., U.S. * Ford Tractor Company, a manufacturer of tractors in 1916–17, not related to Ford Motor Company *

Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Asili The Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Asili (FORD–Asili) is a political party in Kenya. It is commonly known as FORD-Asili. Asili means 'original' in Swahili. FORD-Asili has its origins in the original Forum for the Restoration of Demo ...

, a Kenyan political party *

Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Kenya Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya (FORD–Kenya) is a Kenyan political party. The party has sat in the government of Kenya once, under the National Rainbow Coalition, from 2003 to 2007, having ended forty years of one party (Kenya Af ...

, a Kenyan political party * Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – People, a Kenyan political party

People

Ford (surname) The surname Ford has several origins. In some cases it originated as a name for someone who lived near a ford, and is therefore derived from the Old English and Middle English ''ford''. In some cases, the surname is derived from places named ''For ...

, a surname (and list of people with the name) ** Gerald Ford, 38th president of the United States

People with the given name

Ford Madox Brown Ford Madox Brown (16 April 1821 – 6 October 1893) was a British painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. Arguably, his most notable painti ...

(1821–1893), English painter *

Ford Madox Ford Ford Madox Ford (né Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hueffer ( ); 17 December 1873 – 26 June 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals '' The English Review'' and ''The Transatlantic Review'' were instrumental in ...

(1873–1939), English author * Ford E. Stinson (1914–1989), Louisiana state legislator * Ford Quint Elvidge (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 Massif *

Ford Nunataks The Ford Nunataks () are a cluster of nunataks and low peaks rising above a network of ice-drowned ridges about in extent, lying northwest of Murtaugh Peak in the Wisconsin Range of the Horlick Mountains, Antarctica. They were mapped by the U ...

* Ford Peak *

Ford Ranges The Ford Ranges () are a grouping of mountain ranges standing east of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on December 5, 1929, they were named by Byrd ...

* Ford Rock *

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, Derbyshire Ford is a hamlet in North East Derbyshire in the county of Derbyshire in England. Location Ford lies just south of the South Yorkshire border, around 5 miles south-east of Sheffield City Centre Sheffield City Centre (referred to locally as ...

* Ford, Chivelstone, a South Hams Devon * Ford, Plymouth, Devon, a suburb * Ford, East Devon, a

location In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ...

in Devon * Ford, Holbeton, a

in South Hams, Devon * Ford, Torridge, a

in Devon * Ford, Gloucestershire * Ford, Herefordshire, a

Ford, Merseyside Ford is an area and electoral ward in the borough of Sefton, Merseyside, North West England. The population of Ford taken at the 2011 census was 12,731. Ford is situated to the east of Crosby next to Rimrose Valley Rimrose Valley is a cou ...

Ford (ward) Ford is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Bootle Parliamentary constituency that covers the northern part of the locality of Litherland and all of Ford Ford commonly refers to: * Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded ...

Ford railway station (Merseyside) Ford railway station was a station located on the North Mersey Branch, north Liverpool, Merseyside, England. History It opened for service on 1 June 1906 and closed on 2 April 1951. Passenger trains then only ran once a year on this line, tran ...

Ford, Northumberland Ford is a small village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, about from Berwick-upon-Tweed. The parish also includes Etal. History before 1513 Very little is known of the history of the area before the Norman Conquest in the 11th cen ...

* Ford, Pembrokeshire, a parish of Hayscastle *

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

in Somerset * Ford, Somerset West and Taunton, a

* Ford, Staffordshire, a

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 ** HM Prison Ford * Ford, North Wiltshire * Ford, Salisbury, a hamlet of

Laverstock Laverstock is a village and civil parish on the north-east and east outskirts of Salisbury in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England. The parish is shaped like a figure 7 and incorporates Ford hamlet, the eastern half of the former manor of ...

United States

* Ford, Georgia *

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 gen ...

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, Washington * Ford, Wisconsin *

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) The Ford Center is a multi-use indoor arena in downtown Evansville, Indiana with a maximum seating capacity of 11,000. It officially opened in November 2011 and is mainly used for basketball, ice hockey, and music concerts. It is home to the Evan ...

, an indoor arena in Evansville, Indiana * Ford Field, a stadium in Detroit, Michigan * Ford Hospital, 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 is ...

, Hawaii

Elsewhere

* Ford, County Wexford, Ireland, a village

Sports

* Ford Cup (disambiguation), in junior hockey * Ford Cup (tennis)

Other uses

* Ford (mango), a mango cultivar from Florida *

Ford circle In mathematics, a Ford circle is a circle with center at (p/q,1/(2q^2)) and radius 1/(2q^2), where p/q is an irreducible fraction, i.e. p and q are coprime integers. Each Ford circle is tangent to the horizontal axis y=0, and any two Ford circles ...

, in mathematics * '' Ford v Quebec (AG)'', a landmark Supreme Court of Canada case on freedom of expression *

Douglas F4D Skyray The Douglas F4D Skyray (later redesignated F-6 Skyray) is an American carrier-based fighter/ interceptor built by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Although it was in service for a relatively short time (1956–1964) and never entered combat, it w ...

, 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