Ford Explained

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 Europe, the successor of British, German and Irish subsidiaries
• Ford Germany
• Ford India
• 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
• Henry Ford & Son Ltd, 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
• Ford and Mistress Ford, characters in William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor
• 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

• Edward E. Ford Foundation, American education philanthropy group
• 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, an American modeling agency
• The Ford Meter Box Company, an American manufacturer
• Ford's Theatre, 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, a Kenyan political party
• Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Kenya, a Kenyan political party
• Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – People, a Kenyan political party

People

See also: General Ford (disambiguation), Justice Ford (disambiguation) and Senator Ford (disambiguation).

• Ford (surname), a surname (and list of people with the name)
  • Gerald Ford, 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977

People with the given name

• Ford Madox Brown (1821–1893), English painter
• Ford Carr, Kansas state legislator
• Ford Madox Ford (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

See also: Ford Airport (disambiguation), Ford Amphitheatre (disambiguation), Ford Building (disambiguation), Ford City (disambiguation), Ford County (disambiguation), Ford Hall (disambiguation), Ford House (disambiguation), Ford Island (disambiguation), Ford River (disambiguation) and Ford Township (disambiguation).

Antarctica

• Ford Ice Piedmont
• Ford Island (Windmill Islands)
• 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 Devon
• Ford, Holbeton, a location in South Hams, Devon
• Ford, Torridge, a location in Devon
• Ford, Gloucestershire
• Ford, Herefordshire
• Ford, Merseyside
  • Ford (ward)
  • Ford railway station (Merseyside)
• Ford, Northumberland
• Ford, Pembrokeshire, a parish of Hayscastle
• Ford, Shropshire
• Ford, Mendip, a location in Somerset
• Ford, Somerset West and Taunton, a location
• Ford, Staffordshire, a location
• Ford, West Sussex
  • Ford railway station
  • HM Prison Ford
• Ford, North Wiltshire
• Ford, Salisbury, a hamlet of Laverstock

United States

• Ford, Georgia
• Ford, Kansas
• Ford, Kentucky
• Ford, Virginia
• Ford, Washington
• Ford, Wisconsin
• Ford Block, a historic commercial building in Oneonta, Otsego County, New York
• Ford Center (Evansville), an indoor arena in Evansville, Indiana
• Ford Field, a stadium in Detroit, Michigan
• Ford Hospital (Nebraska), active in the 1920s, Omaha, Nebraska
• Ford Island, 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

See also

• • • Fjord (disambiguation)
• Forde (disambiguation)
• Fords (disambiguation)
• Henry Ford (disambiguation)
• Fforde, a surname
• Ford High School (disambiguation)
• Ford Theatre (disambiguation)
• Ford & Lopatin, an American music group
• The Henry Ford, a museum complex on part of Henry Ford's estate in Dearborn, Michigan
• Tirtha (Jainism) (Sanskrit for "ford")
  • Tirthankara (Sanskrit for "ford-maker")