Ford commonly refers to: *

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

, 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, on horseback, or inside a vehicle getting its wheels wet. A ford may occur naturally or be constructed. Fords may be impassable during high water. ...

, 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 Technological and industrial history of the United States, industrialist and business magnate. As the founder of the Ford Motor Company, he is credited as a pioneer in making automob ...

, 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 $25,000 (about $550,000 in 2023) gift from Edsel Ford. ...

, 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 Automotive industry in the United States, United States–based automaker Ford Motor Company. It was founded in 1925 as an Austral ...

* Ford Brasil *

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 pri ...

Ford Motor Company of Canada Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited (Canadian French, French: ''Ford du Canada Limitée'') was founded on August 17, 1904, for the purpose of manufacturing and selling Ford cars in Canada. It was originally known as the Walkerville Wagon Works a ...

, Canadian subsidiary *

Ford of Britain 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, incorporated 7 December 1928. Current ...

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-Werke GmbH is a German-based car manufacturing company headquartered in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a fully-owned subsidiary of American Ford Motor Company. It operates two large manufacturing facilities in Germany, a Cologne Body ...

* Ford India * Ford Lio Ho * Ford New Zealand * Ford Motor Company Philippines *

Ford Romania Ford Otosan Romania SRL, commonly referred to as Ford Romania, is an automobile manufacturing company operated by Ford Otosan, located in Craiova, Romania. The company was established in 2008 after Ford's purchase of Daewoo Automobile Romania. In ...

Ford SAF Ford France (formerly, Ford SAF, Ford S.A. (corporation), Société Anonyme Française) is the France, French subsidiary of the United States, American automaker Ford Motor Company, which existed as a manufacturer under various names between 1916 ...

, 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. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. auf der Website der Ford Motor Compan ...

* 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 *

Henry Ford & Son Ltd Henry Ford & Son Limited (commonly referred to as Ford Ireland) is the Irish subsidiary of the Automotive industry in the United States, United States–based automaker Ford Motor Company. It formerly operated an assembly plant for motor vehicles a ...

, Ireland *

List of Ford vehicles Ford Motor Company sells a broad range of vehicles under the Ford marque worldwide. The following list does not include other marques owned or formerly owned by Ford, such as Lincoln, Mercury, Edsel and Merkur. Current production 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 hier ...

'' * 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 ''Psychonauts'' is a 2005 platformer, platform game developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Majesco Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, Xbox (console), Xbox and PlayStation 2. Set in a Retrofuturism, retro-futuristic version of t ...

'' * Ford Fairlane, a character in ''

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane ''The Adventures of Ford Fairlane'' is a 1990 American mystery action comedy 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 Dic ...

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

Ford Prefect (character) Ford Prefect (also called Ix) is a 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 Earth is unexpectedly demolished to make way for a hyperspace ...

, 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 ''Gravity Falls'' is an American Mystery fiction, mystery television comedy, 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 twi ...

Businesses and organizations

* Edward E. Ford Foundation, American education philanthropy group *

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 serv ...

, 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. History 20th century Eileen and Jerry began the bu ...

, 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 1863. The theater is best known for being the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth entered the theater box where ...

, 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. Asili means 'original' in Swahili. FORD-Asili has its origins in the original Forum for the Restoration of Democracy. In August 1992, the original F ...

, 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 A ...

, a Kenyan political party * Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – People, 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 the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Ford assumed the p ...

, 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977

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 William Hogarth, Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. Arguably, his mos ...

(1821–1893), English painter * Ford Carr, Kansas state legislator *

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 (1924), The Transatlant ...

(1873–1939), English author * Ford C. Frick, (1894–1978), American sportswriter and baseball executive * Ford E. Stinson (1914–1989), Louisiana state legislator * Ford Quint Elvidge (1892–1980), second Civilian Governor of Guam * Ford Rainey (1908–2005), American actor

Places

Antarctica

* Ford Ice Piedmont *

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 wa ...

* Ford Massif * Ford Nunataks * Ford Peak * Ford Ranges * Ford Rock * Ford Spur

United Kingdom

* Ford, Argyll * Ford, Buckinghamshire * Ford, Derbyshire * Ford, Chivelstone, a hamlet in South Hams, Devon * Ford, Plymouth, Devon, a suburb * Ford, East Devon, a

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

in Devon * Ford, Holbeton, a

in South Hams, Devon * Ford, Torridge, a

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

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 po ...

* Ford, Mendip, a

in Somerset * Ford, Somerset West and Taunton, a

* Ford, Staffordshire, a

* Ford Estate, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear * Ford, West Sussex ** 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, Kentucky * Ford, Virginia * Ford, Washington *

Ford, Wisconsin Ford is a town in Taylor County, Wisconsin, 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, ...

* Ford Block, 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), the Michigan Panthers of the United Football League (UFL), the Mid-Americ ...

, a stadium in Detroit, Michigan *

Ford Hospital (Nebraska) 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 () 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; its native Hawaiian name is ''Mokuumeume''. The island had an area of ...

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