Bill or William Ford may refer to:

Business and industry

William Clay Ford Sr. William Clay Ford Sr. (March 14, 1925 – March 9, 2014) was an American businessman who served on the boards of Ford Motor Company and the Edison Institute. Ford owned the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He was the you ...

(1925–2014), youngest of the four children of Edsel Ford and a grandchild of Henry Ford *

William Clay Ford Jr. William Clay Ford Jr. (born May 3, 1957) is an American businessman, serving as executive chairman of Ford Motor Company. The great-grandson of company founder Henry Ford, Ford joined the board in 1988 and has served as chairman since January 19 ...

(born 1957), great-grandson of Henry Ford and Executive Chairman of Ford Motor Company * William E. Ford (born 1961), American businessman

Politics

* William Donnison Ford (1779–1833), U.S. Representative from New York * William D. Ford (1927–2004), U.S. Representative from Michigan *

Guillermo Ford Guillermo "Billy" Ford Boyd (November 11, 1936 – March 19, 2011) was the Second Vice President of Panama. He was one of the running mates of presidential candidate Guillermo Endara during the 1989 Panamanian election campaign. The election ...

(1939–2011), known as Billy, vice president of Panama *

William Ford (MP) Bill or William Ford may refer to: Business and industry *William Clay Ford Sr. (1925–2014), youngest of the four children of Edsel Ford and a grandchild of Henry Ford *William Clay Ford Jr. (born 1957), great-grandson of Henry Ford and Executive ...

, Member of Parliament (MP) for

Melcombe Regis Melcombe Regis is an area of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Situated on the north shore of Weymouth Harbour and originally part of the waste of Radipole, it seems only to have developed as a significant settlement and seaport in the 13th centu ...

Sports

* William Augustus Ford (1818–1873), English cricketer *

William Ford (jockey) Bill or William Ford may refer to: Business and industry * William Clay Ford Sr. (1925–2014), youngest of the four children of Edsel Ford and a grandchild of Henry Ford * William Clay Ford Jr. (born 1957), great-grandson of Henry Ford and Executi ...

, British steeplechase rider in

1848 Grand National The 1848 Grand National Steeplechase was the tenth official annual running of a handicap steeplechase horse race at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on Wednesday, 1 March. It attracted a then record, field of 29 competitors for a prize valued a ...

Bill Ford (outfielder) William Henry Ford (April 5, 1880 – September 1, 1962) was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1910s. A native of Urbana, Ohio, Ford made his Negro leagues debut in 1911 with the Chicago Giants in 1911. He went on to play for the Leland ...

(1880–1962), American Negro league baseball player *

Bill Ford (footballer) William Thomas Ford (18 July 1906 – 10 May 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Aus ...

(1906–1984), Australian footballer for Richmond and Hawthorn *

Bill Ford (pitcher) William Brown Ford (October 14, 1915 – April 6, 1994) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in one Major League Baseball (MLB) game with the Boston Bees in 1936. His major-league appearance was not listed in official bas ...

(1915–1994), American Major League Baseball pitcher

Others

William Ford (divine) William Ford or Foord (1559 in Bury St Edmunds – in or after 1616) was a Church of England clergyman.Stephen Wright‘Ford, William (b. 1559, d. in or after 1616?)’ ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ...

(1559–1616 or after), Church of England clergyman *

William Prince Ford William Prince Ford (January 15, 1803 – August 23, 1866) was an American Baptist minister, preacher and planter in pre-Civil War Louisiana. He was the slave owner who first bought Solomon Northup, a free African-American, after Northup had been ...

(1803–1866), preacher and farmer in pre – Civil War Louisiana *

William Ford (prospector) William Ford (1852–1932), along with Arthur Wellesley Bayley, discovered gold on 17 September 1892, in the area that became the gold rush town of Coolgardie, Western Australia Coolgardie is a small town in Western Australia, east of th ...

(1852–1932), discovered gold in Australia, 1892 *

William Justice Ford William Justice Ford (7 November 1853 – 3 April 1904) was an English schoolmaster, known as a cricketer and sports writer. Life The eldest of seven sons of William Augustus Ford, of Lincoln's Inn Fields, by his wife Katherine Mary Justice, he ...

(1853–1904), English schoolmaster, known as a cricketer and sports writer * William P. Ford (1936–2008), advocate for the people of El Salvador * Willie Ford (died 2019), American musician, member of ''The Dramatics'' {{hndis, Ford, William