William Ford

William Ford may refer to:

  • William Ford (divine)
  • William Ford (business) (1826–1905), Irish-American businessman, and the father of Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford
  • William Ford (prospector) (1852–1932), discovered gold in Australia, 1892
  • William Clay Ford, Jr. (born 1957), great-grandson of Henry Ford and an Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company
  • William Clay Ford, Sr. (born 1925), youngest of the four children of Edsel Ford and a grandchild of Henry Ford
  • William D. Ford (1927–2004), U.S. Representative from Michigan
  • William Donnison Ford (1779–1833), U.S. Representative from New York
  • William Ford (MP) for Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Bill Ford (baseball)
  • Guillermo "Billy" Ford Boyd (1936-2011), former Vice President of Panama
  • William Ford (jockey) British Steeplechase rider of the 1840s

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    “My object all sublime
    I shall achieve in time—
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