The taxon authority Ford may refer to:

• Andrew James Ford (A.J.Ford), botanist
• Bruce A. Ford (fl. 1998; B.A.Ford), botanist
• Denys K. Ford, microbiologist
• Edmund Brisco Ford (1901–1988), British ecological geneticist
• Julian Ralph Ford (1932–1987), Australian ornithologist and herpetologist
• Kerry Alison Ford (K.A.Ford), botanist
• Leonard Talman Ford (1880–1961), entomologist
• Linda S. Ford, herpetologist
• Neil B. Ford (fl. 1979–), U.S. herpetologist
• Neridah Clifton Ford (Ford), botanist
• Trevor D. Ford (1925–2017), British geologist