Famous People with Name Ford

Ford Madox Brown            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Ford Madox Brown: was an English painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. While he was closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, he was never actually a member. Nevertheless, he remained close to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with whom he also joined William Morris's design company, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., in 1861.One of his most famous images is The Last of England, a portrait of a pair of stricken emigrants as they sail away on the ship that will take them from England forever. It was inspired by the departure of the Pre-Raphaelite sculptor Thomas Woolner, who had left for Australia. The painting is structured with Brown's characteristic linear energy, and emphasis on apparently grotesque and banal details, such as the cabbages hanging from the ship's side.

Ford Madox Ford            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Ford Madox Ford: was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature.[citation needed] He is now best remembered for The Good Soldie

Ford Hiroshi Konno            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ford Hiroshi Konno: is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who swam at McKinley High School (Hawaii) and the Ohio State University. Konno set world records of 2:03.9 in the 200 m and 4:26.7 in the 400 m freestyle during 1954 college meets.

Ford Edwards Stinson, Sr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ford Edwards Stinson, Sr.: was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1940–1944 and again from 1952-1972. In his last legislative term from 1968–1972, he served in a two-member district covering Bossier Parish with fellow Democrat Walter O. Bigby. Prior to 1968, he

Ernest Jennings Ford            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ernest Jennings Ford: better known by the stage name Tennessee Ernie Ford, was a pioneering U.S. recording artist and television host who enjoyed success in the country & western, pop, and gospel musical genres.

Elizabeth Anne Bloomer Warren Ford            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elizabeth Anne Bloomer Warren Ford: is the widow of former United States President Gerald R. Ford and was the First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977. She is the founder and former chairwoman of the board of directors of the Betty Ford Center for substance abuse and addiction and a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal.

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: was the thirty-eighth President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the fortieth Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974. He was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment, and became President upon Richard Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974. Ford was the fifth U.S. President never to have been elected to that position, and the only one never to have won a national election at all. He was the longest lived president in U.S. history, living to age 93.

Richard Ford            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Ford: is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day and The Lay of the Land, and the widely anthologized story collection Rock Springs.

Cole Ford            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Cole Ford: is a retired American football placekicker in the National Football League. He was born in Tucson, Arizona.He was drafted in the seventh round (247th pick overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers.[1] Ford played between 1995 and 1997 for the National Football League's Oakland Raiders.